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Australia's Oldest Railway Closing (1962)
Unissued / unused material.
Australian newsreel item.
Australia's oldest railway closes.
CU steam engine whistle blowing. CU of large engine wheels turning as train pulls away. LS cloud of steam as the engine pulls out of station. MS shadow of the engine as it moves along rails.
LS steam engine pulling one coach travelling through countryside. MS schoolchildren boarding train at remote station. CU coal being thrown into the boiler of engine. Engine drivers point of view looking along track as the train moves along. CU engine driver at controls.
Point of view shot from car travelling alongside the train. CU steam belching out of chimney of train. LS train pulling into remote station. CU porter loading mail onto train. MS porter helps old lady into train. CU engine driver looking behind for starting signal. CU porter pulling levers to work the signals.
Various shots railway lines as the train moves over them. LS steam engine moving along track running alongside road. Back view of man sitting in compartment of train. Train moving off into distance.
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Signal Box (1948)
Waterloo Station, London.
General view panning from railway lines to signal box. Men are working on the track. Interior shots as we see men at work at counsel boards and the illuminated track circuits. C/U of a man pulling a signals lever. C/Us of the relay box changing, and the signal changing outside. General view of a wonderful steam train pulling out of the station. C/U of wheels going past camera.
Back inside the signal box we see a man operating the levers in the signal box, with the track circuits in front of him. Another man checks the relay panel on the other side of the counsel board. Various shots of hundreds of electric cable boxes being checked and adjusted. C/U of lever being pulled. C/U of points moving. Another train moves past the camera.
FILM ID:1247.2
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Preserved in time: 19th century railway up for sale
A 19th century railway station, which has remained unchanged since its closure in 1965 is up for sale.
Norham Station is a time capsule of railway history, complete with its original signal box, ticket office, waiting room and platform.
The once bustling village station in Northumberland, just south of the River Tweed, served the surrounding rural areas and was opened in 1851.
Sisters, Sandra Mullen and Amanda Yule, inherited the station from their father who spent his life restoring and preserving the buildings.
When the station closed in 1965 all scrap metal of value was taken but the station remains a time capsule of a bygone era, as Ms Yule explains, the documents are just as they were when the station closed.
It's as if the station master has just popped out for a cup of tea.
Video courtesy of North News
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Railway Signal School Aka Railways (1958)
Waterloo station and Clapham Junction, London.
L/S of railway tracks from the point of view of the train leaving Waterloo station, the train moves forward on its journey, there are other trains passing in the opposite direction. M/S of the driver in the cab steering the train. The train passes a signal. L/S of the tracks shot from the front of the train, C/U of driver's profile, the train passes under another set of signals. C/U of the driver's hands on the controls.
M/S of the tracks from train point of view, the camera moves up to a signal box which says 'Clapham Junction', the train passes it. C/U of driver's profile, the train passes under another set of signals.
M/S of the interior of the Southern Regions Signals School with three men looking at all the model frame and block signals, one of the men reaches behind him to do something off screen. C/U of him reaching over and then turning back and pulling a lever down. C/U of an electric signalling panel with hands in the shot, operating it. C/U of three dials. C/U of a model signal which goes up and a model train which comes out of a shed, the signal drops again.
M/S of the three men at the controls with the model train going past in the foreground. M/S of dials in a row. M/S of one of the men pulling down a lever to change a signal. The model train starts up again and drives past the signal. M/S of the train driving along the track in front of the signal panels and the three men.
M/S of Acting Inspector Allen of Southampton and a pupil at the red staff container, the pupil is tapping a bell. C/U of the steam engine on the model train.
M/S of a pupil taking a staff from the container. L/S of the pupil giving the staff to Inspector Allen, there is a third man on the left watching. Inspector Allen gives the pupil a model staff in return, which he places in the cab. He stands back and rings the bell on the container and the train moves off.
M/S of points changing on the model track. M/S of the three men, the pupil rings the bell again and pulls a lever on a miniature frame to represent mechanical locking. Inspector Allen takes the top off the unit to reveal the levers, C/U of the levers being operated. C/U of the mechanics of the signal and a demonstration of how it is impossible to trip a conflicting signal. C/U of the pupil's face looking very serious.
