The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway signal Training layout

We see this unique training layout in operation at the National Railway Museum, the group of volunteers that operate the layout of which there are 16 or so in total, take us through the rules and regulations of operating absolute block signalling.
The layout is listed as being the oldest working model railway dating back to the early 19th century when first built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway until its closure in National training use at Manchester Victoria in 1995, at which time it entered preservation and display at the National Railway Museum at York, England.

[@dannyphillips995]

This brought back happy memories for me of my training at Manchester Victoria.

[@Andrea.583]

I learned on this layout back in the 80s, good to see it has been preserved.

[@njlarry100]

Very infomative! Nice clear audio.
Why not always keep all points locked all the time?
Still very confused which tetegraph box belongs to which section and why three positions vs just section open or section clossed? Maybe could be covered in part two?

[@irseminorrailwayssection9491]

Traditionally the three states of nothing occurring, train requested/accepted and train in section make up all possibilities that can occur hence three positions, the rotary block made this even clearer as you moved it in one direction usually
The later blocks require you to go back and forth which is different to the older rotary method
Yes the training layout is a lot complicated to cover every possibility that the signallers there could be thrown so it’s a bit to get used to. I certainly could do a simple block section video for you, that’s something wel do as a future video 👍