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Signal Fact 33
Somersault sempahore signals, centre balanced, were developed as a response to the Abbots Ripton collision of 1876 when snow had interfered with the correct operation of slotted post signals.
They were adopted by the Great Northern Railway, Belfast & Northern Counties Railway and Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway among a few others, including Australia.
Preston & Wyre Railway
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In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
| RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
| Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
| SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
| ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
| RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
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| PY001 LY240 NW863 |
Fylde Junction, Preston - Blackpool North datum Preston Station 0m40c Preston P&W (Fylde) Junction NW860(1) Salwick Road until 1842 (2) Kirkham until c1905 (3) Poulton-le-Fylde from c1960 (4) Layton from 1938 PBN: Preston & Wyre Junction - Blackpool North BCR: Blackpool Carriage Sidings (16m69c - 17m36c) |
PBN BCR |
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| PY002 LY241 NW864 |
Preston & Wyre Goods Branch, Maudlands datum Maudland Curve Junction PR001Opened 1850 with flat crossing over WCML. Subsequently split by removal of flat crossing. See L&Y Historical Maps. |
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| PY003 LY242 NW865 |
Original Preston & Wyre Goods Branch, Maudlands datum Off PY002.1840-1844, flat crossing over WCML. |
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| PY004 LY243 NW866 |
Kirkham North Junction - Blackpool Central Station datum Preston Station 8m28c Kirkham North Junction PY001 PY007(1) Andsell until 1906. (2) St Annes-on-the-Sea from 1955. (3) Blackpool South from 1932 (4) Blackpool until 1878 |
KBS1 | |
| PY005 LY244 NW867 |
Warton Dock Branch datum Warton Junction PY0041846-1930s |
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| PY006 LY245 NW868 |
Lytham Goods Branch datum Lytham Goods Junction PY004 |
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| PY007 LY246 NW869 |
Kirkham North Junction - Blackpool South datum Preston Station 8m28c Kirkham North Junction PY001 PY004 |
KBS2 | |
| PY008 LY247 NW870 |
Kirkham North Flying Connection datum |
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| PY009 LY248 NW871 |
Old alignment at Kirkham datum Bradkirk Junction PY001 |
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| PY010 LY249 NW872 |
Bradkirk Curve datum Bradkirk South Junction PY009Pre 1903 |
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| PY011 LY250 NW873 |
Bradkirk Curve datum Bradkirk South Junction PY0091903-1967 |
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| PY012 LY251 NW874 |
old main line alignment at Poulton datum Poulton No.1 Junction PY001 |
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| PY013 LY252 NW875 |
old alignment of Blackpool Line at Poulton datum Poulton Junction PY012 |
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| PY014 LY253 NW876 |
old alignment of north curve at Poulton datum No evidence of this in Cobb's Atlas. |
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| PY020 LY260 NW880 |
Poulton No.3 - Fleetwood Station datum Preston Station 14m44c Poulton No.3 Junction PY001(1) originally Ramper Road (1842-1843), then closed. Reopened as Cleveleys 1865 and renamed Thornton in 1905. Moved to new site 1925 and became Thornton-Cleveleys in 1953. (2) Fleetwood (4th) from 1966. |
WPS | |
| PY021 LY261 NW881 |
Poulton Curve datum 0m37c Poulton No.4 Junction PY001 |
POU | |
| PY022 | Fleetwood (1st) Station datum Burn Naze Junction PY0201840-1851. Not joint as closed before joint ownership started in 1888. |
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| PY023 | Fleetwood (2nd) Station datum Fleetwood Station Junction PY0201851-1883. Not joint as closed before joint ownership started in 1888. |