Percy Main Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 2 August 1966. I visited 7 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51603033999/in/album-...
My thanks to Peter Churchman for his assistance in tidying up my diagram - I don't think I did a very good job with the colour light signals on my diagram drawn in 1966 !!
I have no idea about the history of this box but it looks to be a newish build.
The Riverside Branch closed 31 May 1978.
The Blyth & Tyne line to Percy Main North closed 12 May 1980.
This box was working TCB to Howdon-on-Tyne so I assume had to remain open and was closed with the station and line 11 August 1980 to be reconstructed and become the Tyne & Wear Metro reopening on 14 November 1982.
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52193813335/in/album-...
Every time I looked at my box photo I wondered what had necessitated the brick work repairs. The siting of the trap points always made me think that some mishap had occurred. Well, whilst researching for this flickr album I came across the answer - as seen here
www.flickr.com/photos/105225401@N02/36462410364
A view of the front of the box is here
disused-stations.org.uk/p/percy_main/index2.shtml
That is part of a Disused Station article about Percy Main which starts here disused-stations.org.uk/p/percy_main/index.shtml
Another article about the Percy Main area is here
disused-stations.org.uk/p/percy_main_bt/index.shtml
The Sectional Appendix pages are here:
Main Line from Newcastle towards Tynemouth
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51763068047/in/album-...
Branch from Walker
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52199915324/in/photos...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51721924685/in/datepo...
B & T towards Seaton Delavel
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52198643912/in/datepo...
The quite accurate location of the box was 433659 (Easting) 567357 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=54....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=54....
Percy Main Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 2 August 1966. I visited 7 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51603033999/in/album-...
My thanks to Peter Churchman for his assistance in tidying up my diagram - I don't think I did a very good job with the colour light signals on my diagram drawn in 1966 !!
I have no idea about the history of this box but it looks to be a newish build.
The Riverside Branch closed 31 May 1978.
The Blyth & Tyne line to Percy Main North closed 12 May 1980.
This box was working TCB to Howdon-on-Tyne so I assume had to remain open and was closed with the station and line 11 August 1980 to be reconstructed and become the Tyne & Wear Metro reopening on 14 November 1982.
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52193813335/in/album-...
Every time I looked at my box photo I wondered what had necessitated the brick work repairs. The siting of the trap points always made me think that some mishap had occurred. Well, whilst researching for this flickr album I came across the answer - as seen here
www.flickr.com/photos/105225401@N02/36462410364
A view of the front of the box is here
disused-stations.org.uk/p/percy_main/index2.shtml
That is part of a Disused Station article about Percy Main which starts here disused-stations.org.uk/p/percy_main/index.shtml
Another article about the Percy Main area is here
disused-stations.org.uk/p/percy_main_bt/index.shtml
The Sectional Appendix pages are here:
Main Line from Newcastle towards Tynemouth
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51763068047/in/album-...
Branch from Walker
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52199915324/in/photos...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51721924685/in/datepo...
B & T towards Seaton Delavel
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52198643912/in/datepo...
The quite accurate location of the box was 433659 (Easting) 567357 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=54....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=54....