Framlingham signalling diagram.

[jwealleans]

Does anyone have/know the location of a signalling diagram covering Framlingham? Ideally in the early nationalisation era but anything would be helpful. Some members of Ely MRC are researching the station with a view to building it as an extension to the current Wickham Market layout.

Thanks in advance.

[PinzaC55]

Not sure if it is open but the Public Record Office at Kew would probably have something in the MT6 files.

[65447]

Peter Paye's Oakwood Press book p124... I thought the WM crew had this already?

[jwealleans]

That's the nineteenth century diagram. There's nothing in there covering the 1930s (?) resignalling after passenger services were reintroduced and any subsequent changes up to the target period of the 1950s.

[JASd17]

From photos and other evidence in the book, I suggest there was an Up starting signal, at the end of the platform and during the time in the early 1950s, when passenger services were still running, a down home signal opposite the engine shed. There would also have been a fixed down distant, further out. I cannot tell if there were still working ground signals in the early 1950s, but I think the advanced starter, from 1930 had gone.

A diagram, as you wish for Jonathan, would clear all this up.

John

[thesignalman]

Well, let's clear it up then!
https://signalbox.org/~SBdiagram.php?id=%201300

Although the plan is undated, I would put it post-war.

John

[65447]

There's also this plan for the GER/LNER period available from the GERS in different formats that includes the location of signals:

https://www.gersociety.org.uk/index.php ... ramlingham

[JASd17]

Well, with ground signals, which does make sense, I was not too far out.

John