Re: Emerson (SA) signalling panel

[Andrew Price <aprice@mail.dotcom.fr>]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:08:26 +1000, Eddie Oliver
<eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote:

>The Port Adelaide museum includes what seems to be an NX panel which
>controlled facing and trailing crossovers at Emerson (just a couple of
>stations from Goodwood towards Noarlunga). I could see no explanatory
>details, and because the lighting above the display had failed, it was
>hard to see much anyway. Can anyone cast any light on the history of
>this panel - when was it in use, did it just control terminating
>movements or was there full bidirectional signalling involved, and
>(above all) why did it exist at all - it seems to be a most unlikely
>place for such an installation?

I remember seeing an NX panel in the museum when I was last in
Australia, but I must have been distracted, as I don't recall a
mention of Emerson, as I too, would have found it somewhat unusual.

Where was the panel housed?  I can't recall a signal box there,
although I have to admit it is many, many years since I was anywhere
near the Emerson crossing.