An hour at Horsted Keynes Signalbox

[@dieseldavetrains8988]

Old time Safe Working covered in excellent detail, the old signal box, the heart of yard operations, now consigned to history in Australia, nice to see a preserved one in the UK. Great box Horsted Keynes, clean, tidy and well preserved. Thanks for the memories!

[@Super_Chief]

I could’ve really watched this for an hour - great video!

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

Thankyou , much appreciated that, they’re l be more soon

[@MichaelSlipper-ik2ru]

Superb restoration of the "box".

[@MichaelSlipper-ik2ru]

A fine and very interesting video.

[@Beatlefan67]

Wonderful - thankyou.

[@samuelhowell1783]

Lovely Video as always! You should pop up to Hereford Box if you ever get the chance, plenty to see there.

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

Actually trying to arrange some Visits the lines boxes , just waiting emails bacon🫡

[@samuelhowell1783]

I’m resident at Hereford, if permissions are given, you’re more than welcome when I’m on.

[@Test-hw5fn]

Nice video. Thanks.

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

It should say back on this but obviously the AI read my hungry mind 🤫

[@SOU6900]

So, does this Southern Railway serve the South as well?😉😅

[@stevem7868-y4l]

Wow! this seems so complicated, but also intuitive, must be equivalent to Flying a helicopter, but 200 + years ago

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

@@stevem7868-y4l and if you make a mistake at least signalling tries to stop you….unlike the helicopter 🤞

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

This seems as good a time as any to ask this question: why do signalmen use a hand cloth when operating levers? American "operators" and "levermen" never used those - even on levers with chrome finishes. It is a nice touch of class. Today, there are no manual pipe-connected interlockings left in the United States, and probably less than twenty electric and electro-pneumatic towers.

[@mattlander9119]

I beleive the main reason cloths are used is to help prevent rust forming on the polished handles. Stand to be corrected wrong.

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

Quite correct, plus hands usually with grease , mild acids and such cause the handles to dull over time, in the midlands we clean our handles traditionally so cloths weren’t always used, different areas had different ways of doing things, there were levers with white shrunk handles too but over time they become brittle.

[@DJOrange-u7m]

How do you know, when it is safe to pull a lever? 😊

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

@@DJOrange-u7m in short , if the electrical and mechanical interlocking lets you Now if you pull it and it’s the wrong route or holds a train the locking will again put a delay on you doing something else till it’s happy. So it’s part the safety system and part knowing your rules and timetabling

[@rwhb1]

Imagine what it would have been like without track circuits!

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

Guesswork and binoculars 😎