tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074654920193695267.post3160795933409109019..comments2023-12-24T12:05:31.362+11:00Comments on BYLONG: Signals Branch - Signal Relay Hut, Staffs and Steel Post Signal Detail PartsRay Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16624865987062727847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074654920193695267.post-45916863383310531472017-11-27T08:50:36.463+11:002017-11-27T08:50:36.463+11:00Thanks Colin and TOM R for the supporting informat...Thanks Colin and TOM R for the supporting information.<br /><br />Ray PRay Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624865987062727847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074654920193695267.post-9893932765592576852017-11-27T08:44:56.692+11:002017-11-27T08:44:56.692+11:00Ray,
The staff boxes typically have a hole for th...Ray,<br /><br />The staff boxes typically have a hole for the staff on both sides of the box to allow the staff to be slid into the box, the annett key (if the section requires it for working intermediate sidings) on the end of the staff would pass through and protrude out the other side of the box, most of the photos you have posted above shows that the staff with a key is longer than the box is wide.<br /><br />A staff for a section can only open each of the two (2) boxes for that section to obtain a ticket if required. There was / is a box at each end of a section.<br /><br />A staff from another section cannot open a box from another section, this explains the corresponding staff head symbols and colours ( the colour was also stamped / written on the shaft of the staff as well on some staves). <br /><br />This was also another part of the safe working methodology in order to prevent over running the section with an incorrect staff as it would not be able to assist the train crew with working of intermediate sidings in the section nor open the staff boxes<br /><br />My understanding (willing to stand corrected) is the staff can only enter the box from the right hand side when facing the box. The lugs on the shaft of the staff varied in their position and they corresponded with the unlocking mechanism of the particular section / staff boxes in order to open the box to obtain a ticket if required, again another safe working protection.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Tom R.<br /><br />Tom R.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574731499433982697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074654920193695267.post-570877061718909022017-11-26T21:53:47.891+11:002017-11-26T21:53:47.891+11:00Ray
The ordinary staff and tickets had colour ass...Ray<br /><br />The ordinary staff and tickets had colour associated with the head, you will notice the colour of the respective boxes and the cutout shape of the head, that cutout represented the colour that was also the colour of the tickets for the applicable staff and the section that it corresponded with.<br />Heart - Green<br />Round Red<br />Triangle White<br />Blue Square,<br />The staff opened the appropriate safe working box, no key on end meant no sidings in the section, whereas a key on the end was to unlock points.Colin Husseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10166476334786660482noreply@blogger.com