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Signal Fact 30
The Norwich & Yarmouth Railway introduced block telegraph working in 1848 using Cooke & Wheatstone 1830s style instruments.
The instruments were used for general messages as well as authorising train movements.
Swinton & Knottingley Railway (MR, NER)
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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 | SBR | ELR |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK001 MR860 NE170 |
Swinton - Moorthorpe
167m73c 17m60c Wath Road Junction MR840(1) originally Hickleton (2) originally Clayton (3) originally Moorthorpe; later (BR) Moorthorpe (4) previously Dearne Junction (renamed between 1913 and 1919) SMJ1: Wath Road Junction - 168m64c (17m15c) SMJ2: 17m15c (168m64c) - Moorthorpe & South Kirkby Current Quail shows Wath Road Junction to Dearne Junction as 167m71c to 168m64c, datum St Pancras (SMJ1); then 17m15c at Dearne Junction decreasing to 11m29c at Moorthorpe (SMJ2), datum Burton Salmon. MR Distance Book (sheet 10F 1913) does not give milepost mileages for any of this RailRef. MR Distance Book (sheet 10 1919 and sheet 11 1920) indcates that MR mileages applied at that time. 1893 OS maps show mileposts variously labelled Wath Junction and Swinton. |
SMJ1 SMJ2 |
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| SK002 MR861 NE171 |
Mexboro' West Junction GCR - Dearne Junction datum Dearne Junction 0m74c Mexboro' West Junction GC270Wath East Curve |
WAE | |
| SK003 GC273 MR862 NE172 |
Dearne (North) Junction - Wath Junction datum Dearne (North) Junction 0m67c Dearne Junction SK001Wath West Curve |
WAD | |
| SK004 GC273c MR862c NE |
Hickleton Main Colliery Branch
171m00c 15m17c Hickleton Main Colliery Junction SK001 |
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| SK005 MR863 NE173 |
Frickley Sidings - Frickley Colliery
SK boundaryHull & Barnsley served from the other end. |
FRC2 | |
| SK006 MR864 NE174 |
Moorthorpe Station Junction - South Kirby Junction datum St. Pancras 174m55c Moorthorpe Station Junction SK001 SK007 |
SKM | |
| SK007 MR865 NE175 |
Moorthorpe - Ferrybridge Junction datum Burton Salmon Junction 11m24c -m--c Moorthorpe Station Junction SK001 SK006Mileages, left column current Quail, right ???? |
SMJ2 | |
| SK008 MR866 NE176 |
South Elmsall Junction - Moorthorpe North Junction datum Moorthorpe North Junction 1m21c South Elsmhall Junction WR001 |
SEP | |
| SK009 MR867 NE178 |
Pontefract Junction - Pontefract East Junction datum Pontefract Junction 0m00c Pontefract Junction SK006 |
PLP | |
| SK010 | BR 1965 Ferrybridge Curve datum Burton Salmon Junction 3m08c Pontefract East (Goods) Junction LY360 |
PEF |
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