Tuesday 19 September 2017

Railway Signalling in Burma (Index)

There is a series of posts in which I attempt to summarise my observations of railway signalling on Myanma Railways.

Railway Signalling in Burma - Part 1: Semaphore Signals.
Railway Signalling in Burma - Part 2: Colour Light Signals & Motor Points.
Railway Signalling in Burma - Part 3: Control of Trains.
Railway Signalling in Burma - Part 4: Manual Control of Points and Interlocking.
Railway Signalling in Burma - Part 5: Signal Boxes with Interlocking Frames.
Railway Signalling in Burma - Part 6: Signal Boxes with Electrical Interlocking.
Railway Signalling in Burma - Part 7: Telecommunications (in preparation)

Features of Railway Signalling in Myanmar

To facilitate further analysis of the signalling principles used on Myanma Railways (MR), I have assembled a number of albums of my photographs covering specific features. This work is ongoing.

Semaphore Signals

MR: Semaphore Fixed Distant Signals.
MR: Semaphore Stop Signals.

Local operation of Semaphore Signals

MR: Single Lever Signal Frame.
MR: Signal Capstan.

Local operation of points

MR: Single Lever Point Frame.

Elevated Ground Frames

MR: Elevated Ground Frames.

Local locking of points

MR: Trapped Key Locking Boxes.