Slow down at diesel depot

[class37418stag]

Hello everyone 

 

l has seen on YouTube of Doncaster station by start running enter and passed station and slow down enter Doncaster Carr diesel depot by 25 mph or under ?

 

diesel depot area by limit speed of 10 or 25 ?

 

thank you

 

 

Edited March 27, 2019 by class37418stag

[Ian Smeeton]

Looking at the signage in your screenshot and the rest of the video, the '25' refers to the line to the right. Further on there is a sign showing 5mph, which probably refers to all lines in the depot.

 

Just guessing, though

 

Regards

 

Ian

[andye]

Diesel Depot speed limits are normally 5MPH, within the confines of the depot area.

[class37418stag]

Thanks andye 

[The Johnster]

Movements on loco depots are not controlled by signals, hand or other; the drivers move the locos around as necessary and keep a good look out, sounding the horn before moving off and taking care where vision is restricted.  In goods yards, marshalling yards, or carriage sidings, movements are responses to hand signals from staff on the ground, and the higher general speed limit of 15mph is used.  

 

Any turnout that does not have a speed restriction applied to it in the form of a restriction board may be assumed to be restricted to 15mph, and IIRC movements authorised by subsidiary signals are also restricted to this speed.

[Rugd1022]

Some depots do have ground signals controlling movements within the depot area, Bescot is one example where certain moves from one road to another at the north end require a signalled move off the depot, into the neck then back towards the depot again.

[w124bob]

17 hours ago, The Johnster said:

Movements on loco depots are not controlled by signals, hand or other; the drivers move the locos around as necessary and keep a good look out, sounding the horn before moving off and taking care where vision is restricted.  In goods yards, marshalling yards, or carriage sidings, movements are responses to hand signals from staff on the ground, and the higher general speed limit of 15mph is used.  

 

Any turnout that does not have a speed restriction applied to it in the form of a restriction board may be assumed to be restricted to 15mph, and IIRC movements authorised by subsidiary signals are also restricted to this speed.

Not strictly true now, for example Longsight , Newton Heath and the new depot at Reading all have internal depot ground signals controling some moves(manual points though). Longsight has had internal signals for nearly 18 years now, a mainline driver cannot move off any of the covered roads road without a ground signal being cleared through the "designated person" a glorified shunter with a radio, departure from one of the non signal controlled sidings is done verbally under the control of the "DP". Alstom use there own staff for all internal movements multi tasking from week to the next. Longsight is highly regimented in where trains stable, Voyagers have  two dedicated roads with 8 fuel pumps so with 5 weekday sets of 2×5 & 3×4 a liittle shuffling was required . First set on was normally a 4 car which once serviced would be shunted to just one of two places, the rest of the sets would left on the two fuel roads (remembering to fill 18 tank from 8 pumps!) as nothing else used those two roads.

Edited March 29, 2019 by w124bob