Arnos Grove (PJ)

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Am I the only one who was amazed at how reliably Arnos Grove was working today? Given that at the best of times the computer screwing up controlling that area turns it into Spaghetti Junction, I was surprised to see that the person manning the Arnos desk at Earl's Court was clearly a top signaller - I didn't see or hear of ANY reports of delays due to congestion!

Also, a heads-up: the rare track in use at PJ is:

- PJ2 rte 3, which runs via the facing crossover to platform 4. Especially valuable due to the double slip!
- PJ30 rte 1, the wrong-road s/b starter from platform 1, which gets the trailing crossover south of the off-centre scissors crossover from the sidings.

The only track I need there now is the chord from the s/b line to platform 3.

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there is no one that controls it its just a fancy computer when it goes wrong the dmt or supervisor (cannot remember which one now) takes control of a emergengy panel

and i dont know what happened friday night but it did not go well at all as the line controller lost it for a few minutes ;D ;D

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aetearlscourt said:

there is no one that controls it its just a fancy computer when it goes wrong the dmt or supervisor (cannot remember which one now) takes control of a emergengy panel

and i dont know what happened friday night but it did not go well at all as the line controller lost it for a few minutes ;D ;D

The area from Wood Green to Cockfosters is controlled from its own control room at Earls Court.

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no its not it only has a panel in the control room no desk its a new fibre optic display

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aetearlscourt you are right in the fact that at the east end of the panel in the control room there is a LED section which shows the area controlled by what used to be desk 5 in the control room. There has been a separate room fror some years just before you go into the control room 2 position same sort of diagram LED.

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ANy photos anywhere of the control room. I only remember it from about 1975.