Clipstone West Junction Signal Box Track Diagram
I first visited this box on 21 May 1966. I visited 2 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51602593738/in/album-...
At the time of posting this on flickr (January 2022) the box is still operational.
Seeing some excellent aerial photos of the area on Facebook prompted me to ask the photographer, Ash Edwards, if I could use them in this flickr album. He kindly agreed and whilst I was sorting out the order to display I began to think back to the days when the Immingham Britannia Pacifics passed through in charge of 3V11, the 4.30pm Grimsby to Whitland fish train (I saw those trains at Kirkby-in-Ashfield). So I decided to create a storyboard album of that train, 3V11, focused on the Immingham Brits, which hopefully might be of interest. It can be seen on my flickr pages here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51826235349/in/album-...
The box opened in 1918 and the layout remained the same until just after my 1966 visit when the Duke of Portland siding was taken out of use and levers 12 & 13 became spare, as seen in this diagram www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51784951489/in/album-...
On 30 November 1970 it takes over the East Jn with motor points.
On 18 July 1976 levers 2/3/4/11 were made spare, as seen in this diagram www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51785647309/in/album-...
On 12 July 1986 Concentration Sidings box closed and the panel from there (extended to include Concentration Sidings mechanical area) moved into West Jn, levers 1-7 were removed to make space. The levers out meant the connecting line from Concentration Sidings was removed. The panel can be seen in this 1989 photo www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51780975667/in/album-...
On 20 December 1997 Welbeck Colliery Jn box closed and a new panel was added at the right hand end of the frame to work this area, Track Circuit Block working to Shirebrook Jn, seen here in this 2002 photo www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51785195400/in/album-...
On 3 March 2007 the Concentration Sidings Panel was taken out of use, but it seems to be 2017 before being officially de-commissioned by which time there was no track!
My external photos of the box are here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51782427724/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51781789681/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51780976142/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51781789551/in/album-...
My photo taken inside the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51782036888/in/album-...
Some great Peter Churchman photos show the box in 2001 and 2002:
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51784951624/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51784951619/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51785195485/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51783508127/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51783508107/in/album-...
Three more photos can be seen on the RAILSCOT page www.railscot.co.uk/img/37/665/
Some poignant 2016 photos are here www.flickr.com/photos/37260/sets/72157670353084355/
and some more photos are in this article www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/clipstone-pit-west-signal-b...
Some of Ash Edward's stunning aerial photos can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821636523/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821523461/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821523456/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821636513/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821523446/in/album-...
The Sectional Appendix pages are here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51733231274/in/photos...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51767238252/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51764545554/in/album-...
The quite accurate location of the box is 460683 (Easting) 365260 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map of the area (before the box was built) is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
Clipstone West Junction Signal Box Track Diagram
I first visited this box on 21 May 1966. I visited 2 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51602593738/in/album-...
At the time of posting this on flickr (January 2022) the box is still operational.
Seeing some excellent aerial photos of the area on Facebook prompted me to ask the photographer, Ash Edwards, if I could use them in this flickr album. He kindly agreed and whilst I was sorting out the order to display I began to think back to the days when the Immingham Britannia Pacifics passed through in charge of 3V11, the 4.30pm Grimsby to Whitland fish train (I saw those trains at Kirkby-in-Ashfield). So I decided to create a storyboard album of that train, 3V11, focused on the Immingham Brits, which hopefully might be of interest. It can be seen on my flickr pages here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51826235349/in/album-...
The box opened in 1918 and the layout remained the same until just after my 1966 visit when the Duke of Portland siding was taken out of use and levers 12 & 13 became spare, as seen in this diagram www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51784951489/in/album-...
On 30 November 1970 it takes over the East Jn with motor points.
On 18 July 1976 levers 2/3/4/11 were made spare, as seen in this diagram www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51785647309/in/album-...
On 12 July 1986 Concentration Sidings box closed and the panel from there (extended to include Concentration Sidings mechanical area) moved into West Jn, levers 1-7 were removed to make space. The levers out meant the connecting line from Concentration Sidings was removed. The panel can be seen in this 1989 photo www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51780975667/in/album-...
On 20 December 1997 Welbeck Colliery Jn box closed and a new panel was added at the right hand end of the frame to work this area, Track Circuit Block working to Shirebrook Jn, seen here in this 2002 photo www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51785195400/in/album-...
On 3 March 2007 the Concentration Sidings Panel was taken out of use, but it seems to be 2017 before being officially de-commissioned by which time there was no track!
My external photos of the box are here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51782427724/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51781789681/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51780976142/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51781789551/in/album-...
My photo taken inside the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51782036888/in/album-...
Some great Peter Churchman photos show the box in 2001 and 2002:
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51784951624/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51784951619/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51785195485/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51783508127/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51783508107/in/album-...
Three more photos can be seen on the RAILSCOT page www.railscot.co.uk/img/37/665/
Some poignant 2016 photos are here www.flickr.com/photos/37260/sets/72157670353084355/
and some more photos are in this article www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/clipstone-pit-west-signal-b...
Some of Ash Edward's stunning aerial photos can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821636523/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821523461/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821523456/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821636513/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51821523446/in/album-...
The Sectional Appendix pages are here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51733231274/in/photos...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51767238252/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51764545554/in/album-...
The quite accurate location of the box is 460683 (Easting) 365260 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map of the area (before the box was built) is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....