Poor Old Bruce Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Between Barnetby and Gainsborough in 1989 Brigg Kirton Lime Sidings (again but including a train) and Northorpe 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Kinder Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Not my photographs, and these may have appeared elsewhere. Clapham, Bentham and Arkholme signalboxes situated between Settle Junction and Carnforth Edited April 6, 2022 by Edmund Kinder 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Poor Old Bruce said: Between Barnetby and Gainsborough in 1989 Brigg Kirton Lime Sidings (again but including a train) and Northorpe Just a trick of the light but that 141 looks like it's got a van tacked on behind, like old DMUs used to have 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Edmund Kinder said: Nice job of weathering and adding an Airfix telegraph pole to that kit really adds character. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Talking of Airfix - I don't think we've had Oakham 'box on this thread yet ....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Talking of Airfix - I don't think we've had Oakham 'box on this thread yet ....... page 16 Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 minute ago, SM42 said: page 16 Sorry - must've blinked ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Four 'out of use' in Devon in 2004; Exminster: Dawlish: Torre: Torquay: The first two are long gone now but, if you've got a spare £50,000 plus, Torre is up for sale by auction next week: https://paulfosh.eigonlineauctions.com/lot/details/35556 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Sorry - must've blinked ! My reply was quite short. Sorry about that. The perils of trying to do too many things at once. There are so many photos on here it is easy to miss some or to forget what has already appeared. Repeats are interesting in that you can see the changes over the time between the photos of what are are rapidly becoming a rare item on the network It is also fascinating the boxes I have missed photographing because the train was my focus, I didn't know were there , didn't appreciate them or I was just too young. I would never have thought those south of Stratford upon Avon lasted so long. The more pics the merrier I say. Andy 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Well, I did ask some time back whether anyone was indexing this lot ! ............. not my job, not your job - but it would be nice if it 'just happened' !!!!!?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 18 hours ago, great central said: Just a trick of the light but that 141 looks like it's got a van tacked on behind, like old DMUs used to have Indeed just a trick of the light from the shadow of the overbridge. 34 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Well, I did ask some time back whether anyone was indexing this lot ! ............. not my job, not your job - but it would be nice if it 'just happened' !!!!!?! It's one of those Everybody, Anybody, Somebody and Nobody jobs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2021 I have been thinking about the long term preservation of this material. It is a very valuable collection but RMWeb is rather ephemeral., in that once posts to a topic end it gets buried. I wonder if there is a book in it. I am associated with the HMRS but I cannot say whether it would be interested in such a book. I don't think privately publishing via Amazon is any good as the quality of colour reproduction is not good enough. And there is the issue that it would be necessary to get formal approval from all those who have contributed, and exclude those where the copyright holder is not the person who posted (or at least his/her permission cannot be obtained). I have not posted some of the photos of signal boxes I possess because they are not my copyright. But if there is sufficient interest I could approach the HMRS Trustees and ask if they are interested. I can't promise a fortune for anyone! Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I have just come across this thread. I do think that signal boxes have a charm all their own and we have lost so many of them. I spent an hour or so leafing through these 19 pages, most enjoyable, I noticed not too many Scottish boxes. I did start a similar thread on the Scottish threads some time ago but thought the wider audience might appreciate some of the pictures that i posted there. This is Rogart on the Far North Line in 2019. The box not in use, it is in private ownership. Cheers David 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 This is the box on the preserved line at Boness. It is the ex Garnqueen South Junction box, (a Caledonian Railway box) relocated to Boness by the SRPS. Drawings of this box as it is now appeared in the April 2012 Railway Modeller. Pictures taken in 2018. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 33 minutes ago, David Bell said: I have just come across this thread. I do think that signal boxes have a charm all their own and we have lost so many of them. I spent an hour or so leafing through these 19 pages, most enjoyable, I noticed not too many Scottish boxes. I did start a similar thread on the Scottish threads some time ago but thought the wider audience might appreciate some of the pictures that i posted there. There are some Scottish boxes in the pipeline, so keep watching. Meanwhile here are some between York and Scarborough from 1989: Barton Hill Howsham Kirkham Abbey Malton and Burton Lane 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 This box has appeared on this thread already. Dunkeld & Birnam and adjacent semaphore signal, taken in September 2020 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) Yes, there's enough material out there for a book or two - maybe HMRS or, perhaps the Signalling Record Society ........... meanwhile, here's another assorted handful …… West Ruislip ; 17/11/83, another trio from west London ; 11/12/84, two for the price of one at Llandudno Junction ; 9/3/85 and – a little later / a little further east - Inguru-Oya & Nanu-Oya in Sri Lanka ; 21/1/14. Edited January 31, 2021 by Wickham Green too 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted January 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Poor Old Bruce said: There are some Scottish boxes in the pipeline, so keep watching. Meanwhile here are some between York and Scarborough from 1989: Barton Hill Howsham Kirkham Abbey Malton and Burton Lane Thanks for posting these 'Bruce', brings back many very happy memories. As a trainee S&T tech during the mid 70s I had a 6 month spell with the York-Malton lineman, whose area started the York side of Burton Lane SB (taking in the Foss Islands branch/Rowntree Halt) and finished just the York side of Malton station. Sheer heaven to work on that section of line. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 A couple from the Fairford branch, Brize Norton and Bampton, Carterton both in 1976. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 A couple from the London area. Broad Street 1984, Northolt Junction and Old Oak Junction in 1981. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 This is Dyce in 2015. The box has since been demolished 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Colthrop Crossing (Berks & Hants) October 2010: 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 4 hours ago, David Bell said: I'm guessing the sun gets behind this signal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Tim V said: A couple from the Fairford branch, Brize Norton and Bampton, Carterton both in 1976. This box has caught my attention before. I believe it opened around 1944? The asbestos roof is the same as Soham. We needed to repair the roof on Soham and the replacement asbestos parts required came off a building being demolished in RAF Lakenheath. I wonder if the material was from America or of a specification used by them on their buildings built over here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, LNERGE said: This box has caught my attention before. I believe it opened around 1944? The asbestos roof is the same as Soham. We needed to repair the roof on Soham and the replacement asbestos parts required came off a building being demolished in RAF Lakenheath. I wonder if the material was from America or of a specification used by them on their buildings built over here? Apparently the box and the station were opened in 1944. Since you asked about it, here is the station building - same asbestos roof. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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