Signal Box Diagrams for a Model Railway
AMRM ran a series of articles beginning in March/April 19791 on Australian railway signalling and in August 1996 there was an article on building VR mechanical signals2 . Signalling Victorian stations was covered in 19973 and two articles on Victorian colour light signalling appeared in 20074 . In 1985 a modelling project was described converting a British signal box to an Australian one5 .
Modellers’ conventions sometimes include building a signal box , but a feature of the signal box interior, if included, is usually not mentioned, namely the signal box diagram. I (WB) started building my layout in 1982 and a few years later my (then) young son built a signal box out of matchsticks. The interior featured a lever frame made of matchsticks and a signal box diagram. It is planned that one day this box will be replaced by a Design Workshop signal box, as the kit has
