Early C&SLR trains rolling back

[angelislington]

Morning all,

following on from the other thread about the bank/moorgate section, it occurred to me, I've always wondered:

I know all about the fact that the first trains on the northern sec of the C&SLR being unable, sometimes, to make the gradient and rolling backwards down the tunnel to try again.

My quessie is: how did this affect the signalling? Presumably there weren't enough trains running for this to be a problem?

xx AngelIs

[Deleted]

Good question!

Most of the books I have or have read on the Northern Line don't actually go into enough detail on this particular aspect of the early C&SLR, so this is something that I look forward to seeing answered.

/waits for the awesome monologue from CSLR ;D

[CSLR]

angelislington said:

I know all about the fact that the first trains on the northern sec of the C&SLR being unable, sometimes, to make the gradient and rolling backwards down the tunnel to try again.
My quessie is: how did this affect the signalling? Presumably there weren't enough trains running for this to be a problem?

theonekea said:

Good question!
/waits for the awesome monologue from CSLR ;D

Sorry to disappoint, but no rambling monologue this time. I think that the details were covered in this post:-
districtdave.proboards39.com/index.cgi?board=Quizzes&action=display&thread=1143919931&page=7#1144694763
The important point in relation to your enquiry is that the King William Street outer home was way back on the other side of the river, so there was plenty of space to roll back. As you will see from this description, if a banking locomotive had to be used, the C&SLR used its own interpretation of the signalling arrangements.
Please let me know if this does not answer your question.

[angelislington]

Yay, that's really cool, thank you!

xx AngelIs