signal box
Train route headquarters
A signal box is a building housing equipment that controls railway signals and points (track switches) within a section of track.
Traditionally staffed by a signalman operating mechanical levers, most have been replaced by centralized electronic control centers.
Also called a signal tower in American usage.
Engaging by overlap
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
- pointsUnits of tally
- switchesCircuit opening devices
- trackPath or monitored route
junction · train dispatcher · crossing · route · derailment · token · shunting · sidings
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- steam eraPeriod of boiler-powered machinery
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
heritage railways · museum · listed building · conservation · vintage · mechanical · traditional · bygone
Send with speed
- traffic managementControlling vehicle movement patterns
- routingPath selection process
- timetableArranged list of events
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
coordination · regulation · clearance · caution · protection · single line · possession · emergency procedures
Tall slender edifice
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- brickworkConstruction from fired blocks
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- timberWood for construction
frame · windows · gantry · steps · balcony · nameplate · chimney · stove
Involving conducted current
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- panelDistinct flat section
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- computerizedOperated by electronic processor
solid state · AWS · fail-safe · detection · indication · control system
interlocking
Engaging by overlap
track · junction · train dispatcher · crossing · route · derailment · token · shunting · sidings
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- steam eraPeriod of boiler-powered machinery
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
restoration · heritage railways · museum · listed building · conservation · vintage · mechanical · traditional · bygone · nostalgia
dispatch
Send with speed
- traffic managementControlling vehicle movement patterns
- routingPath selection process
- timetableArranged list of events
synchronization · coordination · regulation · clearance · caution · protection · single line · possession · emergency procedures
tower
Tall slender edifice
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- brickworkConstruction from fired blocks
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
timber · frame · windows · gantry · steps · balcony · nameplate · chimney · stove · oil lamps
electrical
Involving conducted current
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- panelDistinct flat section
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
computerized · solid state · AWS · fail-safe · detection · indication · control system
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- British Transportrailway, railways, canal, tram, trams
- Control Stationscockpit, bridge, tower, console, mission control
- signalssignaling, waved, nodded, gestured, blinked
- traffic controlstop light, traffic light, crosswalk, traffic camera, traffic circle
- traffic signalstraffic light, stoplight, red light, green light, yellow light
signal boxstation
Fixed stopping point
passenger terminal · railway station · train station · freight depot · platform
box, sign, signal, signature, indicator, signals, semaphore, signalman, boxwood