Signals, Route Relay Interlocking, Cabins and Equipment
This album contains pictures of various aspects of signalling systems in past and present.
A green signal without any train and its related circuit boxes. Vidyanagar, Hyderabad, 30-7-2004. By Pavan Kumar.
[For Showcase] Entering into the semaphore territory : A beautiful morning with semaphore signals all around on our way to Parbhani. Jalna, 2004-10. By Sachin Balwatkar.
SM showing all clear Green Flag for NZM-Goa Exp to Proceed towards Pune. Ranjangoan road (Close to Pune), July 01, 2004. By Manjinder S Nijjar.
6530 Udyan Being Shunted by Main Power KJM WDM-2c. CSTM Terminus, 20030405. By Jainand Narayanan.
Upper Quadrant Semaphore signalling at Calicut Station. CLT, 19/11/2004. By Binai.K.Sankar.
Electro-Mechanical signal equipment at Kotipalli Station. As there is only one passenger train running 3 trips/day for 6 days(except sunday), this may not have much work. Kotipalli, 27/11/04. By G. Srinivasan.
Outer Signal at Secunderabad notice shunting ramp in background. Secunderabad, 16-12-04. By Lakshman T.
Sentinels of the night guarding the exit towards Patel Nagar. Delhi Cantt, 2005-09-06. Shashanka Nanda.
A beautiful back drop of hills behind a single orange signal to the left and a double red signal on the right. This block section will soon have an automated signalling system. Vaitarna, 2005-01. By Sachin Balwatkar.
Signal Cabin of the erstwile MG Route. Now abandoned. Bolarum, 18/01/05. By Aniketh.
A signal post on the MG line between Villupuram and Chengalpattu. This line too is in the sunset of its life. VM-CGL section, 2005-01-30. By Gautam.
Signal with two red aspects indicating end of shunting block. Vira Neutral zone, 01/30/2005. By Prakash Tendulkar.
The Sealdah Rajdhani zips past the cabin at Gurap, as the track gangmen get back to their jobs. Gurap, WB, 2005-02-04. By Samit Roychoudhury.
One signal against six. Nasirabad. By Vicky.
Semaphore signalling at Calicut. Calicut, 2005-02-14. By Binai.K.Sankar.
Solar powered signal??. Between Katni-Satna, 2005-02-18. By Abhijit.
All Green for the 2008 shatabdhi. 9 March 2005. By Rohit Mohan.
Disused and broken pedestrian signals that once warned of approaching trains, on the foot fath crossing teh tracks between different RDSO buildings. the lines are the main lines to Kanpur. RDSO, Lucknow, 2005-03-10. By Samit Roychoudhury.
It's 09:45 hrs. The arm of the Semaphore drops to a 45 degrees and indicates a green light to the 1013 LTT-CBE exp. People scramble into the GS compartment. Shahabad, February 8, 2005. By Nikhil Ganu.
a control cabin, now abandoned and used as a store, after new interlocking necessiated the use of two cabins at either end of the station. Vyasnagar, near Varanasi, 2005-03-10. By Samit Roychoudhury.
The cabin-controlled starter signal at Dadar railway station (CR, Mumbai division), on platform number 4 has a curious indicator stating that goods trains can run at 15 kmph and mail express ones at 30 km ph when the signal is single yellow. In the backgr
A semaphore distant signal silhouetted against the sky. It is not immediately apparent but there is a man hanging right up near the arm. He was probably there to light up the lamp. Motibagh, Nagpur, 8th March 2005. By Alok Patel.
Lower Quadrant Semaphore Signals. Entering Shahabad, 6 Apr 2005. Jai Narayanan.
Old School Charm : As the ultra modern luxury train pulls out, a Khalasi welcomes the evening by lighting the semaphore lamps in the age old fashion with and oil and wick. Pic taken by Shashanka at Delhi Cantt. station on 6/4/2005
The Gooty twins pose with the upper quadrant semaphores and an occasional palm tree. They show off the tiara of the high powered horns (from the WDG 4) on their tops. The liberal loud honks rouse the residents from this underdeveloped part of Pune in the
A view of Sasvad Road station from the Pune end. The Up line starter and the advanced starter signals are in the 'off' position to see the Gooty twins through. This is the first station to issue a Nieles ball token, as the sign indicates. The real Sasvad
At the stroke of dusk, the loco pilot of 1013 is seen taking a breather as the train cruises along towards Hindupur amidst scattered mountains. The green starter for the main line and the more prominent red one for the loop line is visible. B/w Dharmavara