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Signal Fact 37

Colour light signals were introduced for the first time in 1904 with the opening of the Great Northern & City Railway.

Although automated, they were lit by oil and had 'moving spectacles'.

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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	ELR
FN001	Carnforth - Ulverston datum Carnforth (original) Junction (=5m69c on main line) 0m19c Carnforth North Junction NW890 0m31c Carnforth 0m43c Carnforth Station Junction FN002 0m67c Carnforth F&M Junction FN003 Carnforth F&M Station 3m11c Silverdale Level Crossing 3m55c Silverdale 4m22c Leaming LC 4m74c Waterslack Quarry Level Crossing 5m57c Black Dyke Level Crossing 6m21c Arnside Arnside Junction FN004 Meathop 9m43c Grange-over-Sands (1) 10m20c Bathing Pool LC 10m59c Cart Lane LC 11m27c Kents Bank 11m30c Kents Bank LC 12m42c Wraysholme LC Wraysholme Halt 13m59c Cark & Cartmel (2) 14m24c Crook Wheel LC Ravensbarrow Leven Junction FN005 17m62c Plumpton Junction FN006 FN007 19m28c Ulverston FN020 (1) originally Grange; later (LMS) Grange and (LMS) reverted to Grange-over-Sands (2) originally Cark-in-Cartmel; later (BR) Cark	CBC1
FN002 MR921	Carnforth East Junction - Carnforth Station Junction datum Carnforth Station 0m25c Carnforth East Junction FN003 0m04c Carnforth Station Junction FN001	CEC
FN003 MR920	Furness & Midland Railway Joint datum Carnforth F&M Station 0m02c Carnforth F&M Junction FN001 0m29c Carnforth East Junction FN002 0m48c Engine Shed Sidings 3m10c Borwick 4m55c Keerholme LC 5m47c Bowness LC 6m56c Wards LC 6m75c Arkholme 8m04c Melling 9m45c Wennington Junction MR910	SJC
FN004	Arnside - Hincaster Junction 0m00c Arnside Junction FN001 Sandside Heversham 5m25c Hincaster Junction NW	AHR
none	Wraysholme Branch datum Shown in National Atlas page 45 but status doubtful; may well have been MoD owned.
FN005	Leven Junction - Greenodd Junction Leven Junction FN001 Greenodd Junction FN006
FN006	Lakeside Branch 7m72c Lake Side 6m66c Newby Bridge Platform 4m71c Haverthwaite 4m56c end of Haverthwaite & Lakeside Railway Greenodd Greenodd Junction FN005 0m00c Plumpton Junction FN001 FN007	LKD
none	Blackbeck Works Branch datum Blackbeck Works Blackbeck Works Branch Junction Status uncertain; probably industrial.
none	Plumpton Quarries datum Status uncertain; probably industrial.
FN007	Bardsea Branch (1) 0m00c Plumpton Junction FN001 FN006 Canal North Lonsdale Crossing 2m40c Conishead Priory (1) aka Bardsea or Glaxo Branch Shown throughout in 1937 Appendix. Cobb shows section from North Lonsdale to Conishead as closed in 1916.	GXO
FN020	Ulverston - Barrow Central datum Carnforth 19m28c Ulverston FN001 Ulverston Road Lindal East Lindal West Lindal Dalton Station Junction FN021 23m67c Dalton 24m38c Dalton Junction FN022 Millwood Junction FN023 25m20c Furness Abbey 26m08c Park House Farm LC Roose North Junction 27m13c Roose Roose South Junction FN025 FN032 27m59c Salthouse Junction FN030 St.Lukes Junction FN041 Barrow Central South 28m76c Barrow-in-Furness FN050	CBC1
FN021	Stainton Branch 1m56c Stainton Quarry Crown Quarry 0m00c Dalton Station Junction FN020	SBC
FN022	Dalton Junction - Park South Junction 0m00c Dalton Junction FN020 Goldmire Junction FN023 FN024 0m61c Goldmire Quarry LC 0m76c Park South Junction FN050	DAP
FN023	Millwood Junction - Goldmire Junction Millwood Junction FN020 Goldmire Junction FN022
FN024	Goldmire Junction - Oaklea Junction Goldmire Junction FN022 Oaklea Junction FN050
none	Roose - Yarlside Mines Roose North Junction FN020 Yarlside Mines Status uncertain; probably industrial.
