RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Western Aviator said: Based on the picture above I’d say Manchester Piccadilly could be a contender too. It's Manchester Victoria East Junction Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted January 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 minute ago, beast66606 said: It's Manchester Victoria East Junction You’re quite right, of course. I did know which box it was but for some reason my hands typed “Piccadilly” instead. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Something else more modern, well 1980s anyway. Exeter Panel Signal Box, 2/9/2018 cheers 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted January 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) Small and relatively modern, but now consigned to history Edited April 2, 2022 by Davexoc Photo restored 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Having been checked due to a signal fault I had the chance to get a photo of Manea box, and for completeness the faulty signal from the rear which is interesting in it's own right being placed on the offside. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 44 minutes ago, Davexoc said: Small and relatively modern, but now consigned to history Friend of mine worked that box said it was very restful read a great many books and finished quite a few model railway kits !! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 01/01/2021 at 20:12, SM42 said: By 2014 that signal had been vandalised modernised Andy I assume that you would rather have Signalling staff risk life and limb and Network Rail risk prosecution under the Health & Safety at Work Act Working at Height Regulations in order to preserve the aesthetics of a railway built in the Victorian era when life was cheap? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, 96701 said: I assume that you would rather have Signalling staff risk life and limb and Network Rail risk prosecution under the Health & Safety at Work Act Working at Height Regulations in order to preserve the aesthetics of a railway built in the Victorian era when life was cheap? Nope Just perhaps a more elegant solution. A consistency of style would have helped. A big box section with a bit of tube stuck on top to hold the signal is not elegant. The support structure of the signal at Manea shown above, (which from the photo appears to be missing a handrail and a kick board for a start, and may explain why it's defective as no-one is able to fix it) hasn't been replaced by a structure, the visual impact of which I would suggest , distracts from the signal arm and therefore creates another hazard. I appreciate that the signal would have been sighted and meet the standard. The presence of the box masks some of the structure which helps, but it is not the only one like it on the network. Andy Edited January 3, 2021 by SM42 for clarity 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Poor Old Bruce Posted January 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2021 Some Midland 'boxes for today: Finedon Station Kettering Station Knighton South Junction. Not true Midland but Midland Line. Dunston Barlow North, near Chesterfield in 1981. Lincoln St Crossing in August 1983 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 While looking through my old prints to find photos of freight traffic in South Wales I found this photo at Pembrey. Pembrey signal box 15/6/83. cheers 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Onllwyn 1997. Aberbeeg 1982. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOCJACOB Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 A few from around my neck of the woods. I think 2 have listed status and hopefully wont be consigned to history? Firstly Friargate, a rather nice MS&LR boundary post is close by, taken 8.89 and 4/90. Littlefield Lane and Garden St respectively. I'm led to believe the brick base at Garden St is to counter WW2 bomb blast damage. Adjacent bridge did have evidence of same. I think has listed status Both taken circa 11/89 Roxton Sidings and Brocklesby Junct but no date. I think Brocklesby is the other with listed status. Finally but further afield and west of Scunthorpe: Medge Hall and Godnow Bridge taken 11/89 respectively. Few other local boxes on my Grimsby & Immingham thread 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) A few I have collected over the years. Whittlesford on 3 January 1976 when there had been a block instrument failure and they were working time interval. Disused ex-GN box somewhere at the north end of the Northern Line. Ditto but at another station (Woodside Park, thanks) Another view. This one is easy: High Barnet. And again. Truro, not Hayle, Cornwall. Thanks for the correction. I assumed it must be Hayle because it was with the other Hayle photos and I don't remember visiting Truro. So myuh for my memory. And finally Stratford upon Avon (I believe, taken on a special trip) That’s my lot. Can anyone put names to the Northern Line ones? Jonathan Edited January 4, 2021 by corneliuslundie Adding more photos and info 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 That 'Hayle' looks more like Truro! 