Signal Box Photos

[LNERGE]

[uax6]

A fun job there Richard... I often wondered why the crossover hadn't been moved from in the crossing there before...

 

Andy G

Edited May 2, 2021 by uax6

[LNERGE]

I think it was around 2011 we moved it.

[LNERGE]

[uax6]

That’s a nice box, for once l didn’t even notice it had plastic windows....

 

Andy G

[iands]

Back in Railtrack LNE days a lot of telecoms "asset surveys" were required to be undertaken (for renewal budget purposes). As LNE included Anglia at the time and so few of us in Telecoms, there was a very large are to be covered. We all had IWA competencies so I "volunteered" to do the survey from Blankney Signal Box to Metheringham station - I almost got away with it!

[LNERGE]

I wish I’d taken photos of the building between the box and station. 

[Davexoc]

8 hours ago, iands said:

Back in Railtrack LNE days a lot of telecoms "asset surveys" were required to be undertaken (for renewal budget purposes). As LNE included Anglia at the time and so few of us in Telecoms, there was a very large are to be covered. We all had IWA competencies so I "volunteered" to do the survey from Blankney Signal Box to Metheringham station - I almost got away with it!

 

Putting some context on that last comment, for those that don't know the line

 

 

That is Blankney Signal Box, as seen from Metheringham Station....

[LNERGE]

When we were working there i said to the guys meet at Metheringham Station and we'd have to walk to Blankney signalbox. No one bit though.

[SED Freightman]

New Romney, RH&DR - 29/04/2011

 

[rodent279]

On 02/05/2021 at 18:04, LNERGE said:

What's the guy doing with the spirit level?

[LNERGE]

9 minutes ago, rodent279 said:

What's the guy doing with the spirit level?

Making sure the bench is level and in the right place before filling the hole in.

[rodent279]

1 minute ago, LNERGE said:

Making sure the bench is level and in the right place before filling the hole in.

Is that the same thing that the point rod cranks are on?

[LNERGE]

 

23 minutes ago, rodent279 said:

Is that the same thing that the point rod cranks are on?

Yes. One is visible in a later photograph.

[LNERGE]

It a lovely job. Did a hole, assemble the bench and get it all in the right place and the jobs a goodun.. Just there doesn't seem to be many who want to do it now.

[Harlequin]

2 minutes ago, LNERGE said:

It a lovely job. Did a hole, assemble the bench and get it all in the right place and the jobs a goodun.. Just there doesn't seem to be many who want to do it now.

 

No concrete? Just held in place by the ballast backfill?

 

[LNERGE]

Backfilled and packed in correctly and they are firm enough. I do prefer the solid concrete LNER style legs if there is going to be some weight on it.

[LNERGE]

This bench is for a pair of compensators in ash ballast. A proper hernia job manhandling it about but worth it as it won't move..

Edited May 6, 2021 by LNERGE

[Tim V]

I'm not sure this qualifies! It controls trains. It's a good day out. Bekonscot 2013!

And interior!

 

[LNERGE]

Every home should have a Westinghouse L frame. Such fun. 

[Wickham Green too]

I wonder if 'Maryloo Signal Box' was actually built by the G.W.R. contemporary with the model village ...... or re-purposed from elsewhere, later. 

[Oldddudders]

The frame was from Purley, post BLRS.

[Benjamin Brady]

On 02/05/2021 at 19:06, LNERGE said:

I think it was around 2011 we moved it.

Hello ,Anymore photos from that location ,

 

Only asking spent a few weekends there .

 

Cheers 

[LNERGE]

[Michael Hodgson]

The level crossing at Bellwater Junction is on a skew.  The two gates were hand-worked, but if a gate wheel had been provided it would have been possible to drive both gates without them conflicting because the skew is so sharp.  Normally that's not possible with gate wheels unless 4 gates are provided.