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1/6/08

Winchcombe station and yard Winchcombe is the next station south of Toddington, and also has lots to interest the enthusiast. This is the view back towards Toddington.
The view from the other end of the station, towards Gotherington. View towards Gotherington
Down advanced starter The down advanced starter, at the northern portal of the Greet tunnel.
My train passes the up innerhomes, on its way into the up platform. Up innerhomes
Up home The up home is a considerable distance further back, before the southern Greet tunnel portal.
The signalbox was originally at Hall Green, and has the frame that originally belonged to Honeybourne West Loop. Up starter and signalbox
Up distant The up distant.
The down innerhome. Note the yellow disc to its right for movements out of the yard. Down innerhome, and yellow disc
Up advanced starter The up advanced starter.
The down home. Down home
Down distant The down distant.
Inside the signalbox. Signalbox interior
Part of the block shelf Some of the equipment on the block shelf, including some signal repeaters styled to look like miniature signal arms.
The token instrument for the section to Toddington. Toddington token instrument
Cheltenham Racecourse token instrument Its counterpart for the section to Cheltenham Racecourse was lacking a galvanometer needle, so an external one has been fixed above the window frame.
The central portion of the box diagram. Central portion of box diagram
Up starters and entrance to yard A clearer view of the up starters, and the entrance to the yard.

28/7/13

The down innerhome has now been replaced with a splitter, allowing trains from Toddington to be signalled into either platform and making both platforms fully bi-directional. Down innerhomes
Down innerhomes A face-on view of the same signal.
This yellow disc (also visible in the photo above) controls exit movements from the down yard, but may be passed in the normal position by shunting moves onto the headshunt. Yellow disc from yard
Up innerhomes and down advanced starter The view towards Gotherington from the road bridge, with the up innerhomes and the down advanced starter beyond.

More information about Toddington signalbox can be found on the Signalling Notices - Toddington page.


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