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Welcome to the Reference Centre of the Swindon Panel Society.

This site is designed to concentrate the storage of historical documents and the research conducted by members of the Swindon Panel Society into the history of the signalling of Swindon Panel.

The Swindon Panel area includes about 75 miles of the Great Western centred around Swindon, and extending towards Uffington, Corsham (near Box Tunnel, Hullavington and Sapperton.

More information about the activities of Swindon Panel Society is available on our main website. You can also keep up to date with all our latest news and activities on our Facebook page and our Twitter feed.

We also have an extensive photo gallery.

Research Categories

Sources

Sources that relate to a single specific item, ie, locking table for a ground frame, will be stored on the page applicable to that item.

Other Reference Pages

Contributors

Contributors, to maintain consistency, please always follow the Research Guidance.

This site is one of a number of online resources of Swindon Panel Society:


Main Website	Reference Centre	New Photo Gallery	Membership Register (Heritage-Ops)	Like us on Facebook	Follow us on Twitter

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-'''Welcome to the Research Centre of the Swindon Panel Society.'''
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+'''Welcome to the Reference Centre of the Swindon Panel Society.'''
 This site is designed to concentrate the storage of historical documents and the research conducted by members of the Swindon Panel Society into the history of the signalling of Swindon Panel.
-The Swindon Panel area includes the following areas of the Great Western:
+The Swindon Panel area includes about [[Control_Area_-_Description_of_Routes|75 miles of the Great Western]] centred around Swindon, and extending towards [[Uffington]], [[Corsham]] (near Box Tunnel, [[Hullavington]] and [[Sapperton]].
-Main Line: Uffington - Box Tunnel
+More information about the activities of Swindon Panel Society is available on our
-Badminton Line: Wootton Bassett - Alderton
+[http://www.swindonpanel.org.uk main website]. You can also keep up to date with all our latest news and activities on our [http://www.facebook.com/SwindonPanel Facebook page] and our [http://www.twitter.com/SwindonPanel Twitter feed].
-Gloucester Line: Swindon Junction - Sapperton
-Weymouth Line: Thingley Junction - Bradford Junction
+We also have an extensive [https://photos.swindonpanel.org.uk photo gallery].
-Highworth Branch Siding
+{| style="width:60%;"
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+| style="width:33%;" |
+==Research Categories==
+* [[The Panel Itself]]
+* [[Control Area - Description of Routes]]
+* [[Swindon MAS Stages]]
+* [[Interlockings]]
+* [[Control Functions|Control Functions - Points & Signals]]
+* [[Level Crossings]]
+* [[Stations]]
+* [[Tunnels]]
+* [[Ground Frames]]
+* [[Fringe Signal Boxes]]
+* more to come...!
+| style="width: 34%;" |
+==Sources==
+* [[Sources - Locking Sketches|Locking Sketches]]
+* [[Sources - Signalling Notices|Signalling Notices]]
+* [[WON Entries|WON Section C Notices]]
+* [[Sources - Aspect Sequence Charts|Aspect Sequence Charts]]
+* [[Drivers Maps]]
+* [[Sources - Other Documents|Other Documents]]
+* [https://photos.swindonpanel.org.uk Sources - Photographs]
+Sources that relate to a single specific item, ie, locking table for a ground frame, will be stored on the page applicable to that item.
+|
+==Other Reference Pages==
+* [[Reversible Signalling]]
+* [[Signal Boxes replaced by Swindon Panel]]
+* [[S Numbers|WR 'S' Number Series]]
+* [[Drawing Numbers|WR Drawing Numbers]]
+* [[Demo Panel Instructions]]
+|}
+==Contributors==
+Contributors, to maintain consistency, please always follow the [[Research_Guidance|Research Guidance]].
-More information about the activities of Swindon Panel Society is available on our
-[http://www.swindonpanel.org.uk main website].
-You can also keep up to date with all our latest news and activities on our [http://www.facebook.com/SwindonPanel Facebook page] and our [http://www.twitter.com/SwindonPanel Twitter feed].
+This site is one of a number of online resources of Swindon Panel Society:
+{|
+|-
+| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Main_site_logo.jpg|100px|Link=http://www.swindonpanel.org.uk]]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:swindon_reference_logo.jpg|100px|Link=http://reference.swindonpanel.org.uk]]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Piwigo-logo-shadow.png|100px|Link=http://photos.swindonpanel.org.uk]]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:hops_logo.jpg|100px|Link=http://www.heritage-ops.org.uk]]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:facebook-logo-2.jpg|100px|Link=https://www.facebook.com/swindonpanel]]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:twitter_logo.png|100px|Link=https://twitter.com/SwindonPanel]]
+|-
+| style="text-align:center;" | [http://www.swindonpanel.org.uk Main Website]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [http://reference.swindonpanel.org.uk Reference Centre]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [http://photos.swindonpanel.org.uk New Photo Gallery]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [http://www.heritage-ops.org.uk Membership Register<br>(Heritage-Ops)]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.facebook.com/swindonpanel Like us on<br>Facebook]
+| style="text-align:center;" | [https://twitter.com/SwindonPanel Follow us on<br>Twitter]
+|}