London's Waste - Return Working
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London's Waste - Return Working
Image: © Martin Addison Taken: Unknown
A class 56 approaches Elstree with a train of empty refuse containers. The 56's had only recently started to appear on these trains in 1979. The signal on the left has two arms and is very tall in order to provide northbound train drivers with a sight of the signal's aspect from behind the bridge that this photo is taken from. It is a little unusual in being of lattice construction, signals on the line were usually of the circular pole variety. I am advised by John Webb that the lattice type was used for tall signals as they had lower wind resistance than the circular post type. The gantries that will carry the colour light signals to replace these semaphores are already in place further along the line.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.659736
Longitude
-0.287203