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I've just got a copy of this new publication (Ian Allan, 2007, ISBN(13) 978 0711 032156, £14.99) while visiting the SW Herts MRC exhibition today. I have skimmed through this over the last couple of hours and can warmly recommend it both for the design of a layout and the appropriate signalling.
It has the following sections:
Historic review of the development of permanent way and track formations (Includes information on point design.)
Historic review of the development of signalling (Semaphore/subsidiary/colour light and telegraph poles)
Operating the Railway (How operating requirements influence track and signal layouts.)
Signal Stations (ie Signal boxes, signal huts and ground frames.)
A Modeller's viewpoint
There are also short appendices on Legislation and References and Sources.
There are many excellent black and white photos to illustrate the points that Bob Essery is making about prototype practice and its potential application to models.
Regards,
John Webb
It has the following sections:
Historic review of the development of permanent way and track formations (Includes information on point design.)
Historic review of the development of signalling (Semaphore/subsidiary/colour light and telegraph poles)
Operating the Railway (How operating requirements influence track and signal layouts.)
Signal Stations (ie Signal boxes, signal huts and ground frames.)
A Modeller's viewpoint
There are also short appendices on Legislation and References and Sources.
There are many excellent black and white photos to illustrate the points that Bob Essery is making about prototype practice and its potential application to models.
Regards,
John Webb