T & W Ground Frame

[Oracle]

On doing some research into tube reversing points, as a result of the thread on Central reversing, I found on another forum that Totteridge & Whetstone Ground Frame is being quoted as a reversing point. I thought that his had been taken out of use: is this the case? I seem tho think I remember it being used many, many years ago when there was engineering work otherwise when I was intersted in the LU in the Seventies/Eighties it was an anachronism that remained extant. Rather like Woolston on the Fareham-Southampton line that was originally controled by a signal box on the Up end of the Down platform..the building is there but empty although used by a model society until recent times. Because of engineering work Woolston was used on 5 March ... a left-over but thank goodness it's there as apart from Netley it's the only #-over available between Fareham and say St Denys. Yes I know it's off -Forum topic but it illustrates the point!
Together with the Romsey-Totton via Easteigh, Southampton-Fareham is the nearest thing that Southampton has to a 'Metro' service. And bi-directional Southampton Tunnel using the old canal tunnel the nearest thing to a 'tube'!

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[Deleted]

Interesting pics Oracle, shame they've got a 450 in and not a slammer!!

[Tubeboy]

Totteridge was reversing trains in 2005 for a couple of weekends, because of engineering work at Barnet. Didnt get there though to sample the north-south crossover though.

[Oracle]

Cheers. Last time I heard someone had removed the levers! Perhaps someone decided to have a whip-round and put new ones in? Is that unique then together with the East Puntney one?

[towerman]

I did hear that when Northern gets resignalled T & W will be a signalled reversing point,can't really see the reason for this as High Barnet and Finchley Central are so close.

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High Barnet has sidings, and I suspect that someone said "What if a train in the siding gets damaged and breaks on the layout?"

[towerman]

Possibly,but one of the guys who is on the Jubilee/Northern upgrade project wasn't very impressed,thought that there were better places to do track remodelling.