This page is a portal to other pages in RailWest
which describe in more detail particular aspects of the Signalling
of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
(S&DJR).
This site is not intended to provide basic information or explanations
about the principles and components of railway signalling in Great Britain - you
should visit The Signal Box for a
wide range of background information. The emphasis here is on particular aspects of
signalling equipment and operation on the S&DJR, as well as historical details about
individual S&DJR signal-boxes and ground-frames. Topics include the signals, block working and the
single-line Electric Train Tablet instruments, as well as pages about individual locations
such as Midford, Glastonbury and Corfe Mullen Junction etc.
Much of the S&DJR-related material available on this site has been derived from many years of research by the author in his capacity as the Corresponding Member on S&DJR
Signalling for the Signalling Record Society, and also as the former Signalling Steward for the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust.
Grateful acknowledgement is given to all those who have helped him along the way to record
at least a small part of this complex subject.
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Bracket Signals at Wells |
Wellow Signal-Box |
Inside Midford Signal-Box |
S&DJR Tablets and Tokens |
© CJL Osment 2011-24
Glastonbury diagram photograph © David Milton, Wells photograph courtesy Wells Railway Fraternity, Midford and Wellow photographs © Ian Scrimgeour, courtesy Signalling Record Society.
Index to Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Signalling Pages
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EQUIPMENT
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SIGNALS |
LOCATIONS |
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SIGNAL DIAGRAMS |
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The late George Pryer published a series of books of GWR and SR Signal Box Diagrams and Volume 3 covered the S&DJR. In 2018 the Signalling Record Society published a Revised Edition of Volume 3 (obtainable here) with additional information and corrections based on subsequent research. Regrettably a few errors crept into that revision and these are listed in a separate Errata List - click here to see the latest Version held in RailWest.
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