QUOTE (dwb @ 16 Apr 2007, 20:30)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>These look very interesting! When were they introduced? I'm modelling the '50s but the thought of working disc signals is far beyond my capabilities at the moment.
I have a photo in the gallery of one of these signals at Kingswear. You get there using
this link. If you can't see it, click on the image to see it full size and then look at the bottom centre.
David
I don't know the answer to that, David. Quite a while, I think. I was speaking to David at Ontracks a few years back and he was lamenting that CCH, who make the Eckon/Berko range, do not seem to take full advantage of the marketing side of things - no fully comprehensive catalogue or pictures of each product, for example. Which in this day and age is surprising (and I would have thought, reduces sales).
Older modellers must know the history of these products...?
I'm very grateful CCH market these, and the rest of their range, though - astounding to me that there aren't more working British-outline signals available (semaphore or colour light). Without CCH (and Roger Murray for the more complex items) we'd be stuffed.
Nice photo, by the way!
QUOTE (Peter_Harvey @ 16 Apr 2007, 22:15)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>thanks for that Paxman I have ordered some this afternoon but its nice to see what they look like.
Pete
You're welcome, Pete. I'm an amateur signal nut, and the thought of completing my layout without them is...unthinkable. I want fully working signals and if possible interlocked and even computer-controlled, as well. All achievable, but it will take me some years, I know. For me, you can't have a model railway without signals.