RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2015 Travelling a bit of the way along the Buxton line yesterday I was reminded that I was going to ask about something I'd seen the previous time. Between Middlewood and Disley (IIRC), facing trains going to Buxton but on the opposite side of the line, there was a sign consisting of just an orangey-yellow triangle, on a post. There was no writing or symbol on it. It looked quite new. I'm sure that someone here knows what it means. Unfortunately I've no pictures of it and Google has drawn a blank so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Rich Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Have a look here and see if there is something similar... http://www.railsigns.uk/home.html It's by no means fully comprehensive but it's a start. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectroSoldier Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Could be an old mile marker, or a warning about poor rail adhesion? Cant be sure on the second one, its been a long time since I saw one.Without seeing it I couldnt say for sure. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 5, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2015 Have a look here and see if there is something similar... http://www.railsigns.uk/home.html It's by no means fully comprehensive but it's a start. I can't find it on there, which is making me wonder if I was imagining things. A useful site to make a note of anyway though, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 5, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2015 Could be an old mile marker, or a warning about poor rail adhesion? Cant be sure on the second one, its been a long time since I saw one. Without seeing it I couldnt say for sure. It looked new and modern so I doubt the first one. The second sounds logical (it's in a wooded cutting) but why on the right hand side of the track? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2015 could be a catch point sign? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 5, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) could be a catch point sign? Doesn't match the one or two pictures I've seen but I suppose it could be a newer version (although the catch points must be something of a relic if they're there). I think I'll need a picture if I'm going to find out, I'll try to remember the next time I'm headed that way (not sure when I'll be on the train there and I doubt that there's any publically accessible point I could see it from). It was a solid triangle, I think (with an unreliable memory and only seeing it briefly) with a black border. Edited May 5, 2015 by Reorte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2015 ive only ever seen a couple of concrete type catch point signs, one near moore (between acton grange and runcorn east) and the other aproaching hinkley from nuneaton, both are still in situ even though the points are long gone, never seen a modern one but the mention of a yellow triangle immediatly flagged up 'catch point' in my brain! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2015 are you sure it wasn't closer to chappel-en-le-frith? have a look at this vid from 1984, approx 23:30 in you can see some catchpoints and an 's' sign, maybe that has been replaced with the triangle sign in the intervening 30 odd years (of course it was a right pain having to watch that vid start to finish) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 6, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2015 I was only going as far as Whaley Bridge, so not that far. Thanks for checking the whole video though! Looks like I'll definitely need to get a picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 you could look at the 2010 rbli rail sign catalog or the railway group standard. http://www.rbli.co.uk/_img/pics/2010Catalogue.pdf http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/Railway_Group_Standards/Control%20Command%20and%20Signalling/Railway%20Group%20Standards/GIRT7033%20Iss%202.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Welch Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) Hi everyone, In reply to Big Jim's post regarding the Catch Points triangle sign near Moore this has recently been removed along with the 'clipped out' catch points. Edited May 6, 2015 by Harry Welch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2015 you could look at the 2010 rbli rail sign catalog or the railway group standard. http://www.rbli.co.uk/_img/pics/2010Catalogue.pdf http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/Railway_Group_Standards/Control%20Command%20and%20Signalling/Railway%20Group%20Standards/GIRT7033%20Iss%202.pdf Page 32 of the catalogue has a triangle as described with a ! in the triangle. It is a warning sign for track workers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 6, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2015 I've had a quick flick though those (quick because I'm supposed to be working) and can't see it. I'm starting to think that I'm imagining things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 11, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2015 Did it look like this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Did it look like this? I wondered where the big hand went of my clock ! Lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 11, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2015 No, it was much newer-looking, grey metal pole with a solid triangle, black border on it on an ordinary-looking modern sheet sign (I can't remember whether or not it was square with the triangle painted on, or the sign itself was triangular). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 11, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2015 The mystery deepens!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 11, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2015 No, it was much newer-looking, grey metal pole with a solid triangle, black border on it on an ordinary-looking modern sheet sign (I can't remember whether or not it was square with the triangle painted on, or the sign itself was triangular). The mystery deepens!! See my post # 13 above, catalogue page 32. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 11, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2015 But the ones in page 32 have a ! On them There is one on page 36 though, plain yellow triangle for an electrical hazard but thats triangular Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) Page 32 of the catalogue has a triangle as described with a ! in the triangle. It is a warning sign for track workers. Page 38 under electrical maybe. RTE6023 Edited May 11, 2015 by yorkie_pudd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted May 11, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2015 None of those, it was an empty triangle. It's not an electrified line anyway, not that that rules out all sorts of other power cables that might be present in the area of course. Come to think of it a pylon line passes somewhere nearby but a very long way above. On this Wikipedia page there is a helpfully explained "Triangular with black border and yellow background" sign (yep, that tells me a lot about what its purpose could be and it's talking about roads, not railways) that looks like what I remember, although I'm increasingly wondering about my memory here. Did I mention the train pulled by pink elephants that I saw coming the other way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Your ok with the pink elephants as they`re solid hard workers..... it`s the green/blue stripped elephants I stay clear of Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Your ok with the pink elephants as they`re solid hard workers..... it`s the green/blue stripped elephants I stay clear of I thought it was the green/red stripped engine that was scared of elephants? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 11, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2015 Page 38 under electrical maybe. RTE6023 Untitled.jpg Sorry yes, i meant page 38 and the sign you have highlighted is the one i thought it may be Reorte, that sign is blank the '=' symbol in the catalog is to show where text would go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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