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I also own an indicator for a bolt lock, from Green Lane Junction (not too far from Hooton ^^) which has an indication "Blackpool Street Down Distant" and Off or On. Additionally I photographed one at Birkenhead North No.2 which was worked by Bidston East Junction and was very noisy when B.East pulled the lever to release.

(Often) Operating in conjunction with a face disc in the box, I own one from Hooton South which would have been worked by Hooton North and it reads "Down Slow Distant Off" - when North cleared the down slow distant the disc would move from the horizontal to the vertical for the text to be visible and the bobby in South would then know he could pull off the down slow distant.

Doesn't look it, looks like it was always a road track - the bridge has since been replaced by a straight road. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17.0&lat=57.67903&lon=-1.99605&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld

Case in point today - heading out to photograph a train, came to a road closed ahead sign, no further information but on the "main" road to where I was heading, decided to try it as I could turn off at several points and use tiny lanes to get to my destination, or an alternate destination if push came to shove. 5 miles later I turned off the road, on my planned route and got to my place of choice, having passed several more road closed signs with make a u-turn for diversion signs. Having checked since the road was actually closed about 1/2 mile further on from where I turned off - but a "road closed in 5.5 miles" sign would have helped, and no doubt some would have taken the diversion and, if they wanted a location in the first 5 miles, been unable to get to their destination. Pretty typical for over here.

I think this is what Treggy has mistaken for a ground signal

Unlikely - I doubt a local coal merchant would spell their own district wrong, there are photos of the actual wagons in a couple of books but I don't have either. Given it's number is 50, we'd have to believe that Messrs Wood allowed at least 50 mistakes to be made on their wagons - can't see that happening but I'd never say never.

Replica produced a 7 plank wagon with Stockport Edgeley (sic) spelled wrong https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333808718309

I could make out an LNWR signal box in the top left of the shots looking into the "depot" and with OldFilmFans tip above I've found this photo BritainFromAbove photo https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/EPW041904

Saxilby signals are not somersaults, I suspect they are "one offs"

The block section is between stop signals, not distant signals. I'd need to see context to understand what the 4-aspect signal is about.

That would still be 2-aspect - you don't add the aspects up to give a total.

Tokenless block doesn't use line clear, the box expecting to recieve a train sets their instrument to Accept - the black switch on the instrument.

Now my wife has retired I am intending to head over to Lowestoft and photograph this train this summer

Thanks. I've set my recorder for it, it's on at 21:00 on 31/03 if anyone else wants to record it. Have vague memories of watching manhunt back in the good old days.

I use the one network map to check for roadworks https://one.network/ Around here we have the opposite of some of the problems mentioned above - Road Closed Ahead signs can be miles, often around 10 miles away with countless options to go to other places but the Road Closed sign doesn't detail where it's closed so you either take a chance the closure will affect you and go another way, or take a chance it won't and get stuck.