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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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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]
Throughout railroad history, many manufacturing companies have come and gone. This is a list of companies that manufactured railroad cars and other rolling stock.Most of these companies built both passenger and freight equipment and no distinction is made between the two for the purposes of this list.
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 ...
The signal box provided a dry, climate-controlled space for the complex interlocking mechanics and also the signalman. The raised design of most signal boxes (which gave rise to the term "tower" in North America) also provided the signalman with a good view of the railway under his control. The first use of a signal box was by the London ...
Railway Number or name Type or Class Builder Works Number Built Wheels Gauge Location Object Number Image LNWR: Pet: LNWR Crewe: 1865 0-4-0 ST: 18 in (457 mm) York [85] 1978–7014 IoMR: 3 Pender: Beyer, Peacock: 1255 1873 2-4-0 T: 3 ft (914 mm) Manchester [86] Y1980.12 Ffestiniog Railway: Livingston Thompson: Double Fairlie: Boston Lodge: 1885 ...