Michael Hodgson Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Looking at that view of Picton Road Junction, I bet they had fun planting that OHLE portal - in such a tiny space between the box and the bridge, and with a large diameter pipe over the top of it. Prototype for everything! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Had similar at sea when the first ships with control rooms started to appear; only it was a boiler - suited engineer in the glass cabinet (holding a spanner) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) Now gone, as are the gas holders.... Edited March 20, 2021 by Rugd1022 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Poor Old Bruce said: Picton Road Junction, LNWR, lurking somewhere in the Edge Hill area, 1981 The road passing over, with the access steps leading down, was Picton Road - https://goo.gl/maps/Y7uzYUUjLJtFPCfi9 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Into Cornwall. Menheiniot 1986, Liskeard 1978, Combe Junction I covered on page 7. Bodmin Road 1978, Lostwithiel 1978. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 3 hours ago, beast66606 said: The road passing over, with the access steps leading down, was Picton Road - https://goo.gl/maps/Y7uzYUUjLJtFPCfi9 There's some dispute on that one, Beast, as some say it's Wavertree Road. The snag is finding where Wavertree Road, to the northwest, ends and Picton road, to the southeast begins. There are no street name plates on the bridge itself - I've looked - and maps, Google and so on are very unclear on the subject. Personally, I'm with you and call it Picton Road; why else would the LNWR have so named the box if it wasn't? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, LMS2968 said: Personally, I'm with you and call it Picton Road; why else would the LNWR have so named the box if it wasn't? It's not that uncommon a situation. Pontypool Road station wasn't on Pontypool Road, the street is called Station Approach (and the station is now called Pontypool & New Inn). But that was the Great Western for you - stick "Road" after the name of the settlement the station purported to serve if the village was miles away from the line. ECML bridge No 102 over the A505 near my local station, Hitchin, is generally referred to as "Walsworth Road Bridge", but maps and the roadsigns show the name changing to Cambridge Road about 20 yards before reaching the railway. Coincidentally the station itself is also on a street called Station Approach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, LMS2968 said: There's some dispute on that one, Beast, as some say it's Wavertree Road. The snag is finding where Wavertree Road, to the northwest, ends and Picton road, to the southeast begins. There are no street name plates on the bridge itself - I've looked - and maps, Google and so on are very unclear on the subject. Personally, I'm with you and call it Picton Road; why else would the LNWR have so named the box if it wasn't? Originally Picton Road extended through the overbridge, and the High Street started from Wellington Road. Edited March 20, 2021 by beast66606 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 15 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: ......... Hitchin, ........ station itself is also on a street called Station Approach. Nah - can't be ....... MY local station's on Station Approach an' it's nowhere near Hitchin ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Nah - can't be ....... MY local station's on Station Approach an' it's nowhere near Hitchin ! There's a Station approach in Derby as well. How many 'London Road Junction' signal boxes can you think of? I can immediately think of three within 30 miles of each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Some Midland 'boxes today, all from 1981 Renishaw Park Colliery Sidings. I'm open to correction on the actual name of this one. Foxlow Junction, near Barrow Hill on the 'Old Road' between Chesterfield and Rotherham. Altofts Junction, between Normanton and Castleford Royston Junction, a bit further south. Hellifield South Junction 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) Latest list on last page Jonathan Edited March 24, 2021 by corneliuslundie 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Poor Old Bruce Posted March 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2021 More Midland boxes Guiseley Junction, from the road side showing the access staircase at the rear, 14 Nov 1981 Oakham Level Crossing, 31 July 1981 I've come to the conclusion that this one, without any name boards, is (or was at some time) called Nunnery Single Line Junction in Sheffield where the connection from the Midland line at Nunnery Main Line Junction now meets the GC line from Victoria. Not a very good photo taken on a dismal day in 1979 with snow on the ground but the only one I've got 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I wonder how many of us on here have built the old Airfix Oakham signalbox kit....? Westbourne Bridge SB, adjacent to Ranelagh Bridge depot.... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted March 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: I wonder how many of us on here have built the old Airfix Oakham signalbox kit....? Westbourne Bridge SB, adjacent to Ranelagh Bridge depot.... Interesting signal hoods, we're they something to do wartime blackout regulations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: I wonder how many of us on here have built the old Airfix Oakham signalbox kit....? It's a grade II listed building. The crossing caused traffic chaos a fortnight ago as a result of the barriers failing lowered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted March 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2021 27 minutes ago, iands said: Interesting signal hoods, we're they something to do wartime blackout regulations? I'd think that the location makes the hoods necessary for the signals to be visible to drivers heading directly into the setting sun. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said: I'd think that the location makes the hoods necessary for the signals to be visible to drivers heading directly into the setting sun. John Rising? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted March 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Rising? Either? Albeit with different signals at different times of the day? I'm not familiar with the location and took a punt on which way round the box was.... John Edited March 22, 2021 by Dunsignalling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said: I wonder how many of us on here have built the old Airfix Oakham signalbox kit....? Rephrase that please .............. how many of us on here haven't built the old Airfix Oakham signalbox kit....? 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Par was on page 10 (much later), here in 1997, with St Blazey and Goonbarrow Junction. The single token is out for Newquay. Is that a certain Captain Kernow of this parish I spy in Par? 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) Newquay and St Dennis Junction 1978. Edited March 22, 2021 by Tim V Wrong picture 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore43grm Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 and a few more 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted March 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, moore43grm said: and a few more Great photos but they look like they’ve been published before so is it OK to reproduce them here? Edited March 23, 2021 by Harlequin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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