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relay room en · NOUN
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A room in a railway signalling installation where relays for operating signals and points or switches are housed.
It also installed new control panels at Kingmoor Signal Box and a new operating system in the relay room.
2026 January 21, Richard Wilcock, “Network Rail completes £200 million West Coast Main Line upgrades”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 10:The hump cabin and its relay room are at the summit of the hump on the right-hand side, and the control tower is on the centre line of the yard between the primary and secondary retarders.
1959 July 14, “Temple Mills Marshalling Yard”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:
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