A signal box in Haslemere is still used to control the railways after 130 years - but its days are numbered The landscape of Surrey's railways have changed significantly since the end of the 19th ...
Built in 1888, the Bury St Edmunds Yard signal required four resident signal men to work the levers The Skegness signal box in East Lindsey was at the end of the Poacher line which ran from Nottingham ...
With help from Marleston TAFE students and a handful of volunteers, the replica signal box is complete with working levers, telephones and fresh paint. Former Mitcham mayor Ivan Brooks, 72, has spent ...
Twenty-six of the UK's railway signal boxes have been granted Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Here are some of the historic structures that received listed ...
Reedham signal box will be taken to a new site in Holt and restored for a hands-on visitor experience A 120-year-old signal box is to start a new life as a virtual reality simulator for railway ...
A 98-year-old tradition will end in the early hours of January 2, when the last worker signs off from the signal box at the Gardiner station level crossing. Yes, even in ultra-automated 2015, a human ...
It has been used as a signalling station for nearly 150 years, but now the last railway box in Northern Ireland is set to be demolished. Staff at Castlerock used bells, levers and mechanical frames to ...