Help with signalling Hedon c1980

[Tyke119]

 

Can someone help with signalling Hedon Station (Closed 1964) on the Hull to Withernsea line, IF it had survived into the 1980s ?

The diagram above is a copy of the Station plan c1906. It was   operated as a double to single track block post from the early 1900s until closure. 
 

Help with positioning 2/3 aspect colour light signalling and ground signals would be appreciated. Also any signage i.e ‘Stop, await instructions/collect token’ would be greatly appreciated. 

[bécasse]

If it had survived until c1980, it seems improbable that it would have had colour-light signals installed, even though a form of CTC had been proposed as a cost-cutting exercise prior to the Beeching report. The most likely scenario would seem to be singling throughout with, perhaps, one passing loop retained, although probably not at Hedon which is markedly closer to Hull than Withernsea.

[Tyke119]

Thank you for the reply. If you don’t mind, I’m ignoring the improbable and the cost cutting; applying plenty of modellers licence instead!

Imagine that the double track is retained from Hull to Hedon/or nearly, as the line serves the Docks and industries In Marfleet and Saltend., If It helps some track simplification can take place. 

[micknich2003]

You can go on for ever "Ifing and Buting", it never happened so completely hypothetical. The nearest comparison is probably Beverley, the goods yard at Cherry Tree remained in use until the mid '80's. Mechanically worked points and semaphore signals remained to the end, though the traditional gates were replaced by barriers mid '60's.

 If of any use, I have drawings of the Hedon signalling and a few photo's.

[Flying Pig]

Hedon is on Disused Stations here - note the very complete signalling in the first photo taken looking towards Withernsea.  A 1966 version of the same view appears in John Turner's flickr collection (note many of these search results aren't actually Hedon, but some are), still fully signalled.

 

 

[bécasse]

Given that there was only a single platform, and with the gates replaced by semi-automatic half barriers, the most likely scenario if the line had survived for passengers into the 1980s would have been singling back towards Hull, any remaining sidings accessed using the key on the single line token (possibly with a lock-in instrument depending on the extent of the remaining passenger and goods traffic) and the elimination of all signalling and the signal box.

 

The only other possibility that I can see if there was, for some reason, a lot of goods traffic at Hedon (a fuel depot, perhaps, or a supply depot for the North Sea rigs), but none on towards Withernsea, is that the southernmost line towards Hull would have become the single passenger line and that the northernmost running line would have become a long siding for the goods traffic (with a run round incorporated). Neither would have had any signals bar, perhaps, a "STOP await instructions" sign on the goods line approach.

[micknich2003]

Here are copys of the Hedon S&T drawing,

[micknich2003]

Here is the signalling layout but compressed to one scan, hopefully of interest to someone.