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 4069 Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, corneliuslundie said: That’s my lot. Can anyone put names to the Northern Line ones? Jonathan That's Woodside Park. I can't place the other one at the moment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, DOCJACOB said: A few from around my neck of the woods. I think 2 have listed status and hopefully wont be consigned to history? Firstly Friargate, a rather nice MS&LR boundary post is close by, taken 8.89 and 4/90. Littlefield Lane and Garden St respectively. I'm led to believe the brick base at Garden St is to counter WW2 bomb blast damage. Adjacent bridge did have evidence of same. I think has listed status Both taken circa 11/89 Roxton Sidings and Brocklesby Junct but no date. I think Brocklesby is the other with listed status. Finally but further afield and west of Scunthorpe: Medge Hall and Godnow Bridge taken 11/89 respectively. Few other local boxes on my Grimsby & Immingham thread Godnow bridge had changed a bit by Summer 2014. Not as nice as the 1989 version but a good effort Andy Edited January 3, 2021 by SM42 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Deeside Halt - Llangollen, the last Bachmann Members Day Edited April 2, 2022 by Davexoc Photo restored 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) Reigate box is readily viewable via Google Streetview as it sits next to the level crossing. Here are some inside views- note that the lever frame controlled area is actually only a tiny bit of the area the box covers. As with many such boxes a block shelf extension with banks of switches has been added in the mid 1980s to eliminate the mechanical signalling between Reigate and Guildford and this 'extension' covers a far grater mileage than the original area the area covered by the frame. The excellent condition of the lever frame is the hard work of one of the resident signalmen (around 20 years at Reigate) who ensures the lever tops are kept polished and the traditional railway ambiance inside is retained in spite of the ‘mod cons’ that have been added over the years. Note the lever sitting in the halfway position - this is the 2 minute time delay in action as the signalman has replaced the lever without the track circuits having proved a train has passed the signal. This ‘backlock’ feature ensures that if the signal is replaced to danger in front of a train (meaning it’s unlikely to be able to stop at the signal) the signalman cannot immediately start moving points and derailing the train. Edited January 4, 2021 by phil-b259 14 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post roundhouse Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2021 And here are external views of Reigate box. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, roundhouse said: And here are external views of Reigate box. The reproduction BR(S) enamel nameboard being bought by the aforementioned long time resident signalman - paid for out of his own cash. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Poor Old Bruce Posted January 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2021 Birmingham Area, all taken on 30 August 1983 Eagle Crossing Round Oak Junction Kingswinford Junction South Stourbridge Junction Middle 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) Stourbridge Jn Middle is still with us, now used by Chiltern Railways I believe. Kingswinford Sth was burnt down and was a Portkabin for its final years. I remember visiting it once in the mids 90s and the railway was like a local footpath, The fax machine kept being stolen and there was a syringe stuck in the corner post of the box nearest the camera in POB's picture. Lovely area Back in the early 90s I visited Eagle Lane. The remains of the box were there, burnt out and some of the level crossing equiment remained, heavily vandalised and now all below the Black Country route flyover. I was quite surprised to find that much left, unfortunatley I didn't have a camera with me One day I may revisit if I am feeling brave. It was in 2014 that myself and two friends decided to capture as many of the rapidly disapppearing boxes on film from all 4 sides if legally possible. Hoping to stay one step ahead of Network Rail's modernisation program. One memorable 3 day stint saw us cover most of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, 83 (IIRC) boxes and crossings in all. Some photos are good, some ropey due to not being able to get too close, or being in fading light, but at least they are a record. It's an ongoing process. but all on hold at present and it is nice to see some here that we missed out on or never thought to photograph all those years ago when the train was the focus Here are some more photos from my travels, all from 2014 I would just add that all my photos are taken from publicly accessible places , from land entered with the owner's permission, during offical business or on guided visits Keadby Canal Junction Stow Park Thrumpton Baguley Fold Andy Edited January 4, 2021 by SM42 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) Another Llangollen box, well Barmouth South originally, now at Glyndyfrdwy Edited April 2, 2022 by Davexoc Photo restored 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, Davexoc said: Another Llangollen box, well Barmouth South originally, now at Glyndyfrdwy Well, that’s easy for you to say 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Some on the MSW electrified line for today. Taken almost 40 years ago (Crikey! - and I've got some older than that!) on 25 June 1981: Elsecar Jct Aldam Jc. Lewden Crossing Glasshouse Crossing Worsboro Bridge Crossing 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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