LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANY
(CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS).

SPECIAL NOTICE
T 0
DRIVERS, GUARDS, SIGNALMEN, AND OTHERS
CONCERNED

Respecting the Introdcution of Colour Light Signals (in place of Existing Semaphore Signals) between Ordsall Lane No. 2 Box, Salford Station Box, and Manchester (Victoria) East Junction Box;
ALSO
Bringing into use New Signal Boxesat Deal Street, Manchester (Victoria) West Junction, and Irwell Bridge Sidings;
AND
Abolition of Salford (L.N.W.) Box, Manchester (Exchange) Nos. 2 and 1 Boxes, and Manchester (Victoria) Deal Street, Irwell Bridge Junction, West Junction, and Irwell Bridge Sidings Boxes.

CHIEF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT.


Derby
February 22nd. 1929.


 

On Sunday. March 10th, commencing at 12.1 a.m. . the semaphore signals for the up and down fast and slow lines between Salforc and Victoria station (L. Y. side) will be dispensed with, along with the existing Victoria Deal Street and Irwell Bridge Signal Boxes, and new colour light signalling, will be introduced. A new signal box at DEAL STREET, and a new signal box opposite the existing Irwell Bridge Box, to be known as VICTORIA WEST JUNCTI0N, will be brought into use so far as this sect ion of the line is concerned. The present West Junction Signal Box will be renamed VICTORIA STATION. All the points at present worked from the existing signal boxes will be worked from the new boxes. The existing Irwell Bridge Sidings Signal Box will also be dispensed with a new signal box brought into use.

On Sunday, March 17th, commencing at 12.1 a.m., the semaphore signals for the up and down fast and slow lines between Ordsall Lane and the east end of Manchester (Exchange) will be dispensed with, together with the existing Salford (L.N.W.) and Manchester (Exchange) Nos. 2 and 1 Signal Boxes, and new colour light signalling will be introduced and worked from the present Ordsall Lane No. 2, the new Victoria Deal Street, and West Junction Signal Boxes. All the points worked from the Exchange No. 2 Signal Box, together with /// new junctions between the north and south up and down slow lines and the new facing connection leading from the up fast to Nos. 1 and 2 platforms at Exchange Station, will be worked from the new Victoria Dell Street Signal Box. All the points at the east end of Manchester (Exchange) will be worked from the new Victoria West Junction Signal Box.

On Sunday, March 24th, commencing at 12. ^ a.m., the semaphore signals worked from the Victoria Station Signal Box, together with the up fast and up slow line semaphore signals from Footbridge direction, and up north and up south semaphore signals from the direction of Mill-gate, worked from Victoria East Junction Signal Box, will be dispensed with and colour light signalling will be introduced. The Victoria Station Signal Box will be dispensed with. The junction at that place will be rearranged, and will be worked from the new Victoria West Junction Box. 


     

    
         
         
    

The meaning of
the new light signals will be as follows:-
 
                  
Asoect.
 
                  
4-asipect running
Red
Danger. stop.
signals
1 Yellow
Caution, next signal may be at Danger.
 
                  
2 Yellow
Warning, next signal "ie.y "be at Caution.
 
                  
Green
All right, proceed.
3-aspect running
Red
Danger, stop
signals
1 Yellow
Caution, next signal mav be at Danger.
 
                  
2 Yellow
Warning, next signal may be at Caution.
Exception
:   Where a colour light signal is" fixed b»lpw a
semaphore signal to act
as a distant, the light or lights will be
 
                  
1 Yellow
 
                  
 
                  
2 Yellow
 
                  
 
                  
Green
 
                  
2-aspect running
Red
Danger, stop
signals
1 Yellow
Caution, next signal may be at Danger.
2-asoect shunt-back
Red
Danger, stop.
ox' siding sirnal
Green
Proceed as far as the line is clear, or
 
                  
 
                  
to next signal only.
Except ion
:    The 2-asoect signal from No.  1 siding at Trwell
Bridge Sidings
Box will
"be provided with a yellow light in lieu
of a green light.
 
                  
3-aspect siding
Red
Danger, stop
signal
Green
T^roceed as far as line is clear, or to
 
                  
 
                  
next stop signal only.
 
                  
Yellow
Hay be passed when performing shunting
 
                  
 
                  
movements in sidings.
Calling-on signals
White
Location light.
 
                  
Green
Proceed catiously as far as line is
 
                  
 
                  
clear, or to next signal only.

    
         
         




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