A PROJECT to document on film the wide range of British signalling practices, equipment and buildings with the people carrying out the job has now covered more than 160 locations.
Funding has been provided by the Railway Heritage Trust and the Friends of the National Railway Museum. Other partners in the project are the Institution of Railway Signalling Engineers (IRSE), Institution of Railway Operators (IRO), National Railway Museum (NRM), Heritage Railway Association (HRA), Retired Railway Officers' Society (RROS) and, the Signalling Record Society (SRS).
With semaphore signalling being replaced by rail operating centres, FARSAP (Film Archive of Railway Signalling & People) began documenting the'boxes seven years ago to create a free, publicly available permanent record for generations to come. Apart from the national railway and heritage locations covered, the archive also includes a further 36 films with explanatory signalling demonstrations and signallers' personal memories.
More info and videos at www.s-r-s.org.uk