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Gained my signalling ticket! 01/07/2012 at 10:10 #33564
MrSuttonmann
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265 posts 		I am pleased to announce that after 5 years of training and ~100+ turns in the boxes, I have passed my practical and written exams on Darley Dale and Church Lane Crossing boxes at Peak Rail!

With thanks to Jack Hinks (former Signalling Manager) who first took me under his wing in 2007, when I was aged just 14, and all the other signallers who trained me, and also to John Patrick (Traction and Train Crew Officer) and Gerry Craft (Signalling Manager) for all the valuable help and support they have given me.
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Last edited: 01/07/2012 at 10:10 by MrSuttonmann
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 01/07/2012 at 10:14 #33565
Peter Bennet
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5360 posts 		Well done.

Peter
I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs!
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 01/07/2012 at 13:20 #33573
MJD
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149 posts 		Very well done.
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 01/07/2012 at 14:17 #33574
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1267 posts 		Well done James. Enjoy!

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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 02/07/2012 at 15:34 #33599
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177 posts 		Well done, sir.

Always remember T.O.S.B.I.N. :huh:
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 02/07/2012 at 17:51 #33603
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246 posts 		" said:
T.O.S.B.I.N.
:dry: what
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 02/07/2012 at 18:06 #33604
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493 posts 		I can only guess that T.O.S.B stands for Train Online, Signal Back.

No idea on the other two letters.

Sam
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 02/07/2012 at 19:07 #33606
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177 posts 		Train Out of Section. Block Indicator Normal.
Tis the 1st thing a signalman checks, before accepting a train.
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 10/07/2012 at 09:41 #33782
MrSuttonmann
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265 posts 		Thank you all,

I had my first turn in Darley Dale box on my own on Saturday.

One minir hiccup, I couldn't pull off signal 5 after the track circuits had been flooded the week before for the Light Engine going to Rowsley, but this cleared afterwards.

Apart from that, no trouble at all, and even had my picture taken with an Olympic Torch!

All in all, a good day
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 10/07/2012 at 11:42 #33783
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4869 posts 		" said:
Thank you all,

I had my first turn in Darley Dale box on my own on Saturday.

One minir hiccup, I couldn't pull off signal 5 after the track circuits had been flooded the week before for the Light Engine going to Rowsley, but this cleared afterwards.

Apart from that, no trouble at all, and even had my picture taken with an Olympic Torch!

All in all, a good day :)
Darley Dale is the one with the steps right?

I always thought it was #15 that people had trouble with.
"Passengers for New Lane, should be seated in the rear coach of the train " - Opinions are my own and not those of my employer
Last edited: 10/07/2012 at 21:15 by headshot119
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 10/07/2012 at 20:59 #33801
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3629 posts 		" said:

One minir hiccup, I couldn't pull off signal 5 after the track circuits had been flooded the week before for the Light Engine going to Rowsley, but this cleared afterwards.

All good fun! DD5 is a continuing issue to do with the plunger which detects the lever has been pulled/replaced
"We don't stop camborne wednesdays"
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 17/07/2012 at 15:06 #34101
MrSuttonmann
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265 posts 		" said:
" said:
Thank you all,

I had my first turn in Darley Dale box on my own on Saturday.

One minir hiccup, I couldn't pull off signal 5 after the track circuits had been flooded the week before for the Light Engine going to Rowsley, but this cleared afterwards.

Apart from that, no trouble at all, and even had my picture taken with an Olympic Torch!

All in all, a good day :)
Darley Dale is the one with the steps right?

I always thought it was #15 that people had trouble with.
No, that's Church Lane Crossing, you may also mean Signal 14 which is on the end of a very long, strangly-routed wire. It also can't be replaced until you replace signal 13 back in the frame - a very odd setup.
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Re: Gained my signalling ticket! 17/07/2012 at 16:48 #34107
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3629 posts 		" said:

No, that's Church Lane Crossing, you may also mean Signal 14 which is on the end of a very long, strangly-routed wire. It also can't be replaced until you replace signal 13 back in the frame - a very odd setup.
this is due to CL14 being the section signal for the single line, while CL13 is non block and only protects the crossing. the setup is there to prevent either a train running wrong line, or a train emerging from north yard GF from taking a clear signal 13 as the section signal, when it has no such authority.
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