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Stirling Railway Station, Middle Signal Box

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Interior. Locking Room, track side. Detail of pulley wheels guiding signal chain and wire, attached to lever and to signal bar above, which run under the walkway on south west side of signal box.
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Interior. Locking Room. Vertical Locking Tray and levers, track side. Detail. The [sword] tappets are visible at the top of the locking tray. The Locking Tray contains locking bars which connect to dogs to other dogs allowing locking or movement of the tappets (in turn connected to the levers operated from the first floor of the signal box). This is a Glasgow 'new style' design of vertical locking tray.
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Interior. Locking Room. View along locking frame which sits below the bench (frame which guides the signal levers at first floor level), from south. Here we see a weighted lever painted black and yellow. These give extra purchase to levers which operate far flung signals. In this case, a signal 456 yards away from the signal box. The locking tray, levers and tails are visible.
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Interior. Locking Room. Detail of frame where signal levers removed.
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nterior. Locking Room. Locking frame timber with later inserted pillar.
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Interior. Locking Room. Locking frame, detail of Stevens end frame. The frame has the bench at the top which guides the levers as they engage and disengage with the locking tray via the tappets attached to the levers. the tappets then engage with the locking tray mechanism. The lever tails in turn move the pulley chains and wires which operate the signals.
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Interior. Locking Room. Locking frame, detail of Stevens end frame.
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Interior. Locking Room. Locking frame, detail of timber framing supporting Stevens frame.
DP 143318
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Interior. Locking Room, from north west, locking tray at top of picture, levers and their tails. the chains attached to the lever tails engagewith wires which operate the signals soem distance from the signal box.
DP 143320
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Interior. Locking Room. Locking frame timber support resting on brick built plinth.
DP 143323
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View of east side of box showing signal operating wires.
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View of east side of box showing signal operating wires.
DP 143331
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View of box from south.
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Interior. Signal Box. Lever Frame (96 levers) by Stevens, Glasgow Pattern. The floor below this is called the Locking Room. this contains the locking frame apparatus which operates the signals via levers, pulleys, chains and wires.
DP 143339
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Interior. Signal Box. Detail of lever as it meets bench, by Stevens, Glasgow Pattern.
DP 143344
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Interior. Signal Box. Detail of lever bench name plate, south end, by Stevens, Glasgow Pattern
DP 143351
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Interior. Signal Box. Alloa Line modern signalling system.
DP 143363
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Interior. Signal Box. Alloa Line modern signalling system.
DP 143365
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Interior. Signal Box. Signalman operating levers.
DP 143371
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Interior. Signal Box. Rear of lever bench
DP 143378
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Interior. Locking Room. Detail. Locking frame, track side. Stirrup connections to vertical or predestal 'L' cranks.
DP 143295
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Interior. Locking Room. Opening for signal connections from vertical locking frame to signals.
DP 143305
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Interior. Locking Room. Opening for connections pulleys and tension wires and signal chains.
DP 143308
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View of east side of box showing signal operating wires.
DP 143329
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