I promised a few pics of whats been going on. Good work by Kevern O has been done towards equipping SPAD alarms between Broadway and Toddington, also on the Acceptance Lever system for the same.
Here in the new Luxurious, a bit chilly mechanical workshop, Andy and Rich C have started to better understand the Token Instruments.
Paul D is starting to recalibrate our stock of Westinghouse Shelf Relays which are used to detect train movement in the Track Circuits, fascinating elderly units and we hope to be able to squeeze a few more decades out of them yet
Here he is checking the operate and release voltages and contact resistance, all now to be used to update the relay records and be sure they are good to go out again.
Suddenly our new Head Of Dept has appeared, Welcome Sam!
I'm not sure what they are laughing at,,, but I was the only other person there!
Elsewhere I hear today that the new Cheltenham to Goth Cable installation has actually started, all 4Km of it!
I'm sure Curly will be updating as the work progresses.
I also hear that we might have another new recruit,,, another Mike I beleive.
Mike S
Thanks for the update. I have always thought that this particular form of token instrument is the most aesthetic of all other forms of token/disc/staff machines.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Paul.
Those Westinghouse Shelf Relays are really something; they almost need an archaeologist to work on them!
ReplyDeleteThere are whole generations of technology in our history which are almost beyond the ability of this generation to work with; the skills and knowledge are lost. As more and more new technology gets added onto the pile, a lot of the old stuff turns into dust.