Historical Railway Photograph Gallery 901-950
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Photos 901-950 |
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| Photo | ELR | Branch | Subject | Location | M | C | Elev'n | Date | Time |
 BPM00901 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Poor quality view of relief and main lines approaching Barry Junction, with up homes bracket signals | Harbour Road overbridge (A4051), Barry | 0 | 06 | NW | ||
 BPM00902 |
CAM | Cardiff (Bute Road) & Merthyr | Worked distant signal in ‘proceed at speed’ & fitted with sighting enhancing quadrant (Up relief distant for Taffs Well Siding signal box | Taffs Well | SE | ||||
 BPM00903 |
CAM | Cardiff (Bute Road) & Merthyr | Advanced starting signal with motored distant & fitted with sighting enhancement quadrants | Taffs Well | SE | ||||
 BPM00904 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 3-doll bracket signal assembly up main & permanent caution arm, up main to down line, up main & permanent caution arm, to Barry station platform 4 line. Also permanent speed restriction indicator & track circuit indicator | Barry Junction (Up 'Homes') from Barry Island | East | 9-Feb-1964 | 11:20 | ||
 BPM00905 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Former 3-doll bracket semaphore assembly after removal of two dolls with arms & addition of a "Call-on" arm, in conjunction with 1964 resignalling project at Barry/Barry Island | Barry signal box up inner home signal from Barry Island | East | ||||
 BPM00906 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Arrangement of single post signal assembly with standard 4ft arm, slotting apparatus & 16in diameter elevated disc & also track circuit indicator | Barry Island West | 6 | 60 | East | 2-May-1964 | 11:22 |
 BPM00907 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Detail of new 2-doll bracket advanced starting signal assembly after erection. This assembly was erected in conjunction with modifications at Barry. It controlled entry to down main or up main (when single line operation in force). Unit was modified to remove the right-hand arm & doll (as viewed) and then included a motored distant signal for Barry Island West box but when the line was singled, the distant arm was removed and the higher advanced starting signal arm was connected to the motor instead. | Barry Junction | South | ||||
 BPM00908 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Single post loop exit signal (now recovered), disc on left of this (shown covered up) with repeater contacts box, now covers the previous loop exit signal shown | Barry Junction low level up road | 8 | 20 | South | 17-Apr-1964 | 11:00 |
 BPM00909 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Newly commissioned 2-doll starting signal assembly | Alongside former Barry carriage shed | South | ||||
 BPM00910 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Single post 2-arm signal assembly: up starting for Barry Sidings & up distant (fixed at caution) for Barry Junction. Afterwards recovered due to re-signalling arrangements | Barry Sidings | 0 | 37 | East | 17-Mar-1964 | 11:27 |
 BPM00911 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Straight post signal assembly with standard single ground signal alongside. Alterations to point rodding & detection were under way at time of photograph | Barry Island East signal box | 8 | 73 | West | 2-May-1964 | 11:35 |
 BPM00912 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Rear view of 4-doll bracket signal assembly with slotted down main home & Western Region pattern "call-on" arm | Barry station | 8 | 00 | West | 17-Apr-1964 | 10:43 |
 BPM00913 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Modified 2-doll bracket signal assembly (see bpm00911) | Barry Island station | 9 | 00 | 9-May-1964 | 12:33 | |
 BPM00914 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 2-doll bracket signal assembly with standard Western Region 4ft arms & also 2ft "call-on" arms (see bpm00913 for modification to this assembly) | Barry Island station | 9 | 00 | East | 2-May-1964 | 11:25 |
 BPM00915 |
MLN | Two arm backing signal assembly on straight post with track circuit indicator | Swindon station | West | |||||
 BPM00916 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Straight post signal assembly with "call-on" arm & route indicator | Barry station | SW | ||||
 BPM00917 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Arrangement of GW pattern route indicating signal assembly (now recovered due to modernisation arrangements at Barry) Originally, this assembly bore five separate arms | Barry (former) motive power depôt | 8 | 13 | West | 11-Apr-1964 | 10:50 |
 BPM00918 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 2-arm straight post signal assembly with permanent caution & motored starting signal | Barry Island viaduct, west end | East | ||||
 BPM00919 |
BRY | Cadoxton South Junction & Treforest Junction | 3-doll bracket signal assembly (redundant): main to down sidings, main with fixed 'caution' arm, main to up sidings | Cadoxton North | North | 22-Feb-1964 | 13:50 | ||
 BPM00920 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 3-doll bracket signal with "Call-on" arms | Barry Island West | 8 | 56 | West | ||
 BPM00921 |
Ledbury | Stop semaphore straight post assembly with "Call on" arm & track-circuit diamond (up starter on Ledbury branch) Single-line junction is beyond bridge | Over Junction west of Gloucester | ~0 | 10 | SE | |||
 BPM00922 |
SWM | Severn Tunnel Junction & Fishguard Harbour | 3-doll bracket semaphore with worked (motored) & fixed distant arms & relief line arm | West of Bridgend station platforms | 190 | 53 | SE | ||
 BPM00923 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Arrangement of 3-doll bracket signal assembly (Up homes) with repeating apparatus powered at signal. This assembly is now recovered due to abolition of Barry Sidings signal box | Overbridge, east of Porthkerry No.1 tunnel | 0 | 47 | North | 17-Apr-1964 | 13:45 |
 BPM00924 |
SWM | Swindon & Reading | Stop & motored distant signals with modified distant arm arranged to give 3ft arm length | Swindon station | 77 | 19 | East | ||
