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| | | The gang at the Wintershill Signal Works have been busy again... (URL) I used to love watching the signalman at my local station as a kid, so I've always wanted to build a proper gated level crossing, worked by a large gate wheel, just as I remember (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains) !
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| | | | | Re: Wintershill Signal Works —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Whoa.. Very nice! These actually swing across the track??? wild! How often do trains plow through them? (...) Exactly. The true craftsman knows it needs to be there, so it is. Spot on. Very nice stuff. Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing! (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Wintershill Signal Works —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) We still have a couple of similar crossings operating in the Melbourne metro, I'll try to get some pics at some stage. There's also a few permanently shut (to road traffic) which were manually operated until they were closed down. The (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Wintershill Signal Works —Jonathan Reynolds
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| | | | | Nice work Stuart! (...) With crossings the transmission of drive from one side to the other calls for either raising the track level or using a bridge/signal gantry. This looks very tidy. (...) Lattice posts too! (...) My favourite - really liked (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Wintershill Signal Works —Mark Palmer
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| | | | | Wonderfull models, but also great photos. Taking pictures outside and using perspective to guive a real life look excellent, also good definition. Mark "Stuart Jones" <stuart@swanmore.net> wrote in message news:H9pC4y.HHp@lugnet.com... (...) kid, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Wintershill Signal Works —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | (...) never figure out how to make it small enough. Have you got a close-up of the bushes actually mating as gears? I love the brake detail on the wagons you brought along to the GWLTS. This clearly raises the bar, and we can't simply get away with (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Wintershill Signal Works —Stefan Garcia
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| | | | | Very cool! I really like the design of the gates. Quite impressive, all that fine engineering. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Wintershill Signal Works —Stuart Jones
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| | | | (...) I've just added a new view showing the bushes and more of the mechanism. Re: level crosings, last surviving gated crossings in the UK are listed at www.signalbox.org/la...ssings.htm Some good photos too, particularly the beauty at Allington (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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