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Great Eastern Railway brick signal box which once controlled the branch line to... (more)

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Traditional signal box of all-timber construction on the former Great Eastern... (more)

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Still very much a traditional mechanical box.

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An East Midlands Trains service to Manchester, consisting of a single Class 158... (more)

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The view has no doubt changed rather a lot here. The class 40 and its tank train... (more)

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The south face showing the name board.

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A train consisting of a single class 153 railcar waits to depart from Tutbury... (more)

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View from the west with the crossing barriers lowered.

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At Hatton.

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The innards of a signal box. This is the inside of a building that contains... (more)

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This notice is at the south end of the platform at Chinnor Station. It has the... (more)

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The station area signalling is almost entirely still mechanical. See also... (more)

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This diminutive signal box is reputed to be one of the oldest survivors on the... (more)

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The East Holmes signal box at Brayford Wharf, just to the west of Lincoln... (more)

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This was the signal box at Severn Bridge station, bizarrely left in situ when... (more)

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This signal box is at the north end of platform 4 at Princes Risborough Station.... (more)

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In Southern Rail days, this box controlled the L&B through to Pilton.

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Settle Station Signal Box and adjacent signal and isolated section of track... (more)

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Hale Road railway level crossing, semaphore signal, signal box and station -... (more)

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Signal SBJ11 is situated at the south-east end of Shrewsbury station where SBJ... (more)

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The Victorian signal box at Llandrindod Wells station, on the scenic Heart of... (more)

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A double track railway heading away from Knaresborough station. Just in front... (more)

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The cabin is a signal box controlling level crossing, signals and the adjacent... (more)

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The innards of a signal box. This is the inside of a building that contains... (more)

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........of the signal box at Blue Anchor station, on The West Somerset railway.

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On the Newcastle to Carlisle Railway adjacent to Corby Gates Level Crossing,... (more)

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Built in 1879 for the London Brighton & South Coast Railway this signal box... (more)

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Woodstone Wharf signal box was originally located at Welland Bridge in Spalding... (more)

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Woodstone Wharf signal box was originally located at Welland Bridge in Spalding... (more)

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The signalbox at Glenfinnan station, on the West Highland Line. The signalbox... (more)

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One of a pair of traditional signal boxes at Sleaford Station. This one no... (more)

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This GN1-type railway signal box was built in 1874 for the Great Northern... (more)

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When Farringdon station was first built this signal box was presumably at the... (more)

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Great Northern Railway signal box, dating from 1875. Listed Grade II in 1986,... (more)

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The innards of a signal box. This is the inside of a building that contains... (more)

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The signal box is on the former Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway... (more)

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The brick North Eastern Railway signal box was built and opened in 1876. When... (more)

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Redcar Signal Box is located adjacent to and on the southeast side of Redcar... (more)

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Grade II listed signal box at Brayford Wharf East, built in 1873 for the Great... (more)

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Shrewsbury is the location of one of the last surviving classic large signal boxes.

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Shrewsbury is the location of one of the last surviving classic large signal boxes.

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Signal boxes are (in my opinion) quintessential British buildings but they are... (more)

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Complete with semaphore up starter and down home signals. The signals are in the... (more)

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This signal box is part of the East Anglian Railway Museum. It once stood at... (more)

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Grade II listed signal box opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1873. It is... (more)

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Platform 9 is the only platform at the north end of the station which does not... (more)

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The South Box is unique amongst surviving LBSCR boxes, being designed by the... (more)

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This GN1-type railway signal box was built in 1874 for the Great Northern... (more)

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St Albans South Signal Box was built in 1892 but was closed in 1980. It then... (more)

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