M/S of a model signal going up, the camera moves down and shows the train running along underneath on the model tracks, the signal drops when it has gone through.
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RailSafe Video
Description
Granville Rail Disaster - January 18th 1977
Short film documenting the Granville rail disaster on 18 January 1977 at Granville, a suburb in Western Sydney.
A crowded commuter train derailed, running into the supports of a road bridge which fell down onto two of its passenger carriages. Eighty-three people died, more than 210 were injured, and 1,300 were affected.
It is the worst rail disaster of Australian history based on loss of life
Railway Recorder (1959)
No specific location given.
High angle shot of an engine of 'self-propelled' railway vehicle called track recording trolley. The trolley is used for detecting and recording all physical track faults. Unusually, this Swiss made railway vehicle has a 65 horsepower petrol engine and has just been introduced by British Railways as a new safety device.
Several M/S of two men getting the vehicle ready. L/S of the vehicle starting to move. Front and back of the vehicle are fitted with a strange wired construction which gathers all the information about the track. A series of ball-point pens creates a continuous record of track measurements which enables the experts in the Civil Engineers' office to analyse the track and keep railway service safe. Voiceover talks about how useful the vehicle is.
Several shots of the track recording trolley from the front and from the back so that track measurement construction can be observed properly. M/S of the two men operating the vehicle. C/U shot of one of the men looking at the track. C/U shot of the wired construction in front of the vehicle. M/S of the line of ball-point pens recording the information. Several shots of the vehicle gathering information and ball-point pens drawing a diagram.
Long, point of view shot from the vehicle. Zoom on data recording mechanism at the front. Vehicle slows down at the signal box.
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old sydney train (redrattler)
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Riverina Institute Rail Signalling Online Promo
An online video promotion for the Rail Signalling department at TAFE NSW Riverina Institute.
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Toowoomba Region - Oakey Train Siding
Today the Oakey Siding was recommissioned and it welcomed its first train full of cattle from Western Queensland. These investments in our region cement our role as a key agricultural player in Australia.
Controlling Trains - Network Rail engineering education (3 of 15)
Rail travel is the safest mode of transport in Britain. Making it safe, efficient and reliable is one of our jobs. This is the story of how we control trains -- the block system, signalling and the different technologies used to control the network.
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Signal Boxes (1953)
Harrow and Ealing, London.
L/S of Harrow tube station (overground) with a train passing through.
Signal man Arthur Toy is seen at work in old-fashioned South Harrow signal box, using the old-style signal levers and using a telephone.
We then see the new, modern signal box at Ealing Broadway with an electric counsel board. Robert Geary sits at the desk and presses buttons. Lights flash as the tube trains move. He makes notes on a pad and speaks into a microphone. Other men at work in the signal and wiring rooms.
Stationmaster William Neill takes over from Robert who checks a roll of paper in a machine then picks up the kettle for a cup of tea.
Note: extensive notes, correspondence and news cutting on file.
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Australian Trains - Clyde to Carlingford Cab Ride, 30Dec19
Sydney's Carlingford Railway Line during it's last week of operation.
Cab ride in Millennium set M20 from Clyde to Carlingford in real time, including some still shots of the stations during each stop.
Filmed on 30 December 2019
Irish Signal Box Wicklow
Wicklow Station is located on the line from Dublin to Rosslare. In common with other Irish signal boxes, the box was located adjacent to the station footbridge. On our visit in 2005 the Signalman was gracious to allow me to film at the doorway of the box as he performed his duties. Wicklow was the end of electrically signaled line from Dublin, so it was track circuits north and token working to the south. You can see the token pulled from the machine and placed in the pick up hoop. This line is now fully signaled and the boxes are closed.
The Old Signal Box - Advert Trailer
On Sale at the Gwili Railway all proceeds go toward the extension of the railway line.
