Who knows what a DOLLY is then?
It was the general term for a "Shunt" signal, a white disc with a red band across--Probably....... Yes.
Yes, those signals on the ground next to the track. I always thought they were 'Theatre Signals' or lights.
It was the general term for a "Shunt" signal, a white disc with a red band across--
You seem to have that slightly wrong
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The modern colour light shunt signals are called position light colour signals. Some have two red lights and one white, some have two white lights as well.Are those the same things as the lit versions you get on modern signals, or do they have a different name?
The modern colour light shunt signals are called position light colour signals. Some have two red lights and one white, some have two white lights as well.
Hardly, bus driving is much more complicated, they have to turn that big wheel thing and press the 'go' and 'whoa' pedals.
..... And avoid crashing into that low bridge!!
I was meaning the indicator on top of a signal that consists of the white line that moves depending on what line is to be used, but anyway.
Do you mean Junction route indicators like these? Commonly known as feathers. 5 white lights. If 2 or more bulbs fail, the signal remains at Danger..
No, that's a feather, I already mentioned them!!
You see the red line in your illustration of a Dolly?? Its the modern electric signal equivalent of that..... The Secondary or Subsidiary Signal comprising of a white circle with a black line through it that moves depending on the route/right away, and is usually in a theatre type route indicator, only without the numbers.
Is that also a Dolly??
Curiously I can't find pictures of them but there is one at Hyndland Station a few miles away from me that controls a junction for example.