signal box > (BrE) a building beside a railway/railroad from which rail signals are operated
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"Rail terminology
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Signal box
[Categories: Rail transport]
A signal box or signal cabin (interlocking tower in US) is a Quick Facts about: building
A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one placebuilding from which Quick Facts about: railway signal Quick Summary not found for this subjectrailway signals and points may be controlled. Originally all signalling was done by mechanical means; cables or rods, connected at one end to the signals and points and at the other to the signal box or other triggers, run alongside the railway. This required signal boxes to have complex arrangements of cabling, levers and pulleys. The guts of this system is the Quick Facts about: signalling frame Quick Summary not found for this subjectsignalling frame, wherein one finds this complex cabling arrangement and linkage to levers and controls.
Nowadays, some old-style signal cabins can still be found. Some still control Quick Facts about: mechanical Quick Summary not found for this subjectmechanical points and signals. More often than not, the groundframe has now been removed or is out of use. This is due to widespread electrical signalling. Most modern countries have few, if any, mechanical signalling remaining in the rail system."
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postavnica > signal box, signal cabin
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Note added at 18 hrs 15 mins (2005-06-13 22:56:48 GMT)
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