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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
Hampton in Arden Station: lnwrhia2980
View of Hampton in Arden's up starter signal, a combination
of pre-grouping and grouping equipment seen on 27th June 1961. Bob Essery
writes in Part One of 'DJ Norton's pictorial survey of Railways in West
Midlands' that the origin of the signal appeared to be an LMS lattice post
supporting a timber Midland Railway type of 'Gallows' which in turn is
supporting a LNWR lower quadrant signal arm. Semaphore signal arms were
described as either being 'upper' or 'lower' quadrant. This description
described the arc of the signal arm when moved from the danger position
(horizontal) to the clear or off position 'right of way). In a lower quadrant
signal, the arm pivots downwards for the 'off' indication whereas the an upper
quadrant signal, as the name implies, pivots the arm upward to the 'off'
position.
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