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Barrow Road - STOP sign

barrowroad

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I have spent some time researching the wording for STOP sign that is at the entrance to the roundhouse at Barrow Road.

 

This appears to be a standard sign at most Midland Roundhouses but obtaining a clear photograph has proved a challenge. Last night I found a good colour photo of such a sign at the entrance to Toton Shed and have identified the following wording.

 

MIDLAND RAILWAY

NOTICE TO ALL (DRIVERS FIREMEN)

AND ALL ???????????????????

STOP.

ALL ENGINES ?????????? TO

ENTER THE SHED MUST BE

BROUGHT TO A STAND AT

THIS ?????

 

????? ??????????

 

If any of you are up for a challenge can you fill in the missing words? To assist I believe the lower line is likely to be a date and the name of an officer of the Midland Railway. I pretty sure the Drivers Firemen [in my brackets] in the second line is correct as well but if you have any other suggest let me know.

 

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Jamie

Hiya, I presume you found it on Barkingbill's site? On Flickr you can access different resolutions of the same image, picking the biggest:

R0003 - Toton Shed

 

Makes it legible :) (or near enough)

 

 

I'm sure Bill won't mind too much, but an image credit is worthwhile. His truly excellent images cover the 60s to the present day, and can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkingbill/

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boogaloo

All engines REQUIRING to enter the shed must be brought to a stand at this BOARD.

 

Can't make out the top bit HTH

 

Boogy

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barrowroad

Thank you all for your input in resolving the STOP sign question. It never ceases to amaze me the knowledge and information available on RMweb.

Thanks to Jamie for pointing out the different resolutuons available on Flickr - a useful fact of which I was not aware - next time.

Jamie you are indeed correct that this photograph is from Bill Barkings Flickr site and it was very remiss of me to not give him the credit for the photo. I did note he is more than happy for people to use his images for private research and did look at his profile for an email contact to thank him. Unfortunately it is not available on his profile. I intended asking him for a higher resolution picture but have no need to now.

 

For those who have not discovered Bill's superb photos I recommend using the link provided by Jamie.

 

11D thank you for providing the clearer enlargement.

 

Thanks also to Tim, Boogy and Morgan for correctly identifying other missing words.

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