The Panel Itself

The panel is the means by which the signalmen give requests to the interlocking that controls the signalling equipment, and the means by which the interlocking gives indications to the signalmen.

The panel is an Integra design, heavily used by the Western Region, made by Henry Williams (Darlington).

The panel has two main parts: The lower part contains a large track layout map, formed of a mosaic of Dominos, with the controls and indications superimposed onto it. The upper part contains the train describer and, originally, the telephone concentrator. The telephone concentrator buttons were moved to the lower part of the panel when the LED berth train describer was replaced by the Vaughan Harmon VDU train describer.