Talk:Signalling control

message: Hi everybody, since this page was unsightly I created a separate article for North American Interlocking towers.--JackLumber 12:29, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I propose breaking out three sub pages on British, North American and Continental styles of signaling control nodes.  Trying to keep it all on this one page will require three sets of terminology and three sets of operating practices for each unit of information.  This page should be for the generic history of signaling control starting with the structures and systems related to manual block and progressing through mechanical interlocking, power interlocking, area interlocking and CTC.Sturmovik (talk) 19:23, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that seems workable.  First, subdivide each section into stylistic subsections.  When they are satisfactorily completed, you can then use them to create the separate articles.  Jim.henderson (talk) 17:14, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it's Signalheads's article so he's the one that needs to move on this.Sturmovik (talk) 16:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't own this or any other article on Wikipedia; nobody does. If you feel that country-specific sub-articles are essential then go ahead and create them. I only hope that you will consider the overall hierarchy of signalling-related articles as discussed here and let this article stay as the high-level global article on signalling control. Or, if you have alternative views, raise them there at the Trains WikiProject talk page. –Signalhead < T > 17:16, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

text: I also meant to ask, could you possibly consider adding to the existing country-specific articles, such as North American railway signaling and UK railway signalling, instead of resurrecting the Signal box and Interlocking tower articles? Otherwise, I feel there will be considerable overlap. –Signalhead < T > 17:28, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Discussions of the operational and design particulars of North American signaling control locations would probably only clutter up those pages.  Anyway, since you're the one who is going to be doing the work you can design things however you wish.  I'm just making suggestions.Sturmovik (talk) 17:11, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: International Perspectives

message: A new article, block post, has recently been created. "Block post" is really just another name for a signal box, so it should redirect here. –Signalhead < T > 17:41, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: They are not synonymous. There were signal boxes before the days of block signalling which were therefore not block posts. And whilst a block post can be a specific type of signal box, as the article says, nowadays it may be equipment forming part of an ABS system. If the articles are merged, the text should be included here as a specific section, otherwise information will be lost. --Bermicourt (talk) 19:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

text: Block stations, temporary or otherwise, exist in North America as well and have their own separate column on the line timetables.  Block stations were used in manual block territory (and its descendants) and are different from Interlocking Stations (although most Interlocking Stations are also Block Stations).  Anyway it seems you are intent on making another power grab so it's not much use trying to argue.Sturmovik (talk) 16:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

text: Oppose per above Python eggs (talk) 02:32, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

text: If merged, it should be a specific section with a link to this section from "Block post". Sae1962 (talk) 09:03, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: The article says "Originally, all signalling was done by mechanical means".  This is patently wrong.  All signalling was done by manual means (hand and flag signals). Mechanical means is what the article is all about!  This is a very silly but easy slip to make.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.59.164 (talk) 07:30, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This isn't an article on railway signaling, its an article on signalboxes.  The whole point of signalboxes was to replace manual signaling.  Taking time in this article to explain the difference between manual hand signals and interlocked signals would be counterproductive.Sturmovik (talk) 11:59, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factual error 

message: For a page that's is the target of so many redirects it seems to be little bland and generic given the broad and detailed subject matter it covers.  Are there any plans to expand this page or make new pages that can do the same?  Most of the other pages of railroad signaling have a good level of technical information and offer comprehensive coverage of their subject matter, but despite the huge scope of "Signaling Control" there is little or no depth to the page. Sturmovik (talk) 15:02, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Content