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Hebden Bridge signal box A number of signal boxes in England are on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Signal boxes house the signalman and equipment that control the railway points and signals. Originally, railway signals were controlled from a hut on a platform at junctions. In the 1850s, a raised building with a glazed upper storey containing ...
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Stirling North signal box A number of signal boxes in Scotland are on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Signal boxes house the signalman and equipment that control the railway points and signals. Originally railway signals were controlled from a hut on a platform at junctions, but by the 1860s this had developed into a raised building with a glazed ...
Pages in category "Signal boxes in the United Kingdom" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A British Upper Quadrant semaphore signal. In the days of the first British railways, "policemen" were employed by every railway company. Their jobs were many and varied, but one of their key roles was the giving of hand signals to inform engine drivers as to the state of the line ahead. [3]
Railway Number Class or Type Builder Works Number Built Location Object Number Image GWR 4 Railcar: AEC 1934 York [50] 1978–7070 BR 51562 + 51922 2-car Class 108: BR Derby 1959–1960 York [145] 1993–7000 BR 51192 + 54352 2-car Class 101: Metro Cammell 1957–1958 NNR [146] 2004–7105 BR APT-E: Gas turbine prototype APT BR Derby 1970 ...
Westinghouse Rail Systems' origin is in the signals division of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company, which was founded as Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company in 1920. Hawker Siddeley purchased that company in 1979 and sold it to BTR plc in 1992. [1] In 1999, BTR merged with Siebe to form Invensys. [1]
List of British Rail power classifications; List of British Rail unbuilt locomotive classes; List of railway museums in the United Kingdom; British railway rolling stock; List of British railway-owned locomotive builders; List of British Rail TOPS depot codes; List of British Railways shed codes; List of British Railways steam locomotives as of ...