Birmingham New Street PSB

[TheSignalEngineer]

On 26/12/2022 at 00:07, melmerby said:

I can only remember the MR platform end starters which IIRC were still mostly LQ semaphores until the 60s rebuild

Platfirms 7,8,9 and 10 had colour lights on the footbridge for the normal running direction. The platform end signals eastbound on 8 and 9 and westbound on 10 were lower quadrants in the 1960s. There was still a lower quadrant at No.5 box for the end of platform 2 in 1964. It got replaced during stagework for the rebuilding.

I also remember two on the bridge face coming into the Stour Bays worked by No.6 box but I am not sure when they went, possibly when the bays were knocked through.

Edited December 27, 2022 by TheSignalEngineer

[ianwales]

Wasn't there a saying that when New St sneezed the rest of BR caught a cold.

[melmerby]

4 hours ago, ianwales said:

Wasn't there a saying that when New St sneezed the rest of BR caught a cold.

It's also supposed to be where all the long distance timetables are started from

 

It all seems to up and running now according to Railcam diagrams, apart from the odd *51* at Rolfe St. Whatever that means.

OpewnTrainTimes diagram hasn't updated.

[St. Simon]

On 24/12/2022 at 20:04, Phil Parker said:

 

Over enthusiastic contractor I'm told. 

A accident by the looks of it, but fixed very quickly from the report I have seen.

 

Simon

[TheSignalEngineer]

4 hours ago, ianwales said:

Wasn't there a saying that when New St sneezed the rest of BR caught a cold.

When interval timetables were introduced, mainly in the 1960s, there were a number of key points where the whole thing interlocked. These included Crewe, Birmingham, Bristol and York.