Poor Old Bruce Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Going Black and white for a while folks. There will be more colour ones to come eventually. First four taken on 11 Sept 1980. Green Lane Crossing, GWR, on the Chester to Wrexham line, just over one mile from Saltney Junction. I've worked out that this one must have been Gresford Colliey Wrexham Exchange on the Great Central Line and Wrexham North on the GWR side This last photo' is not one of mine but one found at a swapmeet some time. It is not marked to say where it is or who took it so, for now, it is just part of my 'collection'. Can anyone tell me where it is please?, the best I can make out on the print l have is what looks like 'BA' just right of centre on the somewhat shabby name board 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Poor Old Bruce said: Going Black and white for a while folks. There will be more colour ones to come eventually. First four taken on 11 Sept 1980. Green Lane Crossing, GWR, on the Chester to Wrexham line, just over one mile from Saltney Junction. I've worked out that this one must have been Gresford Colliey Wrexham Exchange on the Great Central Line and Wrexham North on the GWR side This last photo' is not one of mine but one found at a swapmeet some time. It is not marked to say where it is or who took it so, for now, it is just part of my 'collection'. Can anyone tell me where it is please?, the best I can make out on the print l have is what looks like 'BA' just right of centre on the somewhat shabby name board By playing around with various filters etc., I think the last word reads something like BA KWELL, but I can't read any letters of the first part - could be BACKWELL or BANKWELL - does this help? Edited March 17, 2021 by iands spelling correction 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 4069 Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2021 That's Nailsea & Backwell, which closed in 1971. The station is still open. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nailsea_and_Backwell_Signal_Box.jpg 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 28 minutes ago, 4069 said: That's Nailsea & Backwell, which closed in 1971. The station is still open. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nailsea_and_Backwell_Signal_Box.jpg It is indeed. I went to school at Nailsea for 6 months (cycling to school over straw mats on the road, soaked with disfectant, because of a foot & mouth epidemic). North Somerset - nowhere near the others at Wrexham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Poor Old Bruce said: I've worked out that this one must have been Gresford Colliey Correct, the BR replacement which was only open for around 2 years in the early 1970s. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) Today's selection Littons Mill Crossing 2013 Melton Lane 2014 Nantwich station 2013 and finally a very rushed shot of Onibury on a very dull and very wet November day in 2013 Andy Edited March 18, 2021 by SM42 missing s 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) Another handful from around England - with a couple from ( Northern ) Ireland for St.Paddy's Day ! : - Skipton Station North Junction ; Midland Railway ; 29/3/87 Skipton Station South ; Midland Railway ; 29/3/87 Falmer ; Southern Railway ; 17/4/87 Coleraine ; Belfast & Northern Counties ; 11/5/87 Kingsbog Junction ( now at Downpatrick ) ; Belfast & Northern Counties ; 11/5/87 Cinderland ; L.N.W.R. ; 26/7/87 Cinderland ; interior ; 26/7/87 Dunham Massey ; Saxby & Farmer for L.N.W.R. ; 26/7/87 Latchford ; L.N.W.R. ; 26/7/87 Portslade ; L.B.& S.C.R. ; 15/8/87 Edited March 19, 2021 by Wickham Green too 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SED Freightman Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Holt, North Norfolk Railway - 12/10/2018, formerly Upper Portland Sidings, Midland Railway. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) Updated list on last page. Jonathan Edited March 21, 2021 by corneliuslundie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 11 hours ago, SED Freightman said: Holt, North Norfolk Railway - 12/10/2018, formerly Upper Portland Sidings, Midland Railway. I like the way you've got Midland AND Great Northern in that photo ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2021 13 hours ago, SM42 said: Today's selection Litton Mill Crossing 2013 Andy Minor correction but as the photos are being indexed - it's Littons Mill Crossing (the LNWR didn't have any apostrophe police). 16 lever LNWR Tumbler frame, replaced later with an LNWR Tappet frame, box opened 1890, reduced to a gate box in 2012. The gates are second hand from Sealand. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 A big thank you to all those who identified Nailsea and Backwell for me. RMWeb comes up trumps again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Dunham Woodhouse ; Saxby & Farmer for L.N.W.R. ; 26/7/87 Wilderspool ; L.N.W.R. ; 26/7/87 It's Dunham Massey for the first one and Latchford for the second one, Wilderspool was an LNWR overhead cabin, abolished ca 1960 Edited March 18, 2021 by beast66606 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Wrexham to Bidston, Great Central, 11 Sept 1980 Caergwrle Hawarden and Heswall Hills 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Just a couple and an interloper today Tutbury Crossing may 2013 Thetford in 2014 and off to Poland again for Żnin back in 2011 Andy 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Staverton in 2000, Buckfastleigh - exterior in 1975, interior in 1987 and Totnes (in use) in 1978. I first visited Buckfastleigh in 1969/70, it was a bit of a shock to see it in 1975 with the expressway (in the background) cutting through. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9C85 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 On 24/01/2021 at 13:27, Tim V said: Here's a selection of plywood wonder boxes. Bargoed 1997, Black Lion (back of - I didn't go round the front) 1986, Caldicott 1982, Porth 1996, Radyr 1997. I remember Porth 'box replacing the Rhondda Fach Junction South Signal Box. Apparently, the 'new' Porth 'box was the last mechanical signal box built in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted March 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2021 Back on page 25 "Coach Bogie" provided a photo of Tees Yard 'box. For anyone interested, here are a couple of shots of the panel. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Some LNWR boxes today: Speke Junction, 11 Sept 1980 Hartford Junction, 11 Sept 1980 Coppenhall Junction, 11 Sept 1980 to the BR(LMR) design Cheadle Hulme, 1980 Edgeley Junction No.1 in 1980 showing the opposite side of the box to those photos posted previously and Exchange Sidings, 3 Oct 1980. This was in Birmingham between Grand Junction and St. Andrews Junction 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 On 17/03/2021 at 19:57, Wickham Green too said: Another handful from around England - with a couple from ( Northern ) Ireland for St.Paddy's Day ! : - Oldfield Brow ; L.N.W.R. ; 26/7/87 Oldfield Brow ; interior ; 26/7/87 This one is Cinderland (or sinderland based on previous posts) Crossing near Altrincham. it was the next box to Dunham Massey. Mike Wiltshire https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/160491-signal-box-photos/page/11/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Poor Old Bruce said: and Exchange Sidings, 3 Oct 1980. This was in Birmingham between Grand Junction and St. Andrews Junction Even today the location is still known as Exchange Andy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Two 'boxes on the Fylde lines between Preston and Blackpool which the Pre-Group Atlas says were LNW and L&Y Joint. Blackpool North No.2 in 1980 Kirkham North Junction in 1980 Picton Road Junction, LNWR, lurking somewhere in the Edge Hill area, 1981 Lichfield Trent Valley (Low Level), 1981 These are ex Lancashire and Yorkshire. Collyhurst St, between Manchester Victoria and Miles Platting, 1981 Continuing on the line from Miles Platting towards Stalybridge: Philips Park No.1, 1981 and Park Station, also in 1981 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold SHMD Posted March 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Poor Old Bruce said: ...and Park Station, also in 1981 A fabulously rare photo of Park Station - there are people on it! Kev. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted March 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2021 41 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Haha. A good one but an oldie. The Railnews paper always had good cartoons on the back page. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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