Next stage is where to position (to an 'acceptable' level anyway) the semaphores (in a LNER/Grouping era context) so pencils out everyone. There was several types of signal posts which were used either wooden posts, lattice (iron) posts & concrete posts. On the GE section of the LNER (Liverpool Street-Cambridge-Kings Lynn & Liverpool Street-Ipswich-Norwich) had primarily used GE lower quadrant signals with upper quadrant signals becoming common from the 1940s & 1950s onwards although there was still GE lower quadrant signals around at various locations. On the former NER of the LNER (north of Shaftholme Jn-York-Newcastle and northwards beyond) that railway primarily used NE lower quadrant signals since before pre-grouping days and on into LNER days with upper quadrant signals becoming common during the 1940s & 1950s onwards although there was still NE lower quadrant signals around at various locations. On the GNR section of LNER (Kings Cross-Shaftholme Jn) from before pre-grouping days and on through the 1920s-1940s had primarily used somersault signals with upper quadrant signals becoming common from the 1940s & 1950s onwards although there was still GN somersault signals around at various locations. There will be 3 of these eventually so have a chance to get these more correct (LNER wise) but again, before I start are these adaptable to 'Lower Quadrant'?Īny help, suggestions, comments, as usual gratefully welcome. The other part of this is the Ratio LNER Lattice Post signals kit 486 which I'm planning to fit to Ratios 478 Pratt Truss gantry kit (and they do need to update their instruction sheet for kit 478!) which I see on the 486 instruction pages illustrates them all as 'Upper Quadrant'. I am also aware that the Hornby models themselves are not correct representations in their style of 'post' anyway for LNER but again, modeller's 'license' tolerable within this context. Is this correct for LNER as prior to getting to this stage I have acquired a fair number of Hornby semaphore signals (their R171/R172 for Single Home and Distant and R169/R170 for Double Home and Distant) but they are all 'Upper Quadrant' types? As I have a fair number of these are there instances where Upper Quadrants were used on LNER lines and would therefore be quite 'acceptable'? (I'm trying to represent things reasonably accurately but happy with some modeller's 'license')!Īlternatively, is there any way a 'non-technical' person could adapt these Hornby signals to change the direction of the 'swing' to 'downwards'? A cursory glance doesn't seem to me this would be that easy. Now at the stage of adding semaphore signals to my layout and a little bit of reading indicates that LNER used mainly (only?) 'Lower Quadrant' semaphore signals - and same reading advises this means the board had 2 positions - horizontal for 'stop/danger' and pointing downwards at approx 45 degrees for 'proceed'.
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