FARSAP News

The latest additions to the extensive FARSAP signalling films archive are two films of Bridlington. They cover the large 1893 listed mechanical signal box shot in 2020, at the time probably the largest remaining mechanical box in Yorkshire and the North East.  Bridlington once had an eight-platform station and larger layout. The signal box originally had 125 levers and when filmed, there were 65. The second film shot in 2024 deals with the 2021 resignalling of Bridlington with LED colour light signals, the new track layout and installation of an NX (entrance/exit) panel. It includes the latest method of taking a “Line Blockage” when the track patroller wanted to work in the platform lines. It involved the use of TCODs – Track Circuit Operating Devices - working with the signaller, these enable track workers to block lines themselves remotely using a laptop or tablet. The FARSAP archive continues to offer an extensive range of free-to-view signalling films. To see them all, simply see the list of locations on the FARSAP website. For the Bridlington films, click on https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/videoPages/Bridlington.php