The lamps on the gate signals had green lenses on opposite sides and red lenses on opposite sides so if the gates were closed across the railway then the signal exhibited a red board and red lights in both directions to trains, and a green light to motorists. If the gates were closed across the road the signal showed "no board" and green lights to trains. There were quite a number of them in use on the York - Scarborough - Hull lines up until about 1982 and I think the owner of one of the many crossing cottages near Seamer has preserved one in his garden.52D wrote:Pinza excellent pic of the revolving crossing signal, I am aware of them but its first time ive seen one in colour. Were they edge on for the train to pass? did they fit in to the rest of the signalling network ie did they fit in to block arrangements or were they localised signals for controlling road crossings in isolated areas?
I can also remember a splendidly isolated NER signal on the Amble branch which has been in several publications.
As far as I know none of them were interlocked with the other signals for block working.
I used to own the lamp off one of these signals and here it is in 1985.
NER Level Crossing gate lamp July 1985 par PinzaC55, on ipernity