Re: Mechanical signalling

["MattyQ" <mattyq1009@dingoblue.net.au>]

HXP1 <hxp1@dingoblue.gunzel.net.au> wrote in message
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> Keith Holley <Mailman@netscape.net.au> wrote in message
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> >  Is there any  mechanical signalling left in the Melbourne
> > area if so where.
>
> The best place to see Mechanical Signalling is probably Flemington
> Racecourse.  There is a large Mechanical Signalbox dating from the 19th
> Century (too lazy to look up the date...) plus plenty of lower quadrant
> mechanical semaphore signals.
>
> The Down end of Frankston is still mechanically signalled, the Up end has
> light signals (& mechanical points).
>
> Kensington has a Mechanical Frame, & the signals are power operated Upper
> Quadrant Semaphores.
>
> Eltham has a Mechanical Frame plus a few mechanical signals.
>
> Plus there are places with a Mechanical Interlocking Frame working light
> signals, e.g Greensborough.

You forgot to mention Jolimont to Clifton Hill which still has UQ
Semaphores.


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Matt Smith
Brisbane Australia.

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