Signal Box Photos

[corneliuslundie]

Latest list on last page.

Jonathan

 

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by corneliuslundie

[Poor Old Bruce]

Some 'W's today:

 

Washwood Heath Sidings No.5. An LMS box, seen on 3 Oct 1987.

 

Willesden New Station, LNWR, 26 Nov 1987

 

 

and Willesden High Level Jct, LNWR, also 26 Nov 1987

[Mike_Walker]

Another preserved box: Romsey.  Open to the public on selected dates and well worth a visit if you are in the area https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/

Not in its original position but close by and still almost next to the railway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The group have also made this miniature version of Cowley Bridge Junction which is portable.

 

 

Edited April 10, 2022 by Mike_Walker

[Wickham Green too]

An assortment from 1990 : - 

 

Attymon Junction ; Midland Great Western Ry. ; 13/5/90

 

Attymon Junction ( interior ) ; 13/5/90

 

Tilbury Riverside ; British Railways ; 26/5/90

 

Southend Victoria ; Great Eastern (?) ; 24/6/90

 

Crawley ; L.B.& S.C.R. ; 8/7/90

 

Sittingbourne ; British Railways ; 15/7/90

 

Eastbourne ; L.B.& S.C.R. ; 4/8/90

 

West Marina ; L.B.& S.C.R. ; 4/8/90

 

Richmond ; Southern Railway ; 25/8/90

 

Liverpool Street ; Metropolitan Railway ; 2/9/90

 

Edited April 16, 2022 by Wickham Green too
Photos reinstated

[Poor Old Bruce]

Some Scottish ones today. All G&SWR, seen on 16 March 1983:

 

Largs

 

 

Fairlie

 

 

West Kilbride

 

Holm Jctn, Ardrossan with South Beach  station through the bridge. It would seem that this site is now called Ardrossan South Beach Junction.

 

[SED Freightman]

Tallington, BR, seen on 18/01/2010

 

[Tim V]

Machynlleth BR(W) 1997. Signaller Ringo on right.

[corneliuslundie]

West Kilbride: I hope it wasn't you who stole the steps. Description for the index: "Previous step end"! 

Machynlleth: now of course the centre for control of the whole line by the dreaded ERTMS, and the reason we get no steam workings any more - and even engineering work requires a complete possession of either Shrewsbury to Mach or Mach to the end of the line either way if anything other than one of the three NR ERTMS fitted class 97s is used.

Jonathan

[Tim V]

Won't see this any longer 1987.

[Poor Old Bruce]

I can do Machynlleth on 9 April 1983. Just to confound Cornelius, there's steps at both ends. Have to go east end and west end

 

 

Meanwhile, back in G&SWR territory in March 1983

Ardrossan Hbr

 

Stevenston No.1

 

Stevenston No.2

 

and Beith North, another one for classic car spotters.

[Tim V]

3 hours ago, Poor Old Bruce said:

I can do Machynlleth on 9 April 1983. Just to confound Cornelius, there's steps at both ends. Have to go east end and west end

 

Well, I can do 1978- when the goods yard was in! Plus Dovey Junction BR(WR) in the rain in 1978.

[Michael Hodgson]

3 hours ago, Poor Old Bruce said:

I can do Machynlleth on 9 April 1983. Just to confound Cornelius, there's steps at both ends. Have to go east end and west end

 

 

 

 

A signalbox with a fire escape !  

[Harlequin]

57 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

A signalbox with a fire escape !  

 

It's also a signal box with a brise soleil !

 

(It needs it because of it's ugly minimalist design.)

 

[Poor Old Bruce]

More G&SWR

 

Dalry No.2, 16 March 1983

 

 

 

Falkland Junction, 17 March 1983

 

 

and Ayr No.2, also 17 March 1983

 

[Oldddudders]

19 hours ago, Tim V said:

Dovey Junction BR(WR) in the rain in 1978.

 

I have to admire that shot. Not a train in sight and it's raining. Such a lonely place, I think, still lacking effective road access today? 

[Chris116]

22 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

I have to admire that shot. Not a train in sight and it's raining. Such a lonely place, I think, still lacking effective road access today? 

There is a footpath but no vehicle access. 

[Tim V]

I was on a visit to Wales to photograph the remaining signal boxes on the Cambrian. We had driven to Aberystwyth, my friend travelled on the VofR, while I caught the train the Dovey Junction. The VofR would always be there, but the boxes days were numbered. It wasn't raining at Aberystwyth, but tipping down at Dovey. I had run out of 35mm film, and only had the Rolleiflex with film. Having taken the photos (only 12 on 6x6 film!), I walked along the footpath to meet my mate in his car. I was soaked!

[Poor Old Bruce]

More on the G&SWR, all on 17 March 1983.

 

Prestwick

 

Gatehead, between Barassie and Kilmarnock.

 

Hurlford

 

Auchinleck

 

New Cumnock. There's photos from the other end, in 1991, posted on Page 26.

 

and Kirkconnel.

 

Edited April 9, 2021 by Poor Old Bruce

[Poor Old Bruce]

Still more from the G&SWR, all on 17 March 1983. These will be the last from that neck of the woods for a while but there are others somewhere in my collection when I catch up with them.

 

Carronbridge

 

 

Auldgirth

 

and Annan

 

[Harlequin]

Transportation parked up alongside: A moped with L plates and, horror of horrors, a beige Vauxhall Chevette!

 

[Oldddudders]

Signalmen, then and no doubt now, were/are not overpaid for the unsocial hours they do. Drivers found a whole new market under privatisation. Signalmen not so. 

[Poor Old Bruce]

A bit of a seaside(ish) theme for today.

 

Seamer. Well it's not far from Scarborough is it? Showing the old box 0n 25 March 1983 with stairs and windows intact. According to the guff, it was built by the York and North Midland Railway, later part of the North Eastern Railway.

 

Quay Crossing at Bridlington (North Eastern Railway) on the same day

 

 

and Barmouth South a couple of weeks later on 9 April 1983 while still in its working days.

[Poor Old Bruce]

Boxes in Manchester in 1983.

 

Ashburys East, Great Central.

 

Ashburys West, GCR

 

and Collyhurst St. L&Y. I've posted one of this before but that was in black & white.

[Poor Old Bruce]

More from L&Y land in 1983

 

Deal Street opposite Manchester Exchange

 

Windsor Bridge

 

and "Brindle Heath Sidings Cabin"

[corneliuslundie]

Back on Dovey Junction, alas no longer with a signal box, it really needs an access from the other end as there is a quite significant nature reserve there with a visitor centre (Cors Dyfi) with resident ospreys (there is a webcam), but one would have to leave the station in the direction away from the reserve, so quite a long walk (in the rain).

Jonathan