Moving Forward.. Crewe South Resignalling

[@julianhawkins3173]

I'm not a signalling professional, just an enthusiast, but this video is engrossing. So, thanks for sharing 😊

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

@@julianhawkins3173 if you liked it the next three weeks follows the cabins that it took over from -Basford Hall,Sorting Sidings North and Salop Goods

[@wideyxyz2271]

Progress. But i still love my semaphores and levers.

[@jamG180]

A very enlightening video. Thank you

[@moormoor4281]

Thanking you most kindly

[@millersdalechinley]

Thank you for all your really interesting videos - much appreciated !!

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

@@millersdalechinley you’re always welcome. That’s why we do them to show how everyone else does their thing

[@JohnStokes-c1o]

Interesting setup. I struggle to comprehend it all. You folks must be really clever. 🙂

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

@@JohnStokes-c1o it’s the digital magic behind everything that’s the clever part

[@johnkeepin7527]

It’s interesting to see what it looks like now. Back in 1989 I was involved in the London Marylebone IECC, which was one of the earliest (soon after London Liverpool Street), and later on Slough New (Paddington to Heathrow) At that time the displays were the old CRT units - less flexible than modern flat screens. The size of the available screen units and their format (roughly 4x3) had a lot to do with the design of workable layouts and the method of working, including how to cope with screen failures that could occur occasionally. Originally, Marylebone had a pair of identical workstations, with one being able to take over from the other, or the work could be split across the two. At that time, Automatic Route Setting (ARS) was quite new, and there was a degree of concern about the workload, but in reality most of the time it was handled by one alone.

[@74HC138]

It's interesting to see how close Simsig is to the real thing.

[@collexions]

So happy to see our Siemens Insight simulator (that my team produced) given a video demonstrating its virtues for NR signaller training 😊

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

@@collexions I’m very happy you’re happy, maybe worth a video on how you make an idea reality if the company are up for it, We’d be interested

[@TheDaf95xf]

Really interesting seeing the modern signalling 😊 But also sad that the three signal boxes have closed 😢 Spent a lot of time trains spotting at coal yard and Basford hall 🙁

[@smudge0161]

Manchester ROC must be the ugliest building in Manchester. Hardly any windows or fresh air must be worse than working in Strangeways.

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

@@smudge0161 what about the Redrock cinema 🙃

[@smudge0161]

​@irseminorrailwayssection9491 Yes, the Redrock cinema is worse. Another level of ugliness.

[@DrFod]

I imagine many bobbies would find it soul destroying to go from pulling levers in an airy signal box to staring at screens all day at a ROC.

[@Hacienda_27]

It's always re signalling and never upgrading catenary for higher speeds and introducing in cab signalling

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

@@Hacienda_27 I believe the trials for the Incab signalling on the Ecml are going well so it is progressing