FN025	pre-1870 alignment Roose - Barrow Roose South Junction FN020 Rabbit Hill Strand
FN030	Piel - Salthouse Junction 2m73c Piel Concle / Rampside Parrock Hall Junction FN032 0m00c Salthouse Junction FN020	PIE
FN031	Parrock Hall Junction - South Side Parrock Hall Junction Cavendish Dock Junction FN044 Ramsden Dock (South Side)
none	Roosecote Branch datum Roosecote Power Station Parrock Hall Junction FN030 FN032 Status uncertain; probably industrial.
FN032	Parrock Hall Junction - Roose Parrock Hall Junction FN030 Roose South Junction FN020 1846 - 1882
FN033	Salthouse Junction - Stank Mines 0m00c Salthouse Junction FN020 FN030 1m74c Stank Mines	STK
FN040	Salthouse Junction - Ormsgill Junction v Hindpool Salthouse Junction FN020 Buccleuch Junction FN041 Strand Cornmill Crossing Devonshire Bridge Junction FN045 Hindpool Ormsgill Junction FN050	RDK1 RDK2
FN041	St. Lukes Junction - Buccleuch Junction St.Lukes Junction FN020 Loco Junction Buccleuch Junction	DLB
FN042	Buccleuch Junction - Ramsden Dock Buccleuch Junction Shipyard Junction FN045 Dockyard Junction Ramsden Dock (North Side)	RDK1
FN043	South - East curve at Buccleuch Junction 1899 - 1901
FN044	South Side - Buccleuch Bridge Junction Buccleuch Junction Cavendish Dock Junction FN031
FN045	Shipyard Junction - Hindpool South v Island Road Shipyard Junction FN042 Island Road Walney Ferry Devonshire Bridge Junction FN040 IAO: Shipyard Junction - Island Road GF	IAO
none	Channel Pier ? Dockyard Junction FN042 Channel Pier Status uncertain; probably industrial.
FN050	Barrow Central - Whitehaven Bransty datum Carnforth 28m76c Barrow-in-Furness FN020 Barrow Central North Cocken Junction Haycoat Branch GF Ormsgill Junction FN040 FN051 31m44c Sandscale LC Sandscale Junction FN053 32m77c Park South Junction FN022 33m46c Park North LC Askam Iron Works 35m03c Askam LC 35m06c Askam (1) 36m21c Dunnerholme LC Dunnerholme Gate 38m19c Kirkby-in-Furness Kirkby Junction 40m24c Skelly Crag LC 40m37c Foxfield 40m41c Foxfield LC Foxfield South Junction FN054 Foxfield West Junction FN055 42m34c Green Road LC 42m37c Green Road 42m62c Waltham Nurseries LC 43m12c Underhill LC 44m46c Salthouse No.1 LC Millom Junction FN056 45m01c Millom 45m27c Moor Farm 1 LC 46m05c Haverigg Level Crossing 46m32c Hestham Hall LC 47m08c Kirksanton Crossing 47m49c Limestone Hall Level Crossing 48m12c Silecroft LC 48m16c Silecroft 49m55c Whitbeck Crossing 53m34c Bootle 53m37c Bootle LC 55m15c Middleton Place LC Monkmoors Vickers' Gun Range Siding 56m41c Eskmeals 57m79c Ravenglass for Eskdale 58m49c Saltcoats LC 59m25c Hall Carleton LC 59m79c Drigg LC 60m02c Drigg 62m12c Seascale 63m72c Sellafield Sellafield Junction FN070 65m76c Braystones 67m35c Nethertown 70m18c St.Bees 73m30c Mirehouse Junction FN090 Corkickle No.1 Junction Ladysmith Corkickle No.2 Junction FN057 73m78c Corkickle (2nd) Bransty No.1 74m76c Whitehaven Bransty No.2 NW940 (1) Ireleth Gate until 1857, then Ireleth until 1868. CBC1 applies to whole line; MRC is the parallel single line between Mirehouse Junction and Corkickle No.2, operationally part of the line to Moor Row.	CBC1 MRC
FN051	Haycoat Branch 0m00c Ormsgill Junction FN050 FN051 0m52c Haycoat Quarry	HWT
FN052	Connection between Hidpool and Haycoat Lines datum
FN053	Sandscale Junction - Sandscale Mines Sandscale Junction FN050 Sandscale Mines
none	Kirkby - Slate Quarries Kirkby Junction FN050 Kirkby Quarry Status uncertain; probably industrial.
