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Mallaig Junction Signal Box Track Diagram

I visited this box on 26 July 1967. I visited 3 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.

www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51601553262/in/album-...

 

As at the date of producing this, the box remains open, albeit now called "Fort William".

 

There's a superb drawing, by Robert Dey, of the 1946 plan, here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52019043911/in/album-...

 

Later things....

1973 - New lever frame fitted with different numbering.

 

8 June 1975 - NX panel fitted to work the newly relocated Fort William Station. (See Fort William box for more detail www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51891419477/in/album-...)

A diagram, by Robert Dey, of the 1986 panel is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52019122503/in/album-...

 

6 December 1987 - Working method on both main and branch changed to Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) controlled by Banavie Signalling Centre (North workstation). Information on that is here www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/RETB

 

27 March 1988 - Renamed "Fort William Junction". The Signalling Notice which mentions that starts here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51863145943/in/album-...

 

The Box was extended during refurbishment in 2000 and possibly sometime later too.

 

My external photo of the box, taken on the day I visited, is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52017996302/in/album-...

 

Two of my photos which feature the box renamed to Fort William are here:

www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52019075183/in/album-...

www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52019554915/in/album-...

 

An additional link about this box can be seen here:

signalbox.org/photo-gallery/north-british-railway/mallaig...

 

The Sectional Appendix page is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51862095907/in/datepo...

 

The quite accurate location of the box was 211512 (Easting) 774594 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=56....

 

A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=56....

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Uploaded on April 21, 2022