Wexford70 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Hi folks, Can anyone advise what the piece of infrastructure is, outlined in green? I am guessing it is a platform for the signalman to hand over the ETS token to a driver? Are there any other photos of such infrastructure or plans? It is nit very clear in the photo. https://scontent.fdub2-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/277728921_10220063211387483_467474855476735848_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=0f5592&_nc_ohc=DP5gYmzHUZAAX8SOurA&_nc_ht=scontent.fdub2-3.fna&oh=00_AfBwEYn5LzXCWsVF_UICZ0hPeacZP_TKNdWFjN-mVJxA0g&oe=64DD641D From facebook. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 I actually think it's a chair pushed against a sign! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Snail Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) I think it's too big to be a chair. It's wooden platform of some type - you can see the steps up to it on the bridge side of it. There's also what looks to be a post or pipe to the rear by the wall. I don't know whats it's for, but given that tablets/tokens could be passed just as well by the signalman from the platform, so I don't think its for that. I'd guess it could be for one of either .. Hanging mail bags for snatching by a TPO. Providing water to a loco. Those are just wild guesses - I'd say one of the more learned forum members will be able to solve the mystery. EDIT: perhaps its just a platform for engine crew to mount and dismount?? I can't actually see in the picture how a mail snatching device (don't know the technical term) or a water pipe would swing out closer to the track ... so perhaps not either of those after all Edited August 13, 2023 by Flying Snail Edit: refining my guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Flying Snail said: I think it's too big to be a chair. It's wooden platform of some type - you can see the steps up to it on the bridge side of it. There's also what looks to be a post or pipe to the rear by the wall. I don't know whats it's for, but given that tablets/tokens could be passed just as well by the signalman from the platform, so I don't think its for that. I'd guess it could be for one of either .. Hanging mail bags for snatching by a TPO. Providing water to a loco. Those are just wild guesses - I'd say one of the more learned forum members will be able to solve the mystery. EDIT: perhaps its just a platform for engine crew to mount and dismount?? I can't actually see in the picture how a mail snatching device (don't know the technical term) or a water pipe would swing out closer to the track ... so perhaps not either of those after all It's a big chair 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 It's a platform for token exchange, overlooked by an oil lamp for illumination by night. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Snail Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 46 minutes ago, minister_for_hardship said: It's a platform for token exchange, overlooked by an oil lamp for illumination by night. Shows what I know Every day's a school day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowcoach Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Why would a platform for token exchange be built so much further back from the line than the platform edge is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) Interestingly, there was a semaphore signal placed in that location some time later. Am not sure if that has any connection to the item shown. Edited August 13, 2023 by Wexford70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob49 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Those little platforms are actually quite common one lines around the world were tokens or staffs had to be exchanged. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 20 hours ago, Wexford70 said: Hi folks, Can anyone advise what the piece of infrastructure is, outlined in green? I am guessing it is a platform for the signalman to hand over the ETS token to a driver? Are there any other photos of such infrastructure or plans? It is nit very clear in the photo. https://scontent.fdub2-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/277728921_10220063211387483_467474855476735848_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=0f5592&_nc_ohc=DP5gYmzHUZAAX8SOurA&_nc_ht=scontent.fdub2-3.fna&oh=00_AfBwEYn5LzXCWsVF_UICZ0hPeacZP_TKNdWFjN-mVJxA0g&oe=64DD641D From facebook. There is a July 39 photo of Kilmeadan looking West in "Lost Railways of Co Dublin and the South East. The striped post in the background is part of the system for exchanging the electric train staff at speed. The striped post is fitted with a hoop apparently for picking up the staff from trains arriving at speed, staffs appear to have been picked up from a mechanism mounted on a shorter post. It looks like the GSR operated "up and down" running through crossing loops on the "Boat Train Route" at this stage with both roads of equal importance, this was unlike the Dublin-Galway line and the NCC North of Ballymena where one road through single line crossing places was aligned for high speed non-stop running and designated the main line, the other road designated the loop. Its possible the small platform was provided for manually exchanging staffs on trains held in the loop with the loco stopped past the end of the platform, starting signal for Waterford West? likely to be on the Waterford side of the bridge. Current signals likely to be cosmetic to provide atmosphere, signal cabin, crossing loop and sidings likely to have been removed following the closure of the Waterford-Mallow Line, staff sections became ETS Waterford West-Kilmacthomas, one engine in steam/train on line Kilmacthomas-Ballinacourtney 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 16 hours ago, Wexford70 said: Interestingly, there was a semaphore signal placed in that location some time later. Am not sure if that has any connection to the item shown. That signal is there for decoration, no counterweight, no pulleys, no wires running to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 13/8/2023 at 8:20 AM, Wexford70 said: Hi folks, Can anyone advise what the piece of infrastructure is, outlined in green? I am guessing it is a platform for the signalman to hand over the ETS token to a driver? Are there any other photos of such infrastructure or plans? It is nit very clear in the photo. https://scontent.fdub2-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/277728921_10220063211387483_467474855476735848_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=0f5592&_nc_ohc=DP5gYmzHUZAAX8SOurA&_nc_ht=scontent.fdub2-3.fna&oh=00_AfBwEYn5LzXCWsVF_UICZ0hPeacZP_TKNdWFjN-mVJxA0g&oe=64DD641D From facebook. Correct - that's exactly what it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 9 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said: That signal is there for decoration, no counterweight, no pulleys, no wires running to it. Am unsure if WSVR pit it there or it was in situ when CIE abandoned the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 19 hours ago, Wexford70 said: Am unsure if WSVR pit it there or it was in situ when CIE abandoned the station. I’d say WSVR put it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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