| THE SIGNAL BOX |
PHOTO GALLERY |
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Signal boxes built by the
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Hoylake
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Purfleet Rifle RangeStandard boxes were provided for the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the late 1880's onwards. Some particularly large examples were built, for this company was very lavish with its signalling arrangements. |
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Ockendon
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Caergwrle
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CardronaThis rather overgrown example is also built at platform level, and was one of a few erected for the North British Railway. |
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Banavie Canal BridgeWhen the West Highland Extension of the North British Railway was constructed, the Railway Signal Company built boxes with large overhanging hipped roofs. In other respects, the boxes were to the standard design. |
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KennethmontA pair of standard boxes, apart from the provision of a (neater than above) hipped roof, were provided for the Great North of Scotland Railway in 1888. |
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Seaforth Sands JunctionThe Liverpool Overhead Railway also deployed hipped-roof versions of the Railway Signal Company's designs. |
Although the Railway Signal Company continued to trade through to 1974, no signal boxes were erected to their own designs after 1923.