STELLENBOSCH
Stellenbosch is a well-known name, being one of the historical towns of the Dutch settlement in South Africa, and featuring a large university. For now, the sense of history extends to the signalling, and Stellenbosch is one of the last outposts of semaphore signalling in South Africa.
A 24 lever frame controls the signals and points at the station. There are some good yards, so a number of interesting signals are included at the station to allow for the shunting movements, although the goods traffic is probably very limited at this point in time.
Stellenbosch features examples of a number of different types of signal- this is the up outer home.
An interesting pair of signals here- the route signal at the top allows continuing access on the main line, whereas the shunt signal at the bottom allows access to the sidings on the right of the running line. The up home signals can be seen in the distance.
