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Moorhouse Yard North SignalboxThe Moorhouse North Signalbox controls train movement in
and out of the Moorhouse Yard as well as traffic on the Main Line in and out of Moorhouse
Station. This signalbox was formerly at Templeton on the Main South Line and was
originally two-stories. It was lowered by several feet when it arrived at Ferrymead and is
now virtually identical to the standard New Zealand Railways signalbox. The lever
frame was manufactured by McKenzie and Holland and controls
Tylers Electric Tablet machines in Moorhouse North
Signalbox
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signals and points
switching in and out of the Moorhouse Yard. Signals are mainly traditional two
position semaphore signal though some electric ground signals are used. Tyler's Electric
Train Tablet machines are used on days when more than one train is in operation.
Signalbox Lever FrameTablet machines are installed at each end of a
track section and the machines are interlocked in such a way that only one tablet can be
released at a given time.
Once the tablet has been removed it is secired in a tablet sling and handed to the
train driver who carries it to the other end of the track section. There it is collected
and returned to the tablet machine thus ensuring that only one train is operating in a
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