signal cabin

English

Noun

signal cabin (plural signal cabins)

1. (rail transport) Synonym of signal box
   • 1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226:

     Having completed their task, Fireman Page telephoned from a lineside box to the next signal cabin, briefly reported the incident and said that, as no high explosive had dropped and the track was safe, they proposed proceeding "at caution".

   • 1960 December, “More L.T. progress with programme machines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 758:

     At Putney Bridge the train description transmissions for eastbound trains must be originated as there is no manned signal cabin on the London Transport system beyond this point; [...].

   • 2019 October, “Edgware Rd cabin closes”, in Modern Railways, page 22:

     The latest 'go live' introduced the new signalling across the complex junction at Baker Street and saw the decommissioning of the signal cabin at Edgware Road, which opened in 1926.