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51 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Claydon L&NE Junction

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Now no longer at the junction but now at the site of the old Waddesdon station. 

It retains its old name with (new) in brackets to avoid any confusion with the old place. 

 

Andy

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It was at Rochester in January 1975 that I witnessed my first wrong-side failure. A train coming down from Swanley 'disappeared' briefly between track circuits, in the Fawkham Junction area. A light loco 'disappeared' for longer as I watched. Signalman Winch may not have been the best person to have on duty for such an event, but he did respond correctly. It did not help the evening working. 

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Spelbrook, shortly before closure.  Note the large number of spare levers - it was essentially a crossing box, very busy line, minor but busy road, the gate wheel had to be wound backways and forwards very frequently.

 

The box swayed significantly every time a train went past.

 

 

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I believe Maidstone West was EoD (maybe only the structure?) but I've not been inside & don't have any photos.  

Douglas IoM was either EoD or Dutton - but no gate wheel.  I do have photos of that somewhere probably on 35 mm slide, but I doubt if I could find it until I've cleared a large backlog of photos to load to digital, sorry Mick.

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Could we split the general signalling equipment and interior photos off into a separate topic?

 

The original focus of this topic was on providing a photographic gazetteer of signal boxes themselves, their similarities and infinite variations, but that is being diluted somewhat.

 

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A couple of shots from last moth when I took my son to University. Alrewas and Litchfield.I have seen both these boxes from the A38 for years but never had the time to stop. I saw a portacabin had been put by Litchfield box which is usually and indicator the the box is on borrowed time, so I stopped.

 

Mike Wiltshire

 

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3 hours ago, Coach bogie said:

A couple of shots from last moth when I took my son to University. Alrewas and Litchfield.I have seen both these boxes from the A38 for years but never had the time to stop. I saw a portacabin had been put by Litchfield box which is usually and indicator the the box is on borrowed time, so I stopped.

 

Mike Wiltshire

 

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Both have a little longer yet. 

No immediate plans at present as far as I know.

 

Andy

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