Photograph by David Stenning
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THE SIGNAL BOX |
BRANCH LINES |
Photograph by David Stenning |
Wood Ditton is a level crossing between Newmarket and Dullingham, now protected by Automatic Half Barriers. Until conversion it boasted this rather pleasant gate box. Although its arrangements suggest that it was built as a gate box rather than a full-blown signal box, I am told that instruments and a closing switch existed here in the late 1950s, although removed by 1960. It would be interesting to find out more about this - perhaps it was upgraded to increase line capacity during the second world war.
Additional notes by Michael Baldwin.
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