Re: Franklin Street Signal Box (VIC)

["Notagunzel" <notagunzel@bigfoot.com>]

Steven Hurst <hurste@primus.com.au> wrote in message
934202712.524010@diddley.primus.com.au">news:934202712.524010@diddley.primus.com.au...

> Hello all,
>             I Passed the Franklin Street signal box yesterday and noticed
> that all of the VR characteristic "Signal box Ivy" had been pulled off
the
> outside of the box.  Is it to be demolished?  It does not seem to be in
the
> road of anything, although it is out in the middle of nowhere and is
> possibly an eysore rather than a landmark to some.

Franklin St Box AFAIK still contains the 'old' panel for the geographic
relay interlocking in the lowish brick building adjacent.  Of course
Franklin St has been remote controlled by Metrol for a very long time now,
(someone will probably get upset at <20 years being called a very long
time) but whenever I pass on a train at night, the panel is still lit up
like a Xmas Tree :o)

--
Mr Notagunzel.
Rail Transportation Connoisseur.
notagunzel@bigfoot.com
(Waiting for the next move at http://www.bigfoot.com/~notagunzel)