Ollerton Colliery Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 28 October 1966. I visited 9 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51601553327/in/album-...
Box story:
Late 1927/early 1928 - Box opened for new colliery.
1943-1960 - Boughton Sidings wartime signal box was open, points too far to work from Ollerton Colliery but near enough to cause signal slotting and point releases.
See separate slight conjecture but looks good layout www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52163087374/in/album-...
13 May 1984 - Boughton Junction box destroyed by fire.
22 July 1984 - New IFS panel rushed into use to work former Boughton Junction points and new colour light signals. (See here for info about IFS panels signalbox.org/the-blower/topic/ifs-control-panel/
A 1988 diagram, showing the IFS switches, is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52162847038/in/album-...
2002 (sometime) - Box mothballed, no traffic.
2003 (early) - Box reopened for a short time but most of the signalling was vandalised and unworkable!
28 October 2003 - Mothballed again.
3 February 2006 - Box partially damaged by fire and officially closed.
2007 - Totally destroyed by fire.
Two of my external photos of the box are here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52162846923/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52163337930/in/album-...
Two photos of the box and surrounding area, by Robin Stewart-Smith, can be seen here
www.flickr.com/photos/154596801@N04/33234652938/in/photol...
www.flickr.com/photos/154596801@N04/32875653308/in/photol...
A 1965 photo by Syd Hancock shows Ollerton Colliery in the background
www.flickr.com/photos/sydhank/6431617247/in/photolist-aNk...
20 December 1994 was the day that Ollerton Colliery headstocks were demolished
www.flickr.com/photos/dreamtargets/50911437838/in/photoli...
An additional Link about this box can be seen here
www.signalboxes.com/ollerton-signalbox.php
The Sectional Appendix page is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51733231274/in/photos...
The quite accurate location of the box was 466962 (Easting) 367252 (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 (before the box was built) is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
Ollerton Colliery Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 28 October 1966. I visited 9 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51601553327/in/album-...
Box story:
Late 1927/early 1928 - Box opened for new colliery.
1943-1960 - Boughton Sidings wartime signal box was open, points too far to work from Ollerton Colliery but near enough to cause signal slotting and point releases.
See separate slight conjecture but looks good layout www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52163087374/in/album-...
13 May 1984 - Boughton Junction box destroyed by fire.
22 July 1984 - New IFS panel rushed into use to work former Boughton Junction points and new colour light signals. (See here for info about IFS panels signalbox.org/the-blower/topic/ifs-control-panel/
A 1988 diagram, showing the IFS switches, is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52162847038/in/album-...
2002 (sometime) - Box mothballed, no traffic.
2003 (early) - Box reopened for a short time but most of the signalling was vandalised and unworkable!
28 October 2003 - Mothballed again.
3 February 2006 - Box partially damaged by fire and officially closed.
2007 - Totally destroyed by fire.
Two of my external photos of the box are here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52162846923/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52163337930/in/album-...
Two photos of the box and surrounding area, by Robin Stewart-Smith, can be seen here
www.flickr.com/photos/154596801@N04/33234652938/in/photol...
www.flickr.com/photos/154596801@N04/32875653308/in/photol...
A 1965 photo by Syd Hancock shows Ollerton Colliery in the background
www.flickr.com/photos/sydhank/6431617247/in/photolist-aNk...
20 December 1994 was the day that Ollerton Colliery headstocks were demolished
www.flickr.com/photos/dreamtargets/50911437838/in/photoli...
An additional Link about this box can be seen here
www.signalboxes.com/ollerton-signalbox.php
The Sectional Appendix page is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51733231274/in/photos...
The quite accurate location of the box was 466962 (Easting) 367252 (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 (before the box was built) is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....