Signal Box Photos

[73c]

Thanks for the Harwich branch photo's, brings back some great memories.

[Tim V]

Yeovil Junction 1978, Yeovil (Pen Mill) (GW) 1976, 1992 and 2008. Yeovil South Junction (GW) 1976.

[Poor Old Bruce]

More Great Eastern boxes on 17 Sept 1982

 

Sproughton

 

 

Claydon, there should be some more pics of this box somewhere.

 

Stowmarket

 

 

Needham

[iands]

Is that a Goods Shed opposite (almost) Claydon SB? Different but a nice change. 

[unravelled]

On 12/02/2021 at 06:32, kandc_au said:

Incredible pics here!
A request if I may....Does anyone have any pics of the Thame Signal box?    Please!

Khris

A bit late, but here's one.

 

Dave

[Wickham Green too]

7 hours ago, iands said:

Is that a Goods Shed opposite (almost) Claydon SB? Different but a nice change. 

...... or just the bottom end of a ski-jump ?

[Oldddudders]

8 hours ago, iands said:

Is that a Goods Shed opposite (almost) Claydon SB? Different but a nice change. 

I assumed it was some sort of covered loading facility, but bulk loads by gravity rather than consignments into vans. 

[Wickham Green too]

There's a quarry nearby which might give a clue ....... but, judging by the crossing lights, any track in that building stops short of the road so shunting in an' out would be awkward !

[Wickham Green too]

A pretty random selection, this time - but we'll start with some interiors to go with ‘roundhouse’ photo on .p.12 : - 

 

Athenry ( interior ) ; Midland Great Western Ry. ; 15/5/88

 

Broxbourne ; British Railways ; 21/9/91

 

Farnham : L.S.W.R. ; 12/10/91

 

Peak Forest South ; Midland Railway ; 3/11/91

 

Leatherhead ; Southern Railway (?) ; 22/1/92

 

Townsend Fold ; British Railways (?) – Preserved East Lancs.  ; 24/5/92

 

East Farleigh ; South Eastern Railway ; 14/1/93

 

Bishops Stortford South ; Great Eastern Ry. (?) ; 17/4/93

[Dagworth]

2 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

I assumed it was some sort of covered loading facility, but bulk loads by gravity rather than consignments into vans. 

I think I recall that it was where the coal wagons were UNloaded into the cement works that stood behind the structure.

Claydon had quite a busy set-up in the 80s, the cement works on the down side of the line on the Ipswich side of the crossing, then there were sidings on the Stowmarket side of the crossing as well that fed IIRC a scrap yard as well as providing run-round facilities for the trip workings that fed the cement works.

 

The NLS site shows a nice map https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=52.11245&lon=1.09852&layers=193&right=BingHyb but I don't remember any of the stuff on the up side, that had long gone by my time. 

 

Further towards Stowmarket on the Up side is the Barham stone terminal.

 

Andi

[corneliuslundie]

See last page for latest list

Jonathan

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by corneliuslundie

[Poor Old Bruce]

More Great Eastern boxes on 17 Sept 1982

 

Mellis Junc

 

Diss

 

 

 

This one is labelled Tivetshall Junc at one end

 

and just Tivetshall at the other

 

Swainsthorpe

 

[Invicta]

Coalville Crossing, preserved on a relocated site at Snibston Discovery Park, 12/09/2009. The height allowed sightline over the adjacent station footbridge  on it's original site.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 12, 2023 by Invicta
re-uploaded lost pics

[Nick Gough]

8 hours ago, Invicta said:

Coalville Crossing, preserved on a relocated site at Snibston Discovery Park, 12/09/2009. The height allowed sightline over the adjacent station footbridge  on it's original site.

 

 

Is it still there following Snibston's closure?

[Johann Marsbar]

29 minutes ago, Nick Gough said:

Is it still there following Snibston's closure?

Looks like it is still there from Google Earth, which claims to be a 2021 dated Image.  Also visible on street view from 2019.

There are still a number of former rail exhibits from the Museum stored on-site as well.

[Royal42]

Birmingham New Street No.5 Signal Box in 1938. 

It was 80 feet long and had 152 levers.  Does anyone know what the internal layout would have looked like?

 

This view c1954, showing the rebuild, from brickwork to wood, after bomb damage in 1940.

photos from Warwickshire Railways.

 

Mike

Edited April 22, 2021 by Royal42

[Poor Old Bruce]

Getting in towards Norwich now, still GER, 17 Sept 1982

 

Trowse Upper Junc

 

 

and Trowse Lower Junc

 

 

 

 

[Tim V]

Bedwyn 1977, Lavington 1978, Bradford Junction 1978 (interior on page 3), all GW.

[Poor Old Bruce]

Trowse Yard

 

 

 

 

and  Trowse Swing Bridge Junc

 

 

[Poor Old Bruce]

Still GER, still 17 Sept 1982:

 

Norwich Thorpe Junc

 

 

 

and Norwich Thorpe

 

[Poor Old Bruce]

More Great Eastern Railway, 16 Sept 1982

 

Ely North Junction

 

 

Padnal

 

Brandon

 

and Thetford

 

Edited April 25, 2021 by Poor Old Bruce

[Invicta]

On 22/04/2021 at 08:00, Nick Gough said:

Is it still there following Snibston's closure?

 

On 22/04/2021 at 08:31, Johann Marsbar said:

Looks like it is still there from Google Earth, which claims to be a 2021 dated Image.  Also visible on street view from 2019.

There are still a number of former rail exhibits from the Museum stored on-site as well.

 

Yes, the site has now been reopened after the museum building site was demolished and cleared, as a combination of country park and playground, with a heritage trail around the colliery buildings, plus the Century Theatre and a new cafe- the signal box is still there (you can see it in the background of the photo in the article linked below), although I did notice in recent photos I've seen, that the locking room windows have been boarded over, presumably as a precaution now that access to the site is much more open.

 

Snibston Colliery Park opens following £3m regeneration scheme - News - North West Leicestershire District Council (nwleics.gov.uk)

 

When I get a chance, I plan to wander over and take some new photos- I also should have, buried somewhere in a box of old photo albums in the loft, a set of photos showing the box being removed from Coalville Crossing to Snibston in the late 80's, which I'll post if I ever find them.

[LNERGE]

9 hours ago, Poor Old Bruce said:

More Great Eastern Railway, 16 Sept 1982

 

Ely North Junction

 

 

Padnal

 

Brandon

 

and Thetford

 

Super photo's. With the exception of Thetford all boxes i've hadf a hand in their destruction. I did rebuild one of them in my back garden though.

[uax6]

3 hours ago, LNERGE said:

Super photo's. With the exception of Thetford all boxes i've hadf a hand in their destruction. I did rebuild one of them in my back garden though.

 

I'm not sure you can claim Padnal's destruction, there wasn't really much left for you to destruct! 

 

Nice to see Thetford in better times, My first box, and a lovely one at that.. such a shame to see it now..

 

Andy G

[LNERGE]

I only claim to have a hand in their destruction. Dismantling the lever frame and everything else that was still useful from Padnal counts <G> The lamp repeater and power off indicator have restored nicely. At least two of the electric locks were salvagable too. Hopefully one day i'll find a home for the lever frame.