Photograph 1960, from the collection of Dr J W F Scrimgeour
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THE SIGNAL BOX |
OVERSEAS |
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Photograph 1960, from the collection of Dr J W F Scrimgeour |
The small signal box at Hobart Junction controlled the terminus at Hobart. The line from here to Claremont was the only double-track on the island of Tasmania, with several intermediate block posts.
 Photograph 1960, from the collection of Dr J W F Scrimgeour |
A view of the 15-lever McKenzie & Holland lever frame and the
instrument shelf. In the centre is the Tyer's one-wire three-position block
working to Botanical Gardens box, with a track circuit indicator and a signal
repeater to the right of it.
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