FN054	Foxfield - Coniston 0m00c Foxfield South Junction FN050 Foxfield North Junction FN055 Broughton (1st) Broughton-in-Furness (2nd) Woodland Torver Parkgate Level Crossing 10m20c Coniston Coniston Mines	FOX
FN055	Foxfield West Curve datum Foxfield North Junction FN054 Foxfield West Junction FN050
FN056	Millom - Hodbarrow Branch 0m00c Millom Junction FN050 Ironworks and Mineral Agent's Office 1m50c Hodbarrow Mines	HOD
FN057	Preston Street Goods Branch Corkickle No.2 Junction FN050 Coach Road Level Crossing Preston Street Goods
FN070 NW910 WH020	Sellafield - Moor Row datum Mirehouse Junction 9m44c Sellafield Junction FN050 Beckermet Beckermet Mines Junction FN071 Ullcoats Junction FN073 Egremont Clintz Junction FN074 Woodend 2m50c Bigrigg Junction FN075 2m13c Moor Row No.2 Junction	MHS
FN071 NW911 WH021	Beckermet Branch datum 1m28c Beckermet Mines No.1 Pit Beckermet Mines Weigh House 0m00c Beckermet Junction FN070	BEK
FN072 NW912 WH022	Beckermet Mines Extension datum Beckermet Mines No.1 Pit Beckermet Mines No.2 Pit
FN073 NW913 WH023	Ullcoates Branch 1m16c Ullcoats Mines No.7 Pit Ullcoates Nos 1 & 2 Pits 0m00c Ullcoats Junction FN070	ULC
FN074 NW914 WH024	Gillfoot Branch 0m23c Gillfoot Quarry 0m00c Clintz Junction FN070	EVA
FN075 NW915 WH025	Bigrigg Branch datum Mirehouse Junction 3m40c Bigrigg 2m50c Bigrigg Junction FN070	BIG
FN076 NW916 WH026	Pallaflat Branch datum
FN080 NW930 WH001	Marron - Rowrah datum Mirehouse Junction 15m69c Marron West Junction NW944 Marron South Junction FN081 Bridgefoot Branthwaite Ullock Junction FN083 Ullock Lamplugh (1) Rowrah FN090 (1) Wright Green until 1901. RMJ and WET both claim this line	RMJ WET
FN081 NW931 WH002	Marron Curve datum Marron East Junction NW944 Marron South Junction FN080
FN082 NW947 WH003	Gillgarran Branch (west) datum Ullock Junction 7m33c Parton Junction NW940 United Steel Co.'s No.4 Pit Distington Branch Junction CW010 Article: Railway Magazine 1951 July.	GGN
FN083 NW932 WH004	Gilgarran Branch Distington Rowrah Branch Junction CW010 CW015 Distington Iron Works 0m00c Ullock Junction FN080 Article: Railway Magazine 1951 July.	GGN
FN084 NW933 WH005	Distington Iron Works Branch datum There is a possibility this is part of FN083
FN085 NW934 WH006	Rowrah East Curve datum
FN086 CW016 RK001	Kelton Fell Railway See Rowrah & Kelton Fell Railway RK001 for detail.
FN090 NW920 WH010	Rowrah - Mirehouse Junction Rowrah FN080 Rowrah No.2 Kelton Fell Junction RK001 Winder Yeathouse Junction FN091 Yeathouse Eskett Junction FN091 FN092 Frizington 3m49c Birks Bridge Junction FN093 Cleator Moor (1st) 2m14c Moor Row No.1 Junction FN093 2m13c Moor Row No.2 Junction Moor Row 0m00c Mirehouse Junction FN050 WET: Rowrah - Birks Bridge Junction CRO: 2m24c - 3m38c MBE: Birks Bridge Junction - Moor Row No.2 Junction	WET CRO MBE
FN091 NW921 WH011	Original Line via Eskett datum Yeathouse Junction FN090 Eskett Eskett Junction FN090 FN092	ECK
FN092 NW922 WH012	Mowbray Branch 0m00c Eskett Junction FN090 FN091 0m58c Mowbray Colliery No.3 Pit	MOW
FN093 NW923 WH013	Cleator Moor Deviation datum Birks Bridge Junction FN090 Cleator Moor (2nd) (1) Cleator Moor Junction CW010 WH Moor Row No.1 Junction CW090 (1) Cleator Moor East from 1924. CRB Cleator Moor Junction - Moor Row No.1 Junction	CRB

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