[IRI] Rare | Crossing Red Signal at Musafir Khana Station by Kumbha Express Due to Signal Failure
3hour's Late HWH shed WAP4 #22531 Loco With 12369 Kumbha Express ( কুম্ভ এক্সপ্রেস / कुम्भ एक्सप्रेस ) Jumping Red Signal at Musafir Khana Station Due to Signal Failure , here our train take unscheduled halt and after 5mins assistant station master come to Loco pilot with written permission to cross this red signal, only after that we allowed to depart for Lucknow
Few Info About Railway Signals :-
Railway signalling is a system used to direct railway traffic and keep trains clear of each other at all times. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enormous weight and inertia of a train, which make it difficult to quickly stop when encountering an obstacle. In the UK, the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 introduced a series of requirements on matters such as the implementation of interlocked block signalling and other safety measures as a direct result of the Armagh rail disaster in that year.
Most forms of train control involve movement authority being passed from those responsible for each section of a rail network (e.g., a signalman or stationmaster) to the train crew. The set of rules and the physical equipment used to accomplish this determine what is known as the method of working (UK), method of operation (US) or safeworking (Aus.). Not all these methods require the use of physical signals, and some systems are specific to single track railways.
The earliest rail cars were first hauled by horses or mules. A mounted flagman on a horse preceded some early trains. Hand and arm signals were used to direct the “train drivers”. Foggy and poor-visibility conditions gave rise to flags and lanterns. Wayside signalling dates back as far as 1832, and used elevated flags or balls that could be seen from afar.
The simplest form of operation, at least in terms of equipment, is to run the system according to a timetable. Every train crew understands and adheres to a fixed schedule. Trains may only run on each track section at a scheduled time, during which they have 'possession' and no other train may use the same section.
When trains run in opposite directions on a single-track railroad, meeting points (meets) are scheduled, at which each train must wait for the other at a passing place. Neither train is permitted to move before the other has arrived. In the US the display of two green flags (green lights at night) is an indication that another train is following the first and the waiting train must wait for the next train to pass. In addition, the train carrying the flags gives eight blasts on the whistle as it approaches. The waiting train must return eight blasts before the flag carrying train may proceed.
The timetable system has several disadvantages. First, there is no positive confirmation that the track ahead is clear, only that it is scheduled to be clear. The system does not allow for engine failures and other such problems, but the timetable is set up so that there should be sufficient time between trains for the crew of a failed or delayed train to walk far enough to set warning flags, flares, and detonators or torpedoes (UK and US terminology, respectively) to alert any other train crew.
A second problem is the system's inflexibility. Trains cannot be added, delayed, or rescheduled without advance notice.
A third problem is a corollary of the second: the system is inefficient. To provide flexibility, the timetable must give trains a broad allocation of time to allow for delays, so the line is not in the possession of each train for longer than is otherwise necessary.
Nonetheless, this system permits operation on a vast scale, with no requirements for any kind of communication that travels faster than a train. Timetable operation was the normal mode of operation in North America in the early days of the railroad.
In Indian Railways operating rules are called 'The General Rules'. The General Rules are common for all zonal railways of Indian Railway and can be amended only by the Railway Board. Subsidiary rules are added to the General Rules by zonal railways, which does not infringe the general rule. Corrections are brought about from time to time through correction slips.
Railway Times - Philip on telegraph
an in depth look at Philip Holness on the telegraph...
The Fog Fellow - A Railway Sidelight (1933)
Pity the poor driver on those misty, foggy days, when signals are hard to see.. L/S of a steam train approaching the camera through fog. But, the detonating fog signal came and gave the driver warning by sound. M/S of a device being attached to a railway track. Train passes over it and there is a small explosion.
Today, in the busy centres the mechanical 'placer' simplifies and safeguards man and machine. M/S of a man demonstrating an automated machine which places detonating signals on the line. It places then removes the small detonators. C/U of two railway signs. One reads Up Slow and the other Up Fast. M/S of a signalman pulling a lever. C/U of machine placing detonator on the line. Train passes over it and there is small explosion under the wheels.
Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 644.
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1930's LMS Absolute Block Semaphore Signalling Part 3