 BPM00925 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Close up of semaphore motor on Barry sidings down relief advanced starting signal | Former Barry Sidings | ~0 | 36 | South | ||
 BPM00926 |
CAR | Cardiff (Stonefield Junction) & Rhymney | Motored down splitting distant assembly for Aber Junction | Near former Llanbradach viaduct, west side | 10 | 11 | North | ||
 BPM00927 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Arrangement of three, two-arm GWR wooden bracket signal assemblies (all arms repeated in signal box & repeaters powered at signal end & not in signal box | Cadoxton Low Level Junction | 6 | 25 | SW | ||
 BPM00928 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Arrangement of starting signals (Right-hand assembly replaced similar bracket assembly to other two in 1963). All these were repeated & powered at signals (see battery box on right hand of post) | Cadoxton Low Level Junction | 6 | 25 | SW | ||
 BPM00929 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 2-doll bracket signal assembly with elevated discs (16" dia pattern) & track circuit indicators | Barry Island station, platform Nos.3 & 4 | 8 | 67 | East | 2-May-1964 | 11:20 |
 BPM00930 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | GWR 3-doll wooden bracket signal (inner homes) with route-indicating backing signal | Cadoxton station | 6 | 09 | South | ||
 BPM00931 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | As frame 930 but after substitution of triple ground disc unit to replace former route backing signal | Cadoxton station | 6 | 09 | South | ||
 BPM00932 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Arrangement of partly-constructed 3-doll bracket signal (new down 'homes' signals Aberthaw East) erected in conjunction with re-signalling arrangements for new Leys (Aberthaw) power station) | East of Aberthaw station | 4 | 58 | NE | ||
 BPM00933 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Arrangement of new 3-doll bracket assembly erected in conjunction with re-signalling at Aberthaw & showing line clear to down relief | East of Aberthaw station | 4 | 58 | East | ~01-Jan-1963 | 11:30 |
 BPM00934 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | 2-arm straight post signal assembly. This is now recovered due to abolition of Aberthaw West box, i.e. re-signalling arrangements for Aberthaw Power station | Aberthaw East | 5 | 18 | SE | ||
 BPM00935 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 3-doll bracket signal assembly with "call-on" arms (up starting signals). Backing signal shown adjacent to this assembly on right | Barry signal box | 8 | 07 | South | ||
 BPM00936 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | 2-doll double starting bracket signal assembly | Aberthaw station | 5 | 00 | West | ||
 BPM00937 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Installation of new down main advanced starting signals in conjunction with modernisation at Aberthaw East signal box for CEGB reception facilities & Aberthaw (Leys) power station | Aberthaw | 5 | 24 | South | ~01-Jan-1963 | 13:30 |
 BPM00938 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | East end inlet & outlet reception sidings leads into up & down main showing new "starting" signal not yet in use & also double throw catch points | East of Aberthaw station | 4 | 66 | NW | ||
 BPM00939 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 4-doll down inner homes bracket assembly with "CO" arm & part slotting & with circular illuminated speed restriction indicator | North-east of Barry station | NE | ||||
 BPM00940 |
CAM | Cardiff (Bute Road) & Merthyr | 3-doll bracket signal with "Call-on" arm, subsidiary arm & permanent caution arm | PC & N Junction, Pontypridd | SE | ||||
 BPM00941 |
SWM | Didcot & Reading | Arrangement of two doll (suspended) bracket signal arranged to comply with sighting requirements | Goring & Streatley | ~44 | 56 | North | 18-Apr-1964 | 18:00 |
 BPM00942 |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Modified 2-doll bracket signal assembly which became inner home signal for Barry station signal box after 1964 rationalisation. (Up goods line had already been lifted from Barry Sidings fan) | Ship Hill A4055 road overbridge west of Barry Junction | 0 | 08 | NE | ||
 BPM00943 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Two arm straight post signal assemblies, 3ft left hand arms, 4ft right hand arms. Distant motored but "fixed" at caution. See bpm00944 for modified arrangements | Barry Carriage sheds | 8 | 21 | 6-Feb-1964 | 13:20 | |
 BPM00944 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | View of Barry Junction & signal box from out-of-use carriage shed roads | Barry Carriage sheds | ~8 | 22 | |||
 BPM00945 |
SAW | Berkeley Road & Speech House Road (Including Coleford) | Arrangement of reduced height, 3-doll bracket assembly with loop entrance arm (down homes). 3ft arm loop circle had fallen away at time of photo’ | Coleford Junction (S&W) | 12 | 73 | North | 12-Sep-1964 | 14:17 |
 BPM00946 |
SAW | Berkeley Road & Speech House Road (Including Coleford) | Arrangement (rear) of reduced height 3-doll bracket assembly with 3ft loop entrance arm (Up homes assembly) | Coleford Junction (S&W) | 12 | 71½ | South | 12-Sep-1964 | 14:25 |
 BPM00947 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 3-doll bracket semaphore with elevated disc | Barry Junction | 8 | 14½ | NE | ||
 BPM00948 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Arrangement of 3-doll bracket signal assembly with elevated disc & speed restriction indicator (See bpm00949 for modification to this assembly) | Barry station | 8 | 16 | East | 17-Apr-1964 | 10:37 |
 BPM00949 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Barry station | 8 | 16 | East | |||
 BPM00950 |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Semi-modified 3-doll bracket signal assembly with "call-on" arm (Up starters for Barry signal box) now replaced by three- aspect electric signal (see behind 3-doll assembly) | Barry signal box | West | ||||
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Photos 901-950 |
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