1930s LMS Film (Sentinels of Safety) - Absolute Block and Semaphore Signalling - Part 2

[@marzilius]

Excelent material! Thaks a lot! One of my favorites. Regards from Buenos Aires.

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Marvellous stuff! :)

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[@fordlandau]

Marvellous

[@waldenhouse]

Would've loved to have worked on these. Much better than all the 'electronic' throw-away stuff of today!

[@ProfessorPesca]

There are still absolute block signal boxes with mechanical links to semaphore signals on the railway today.

[@starstruckone]

@whitewingsrich hello a light engine was 2 then 3 bells so like this ** *** freight trains varied as to wether they were braked( air) or had a brake van but cant remember think 1 then 4 bells was with brake van and an engine with brake van on own 1 1 3 hope that helps

[@JimTLonW6]

Fascinating identifying some of the locations. Some of the scenes (3:48 on) were Harrow & Wealdstone, ironic as this was the location of the horrific Harrow crash (for which the signalman had no responsibility), I also managed to identify the gantry at Rugby. Good too to see the Euston Arch. One comment that struck me; the signaling system was 'as inexorable as the laws of the Medes and Persians' - Eh? does anyone understand this? (3:24)

[@Cashpots]

The phrase the law of the Medes and Persians denotes something which cannot be altered. It is a reference to the Book of Daniel, Chapter 6: ... Now, O king, establish the decree, and signe the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes & Persians, which altereth not.

[@JimTLonW6]

Well I had to check. apparently the reference is to the Book of Daniel in the Bible, the laws of the Medes and Persians, once made, could apparently not be changed. Possibly that is a little too inflexible for railway signalling, which did of course change, if only very slowly!

[@galahadthreepwood9394]

The Mozart was going faster than the trains

[@WingsOTWorld]

Click, ding! Click, click, click, click; ding, ding ding ding!

[@visionist7]

L M S Looks Money Status That was one red pilled railway