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LATEST MAGAZINES
Recent signalling-related articles
Compiled by David Clegg
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May 2008
- Photograph including Perranwell box in an article on the Falmouth branch.
- Major article on working Mitre Bridge Junction box 1985-86
- Part one of an article on London Underground accidents caused by misuse of the Stop and Proceed rule.
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April 2008
- North Thoresby, Fotherby, Louth South and Firsby boxes appear in photographs illustrating an article on the East Lincolnshire Railway.
- Article on early railway signalling including a superb photograph of Waterloo A box around 1900.
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May 2008
- Part 2 of an article entitled "Southern Signalman" covers Signalling School.
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April 2008
- Signalling Days covers overhead boxes with photos of Green Lane Junction [Tyne Dock] and Newcastle No. 1.
- Panoramic view of Bincombe showing the box (just) and the banking engine central siding.
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August 2006
- Crewe to Cheadle Hulme has re-opened with a reduced service until the new signalling system can be commissioned fully.
- The Network Rail signallers' strikes planned for June 2006 were suspended.
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November 2005
- Some details of the Port Talbot resignalling are given in this issue.
- NR has been allowed a budget increase of £175M for signalling renewals.
- Police believe that vandalism incidents on 8, 9 and 25 September affecting signalling equipment are related.
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8 May 2008
- The level crossing at Sheringham is to be relaid and the North Norfolk Railway will be permitted 12 movements per year.
- The Lynton & Barnstaple signal box from Pilton Yard, Barnstaple forms part of a property for sale in Umberleigh.
- The Wensleydale Railway is to install the former North Wootton box at Leeming Bar.
- The operating floor from the former Betley Road box has been craned into place at Boughton Crossing, Northampton & Lamport Railway.
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10 April 2008
- The Railway Heritage Committee has designated the nameboards from March 1/2 Mile and Washwood Heath boxes.
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January 2006
- The re-signalling of the Sandbach to Wilmslow line commenced on 11 December 2005.
- Make Level Crossings Safer reports on Dutch practice.
- Settle Junction box received a National Railway Heritage Award for box refurbishment shared with the Swanage Railway for Corfe Castle.
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November 2004
- The completion of the Marston Vale re-signalling project was marked by the unveiling of a plaque at Ridgmont signalling centre on 17 September.
- Informed Sources includes a commentary on communications between signallers and other staff.
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7 May 2008
- The tallest surviving semaphore signal - Hexham No. 3 - has been replaced by an LED signal at driver's eye level.
- Westinghouse has won three contracts for the initial stages of Thameslink resignalling.
- RMT is to ballot its signalling members about industrial action over pay.
- Colchester box is being extended as part of the Clacton / Walton / Marks Tey resignalling scheme.
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23 April 2008
- Stage 3 of the Basingstoke resignalling project will be deferred until 2010.
- EAST MIDLANDS RESIGNALLING: NR controllers now work from the new centre at Derby that will eventually house signallers controlling North Erewash, South Erewash, Nottingham, Leicester, Derby and West Hampstead.
- David Allen article on the work of the two signalling centres at Slough, the PSB and Slough New.
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9 April 2008
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26 March 2008
- Demolition of BETTESHANGER box is being delayed in case a preservation group comes forward to dismantle and remove it.
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May 2008
- Photographs include Kittybrewster North and Staines West boxes.
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February 2008
- 1968 shot of Marley Hill box where the Bowes Railway crosses the Tanfield Railway on the level. This box has now been rebuilt by the Tanfield Railway.
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June 2008
- The foundations for a new signal box have been laid at Corfe Castle.
- Report on the opening of the East Midlands Control Centre at Derby.
- Work has begun on infrastructure upgrades on the Cambrian Coast in preparation for ERTMS.
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May 2008
- The signalbox display at the STEAM museum in Swindon has been refurbished.
- SLEIGHTS EAST box has been moved to Embsay Steam Railway.
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March 2002
- A Safety Special article reviews the HMRI Annual Report.
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February 2002
- The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust has obtained planning permission for a heritage steam railway and museum that includes permission for a replacement signal box.
- Further coverage of the collapse of Railtrack.
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May 2008
- Nice photograph including Whisker Hill box.
- An article on the Coventry area includes incidental shots of Kenilworth Junction, Three Spires Junction and Canley Gates boxes.
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April 2008
- Fascinating article on the Hayfield branch by a former Hayfield signalman. The article includes a nice shot of New Mills Tunnel End box.
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STEAM RAILWAY
20 March 2008
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25 February 2008
- Campaigners are trying to save Church Stretton box from demolition.
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April 2008
- Side view of the overhead box at Tonbridge in 1957.
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March 2008
- Fascinating article on a signalling related collision at Broadheath in January 1964.
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