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Signal Fact 20

The first British 4-aspect colour light signals read, from the top: Green, Yellow, Red, Yellow.

This was later changed to Yellow, Green, Yellow, Red so that snow falling on the hood of the bottom yellow aspect did not build up and obscure the red aspect directly above.

Mersey Docks & Harbour Railway

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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.

The trunk route of the Dock lines ran for the most part beneath "The Docker's Umbrella", otherwise known as the Liverpool Overhead Railway. For that reason much of the route is 'invisible' on OS maps.

RailRef	Line Detail	SBR	ELR
	Junctions off main route, Docks side unless otherwise indicated. datum Herculaneum Dock (end of line) Harrington Dock (south connection) Harrington Dock (north connection) Brunswick Goods (landward) CL South Docks Goods (landward) LY Queens Dock No.2 north side / Kings Dock No.1 south side Park Lane Goods (landward) NW Wapping Goods (landward) LY (Pier Head - Mann Island) Riverside Branch Junction Waterloo Dock Goods (Landward) NW Victoria Dock south side Clarence Dock north side Nelson Dock south side North Docks Goods (landward) LY Nelson Dock north side (LYR high level coal railway crosses above) Sandon Dock south side Sandon Dock Goods (landward) MR Sandon Dock north side / Huskisson Dock No.1 south side Huskisson Dock No.1 north side / No.2 Dock south side Huskisson Dock No.2 north side / No.3 Dock south side Huskisson Goods (landward)) NW Canada Dock No.1 north side / Graving Dock south side Graving Dock north side Canad Dock No.2 south side Bankfield Goods (landward) LY Canada Dock No.3 south side / Dock No.2 north side GCR Goods (landward) Back Street Goods (landward) Canada Dock No.3 north side Brocklebank Dock (North Carriers) Langton Dock south side / Brocklebank Dock Langton Dock middle Alexandra Dock No.1 south side / Langton Dock north side Alexandra Dock No.2 south side Connection to LNWR Alexandra Dock Goods (landward) NW Connection to MR Alexandra Dock Goods (landward) MR Alexandra Dock No.3 south side / Dock No.2 north side Alexandra Dock No.3 north side Hornby Dock south side Hornby Dock Goods Connection to LYR Alexandra Dock Goods (landward) LY Hornby Dock north side Gladstone Branch Dock No.1 south side Gladstone Engraving Dock (end of line) Set out from south to north to match the 'down' direction of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Other docks were served by sidings parallel to main line of route.
	Harrington Dock Loop datum Harrington Dock (south connection) Swing Bridge Harrington Dock Wall Swing Bridge Harrington Dock (north connection)
	Riverside Branch datum Riverside Station Riverside Branch Junction
	Alexandra Dock Loop datum Alexandra Dock No.1 south side Swing Bridges North Wall Alexandra Dock No.3 north side

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