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excellent volunteer-run signal box and museum
Epping Signalling Museum的点评
点评：This museum occupies trackside space and a signal box at the South end of Epping station car park. I visited with my wife. Although our local transport and its history is of interest, we are certainly not devoted railway enthusiasts. It was a local attraction that we visited out of curiosity before walking in the forest. It turned out to be an excellent and informative place to visit and surpassed our expectations.
We were shown round by a friendly and knowledgable volunteer, who had worked as a specialist in railway safety. The tour begins at a shunting locomotive on a short section of track, where the workings of the signalling and safety systems can be explained and demonstrated. Then we moved to the lower part of the signal box, which is a museum like collection of both technical items and London Underground memorabilia and also has a model railway - so suitable for a variety of interests. Then we went to the top part of the signal box. This has a rebuilt signalling control layout for the Epping section (from the days when the line here continued to Ongar and there were goods sidings and a gasworks). Anybody keen can operate the controls to allow an imaginary train to progress through this section of line.
There is also a small shop, but we didn't have time to look around that. Allow 90 minutes (or more if you want to spend time working the signals).
We really enjoyed our visit and came away with much improved knowledge of how the railway system works. I enjoyed the items about how the railway in this area worked in the past. I recommend this as a place to visit, especially if you have an interest in how stuff works. Free to visit, but do leave a donation!
We were shown round by a friendly and knowledgable volunteer, who had worked as a specialist in railway safety. The tour begins at a shunting locomotive on a short section of track, where the workings of the signalling and safety systems can be explained and demonstrated. Then we moved to the lower part of the signal box, which is a museum like collection of both technical items and London Underground memorabilia and also has a model railway - so suitable for a variety of interests. Then we went to the top part of the signal box. This has a rebuilt signalling control layout for the Epping section (from the days when the line here continued to Ongar and there were goods sidings and a gasworks). Anybody keen can operate the controls to allow an imaginary train to progress through this section of line.
There is also a small shop, but we didn't have time to look around that. Allow 90 minutes (or more if you want to spend time working the signals).
We really enjoyed our visit and came away with much improved knowledge of how the railway system works. I enjoyed the items about how the railway in this area worked in the past. I recommend this as a place to visit, especially if you have an interest in how stuff works. Free to visit, but do leave a donation!
翻译：这座博物馆位于埃平站停车场南端，占据了铁轨旁的一块区域以及一间信号控制室。我和妻子一同前往参观。虽然我们对当地的交通及其历史颇感兴趣，但绝对算不上是铁路爱好者。这只是我们出于好奇心才去参观的本地景点，之后我们便去森林里散步了。结果这里确实是个极好且能增长见识的好去处，超出了我们的预期。
一位友善且知识渊博的志愿者为我们做了导览。他曾担任铁路安全方面的专家。参观从一段短轨道上的调车机车处开始，在那里可以讲解并演示信号系统与安全系统的工作原理。接着我们前往信号控制室的底层，那里就像一个博物馆，陈列着各种技术设备以及伦敦地铁的纪念品，还有一个模型铁路——因此非常适合满足不同兴趣爱好的游客。随后我们又上了信号控制室的顶层。这里有一个为埃平区段重新设计的信号控制系统（这个设计源于当年该线路还延伸至昂加尔，且设有货运侧线与煤气厂的时期）。感兴趣的人可以亲自操作控制装置，让一列虚拟列车在这段线路上行驶。
这里还有一个小商店，但我们没时间去逛了。建议预留90分钟的时间（如果你想动手操作信号设备的话，所需时间会更多）。我们非常享受这次参观，也对铁路系统的运作方式有了更深入的了解。我尤其喜欢那些介绍该地区铁路过去运作方式的内容。我推荐大家来这里参观，尤其是那些对各种事物的工作原理感兴趣的人。参观是免费的，但请务必留下捐款哦！
一位友善且知识渊博的志愿者为我们做了导览。他曾担任铁路安全方面的专家。参观从一段短轨道上的调车机车处开始，在那里可以讲解并演示信号系统与安全系统的工作原理。接着我们前往信号控制室的底层，那里就像一个博物馆，陈列着各种技术设备以及伦敦地铁的纪念品，还有一个模型铁路——因此非常适合满足不同兴趣爱好的游客。随后我们又上了信号控制室的顶层。这里有一个为埃平区段重新设计的信号控制系统（这个设计源于当年该线路还延伸至昂加尔，且设有货运侧线与煤气厂的时期）。感兴趣的人可以亲自操作控制装置，让一列虚拟列车在这段线路上行驶。
这里还有一个小商店，但我们没时间去逛了。建议预留90分钟的时间（如果你想动手操作信号设备的话，所需时间会更多）。我们非常享受这次参观，也对铁路系统的运作方式有了更深入的了解。我尤其喜欢那些介绍该地区铁路过去运作方式的内容。我推荐大家来这里参观，尤其是那些对各种事物的工作原理感兴趣的人。参观是免费的，但请务必留下捐款哦！
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