Semaphore signal

Published on 22 March 2015 at 13:06 | 1

Semaphore signal

4 votes, 4.25 avg. rating (86% score)

Color model | scale 1:25 | epoch from IIb

Added on 3 November 2015, last modified on 29 November 2015 | Downloaded 169 times

Black and white model | scale 1:25 | epoch from IIb

Added on 3 November 2015, last modified on 26 November 2017 | Downloaded 64 times

Mechanical semaphore signal on a lattice mast as used on Polish and German railways. Different construction variants are included:

single arm (danger/proceed aspects) or two arm (danger/proceed/slow aspects) signal,
three heights of mast (8, 10 and 12 meters),
three different models of drive:
- wire end drive,
- wire intermediate drive,
- electric drive.
models of additional equipment:
- signal couplings,
- signal contacts,
- return pulleys,
easy conversion to pre-1959 version (replacing orange signal glass with green).

Based on:

Album rysunków konstrukcyjnych urządzeń zabezpieczenia ruchu pociągów, volume 1A, Wydawnictwo Komunikacyjne, Warszawa 1958. Copy of album obtained from plany.zonk.pl (last access: 17^th December 2014);
Mikulski, A.: Mechaniczne urządzenia zabezpieczenia ruchu kolejowego, WKŁ, Warszawa 1965
Bronowski, J., Górecki, H., Mikulski, A.: Elektryczne urządzenia zabezpieczenia ruchu pociągów, Wydawnictwo Komunikacyjne, Warszawa 1957;
photos and mesurements of exhibits from railway museum in Zduńska Wola-Karsznice and Engine Shed Skierniewice.

One comment:

Roland Woditsch 14 May 2017 at 17:48

Hallo und einen schönen Tag,

einfach wunderbar Eure Modelle. Vielen Dank für diese Arbeit!

Gruß
Roland

One comment: