Station Name: COLDITZClick here for Colditz Station Gallery 6:
March 2023 - April 2024 16.J.JPG)
17.J.JPG)
Colditz W1 signal box in March 2023 seen from car park on thre west side of the line.
Photo by Dave Maguire 18.J.JPG) As photographs show, after closure Stellwerk W1 was partially stripped of equipment but the level frame remained in situ seen in March 2023. Outside, the cable tensioning equipment was removed, perhaps for reuse elsewhere, and what we see here is the framework carrying cable pulleys, the tensioning equipment being positioned above it. In comparison with the view showing the latter in situ, it would appear the pulley framework was positioned just below ground level and in this view it had been extracted. The smaller frame, nearer to the track, would have held further pulleys to turn the cables through 90 degrees before routing them through the lineside conduit.
Photo by Dave Maguire 19.J.JPG)
Colditz W1 signal box in March 2023. Lever frame nearest the camera and route lever frame plus interlocking machine beyond it.
Photo by Dave Maguire
20.J.JPG)
Colditz W1 signal box in March 2023. German mechanical signal boxes use cables for both signals and points whereas Britain used/uses rodding for points. In Germany, where points and/or signals were a distance from the box these hand cranks were used instead of levers. However, these two cranks standing side by side may indicate they operated the level crossing barriers.
Photo by Dave Maguire 21.J.JPG)
Colditz W1 signal box in March 2023. Route setting levers and interlocking equipment. It is incomplete and should have an indicator panel about it.There is an annotated (in English) photograph on German Block and Interlocking Principles on web site that explains the eqauipment found in German signal boxes.
Photo by Dave Maguire 22.J.JPG) Points lever frame in March 2023, showing cable going down below the floor. It no doubt controlled the siding(s) serving the agricultural warehouse opposite the box. The small horizontal lever would have been something to do with interlocking. This was a Type W1 'box, meaning it was secondary to the main box, which was a Type B2, and dependent upon it
Photo by Dave Maguire 23.J.JPG)
Coldits station building seen from a car park of Leioziger Straße in March 2023.
Photo by Dave Maguire
24.J.JPG)
After standing empty and unused for many years restoration work on the building is at last underway. It is now fenced and the rubbish chute dangling out of the window indicates recent activity.
Photo by Marc Hope
|
.jpg)
Colditz station seen from tg station forecourt in April 2024. Restoration of the station building has recently started.
Home Page