A signal called Fred

[roythebus]

Looking at an old diagram on plastic tracing paper today I noticed a signal called Fred on there! Any ideas where it was?

[Tom]

There couldn't have been many as High Street Ken was mostly underground. The last survivor was FRED1510 which wasn't far from Earl's Court.

[Colin]

I feel an explanation is in order for those that have no idea what this is all about.....

Prior to the CBTC signalling system High Street Kensington had the cabin code ED. This meant that all the signals in the High Street Kensington area were identified with plates starting with the letters ED.

Repeater signals would have the letter R added. This would lead to the trivia question "where can you find red repeaters?" - the answer being High Street Kensington as the repeater signal plates would start with the letters RED.

Fog repeaters had the letters FR added hence this thread where a fog repeater signal in the High Street Kensington area would start with the code FRED.

[roythebus]

The correct answer, well done! the digram I got it from is of the signalling and traction supply sections. It stretches from south Kensington to Barons Court. Unfortunately a couple of bits were cut out, presumably when the diagram was thrown out 40-odd years ago!

But yes, it was a favourite question from train crew inspectors back in the day, "where would you find the only repeaters that could show red?". Happy days.

[theblackferret]

I wonder if the creators of this

Fred

saw that signal back in the day?

[AndrewS]

Brings make memories of being told this during a course at the LT Signal Training Centre at Hammersmith when I started work in 1979!