Sutton in Ashfield (GN) Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 6 January 1966. It was the only box I went in that day, see my "boxes visited" log
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51602593738/in/album-...
The box name was actually "Sutton-in-Ashfield". I have added (GN) to the Index to differentiate it from the Central box, on the former Mansfield Railway.
I have a hand drawn diagram of the line between Summit Colliery and Sutton Town, dated 19 July 1946. www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488780345/in/album-...
Also one between Sutton Town and Skegby Junction, dated 19 July 1946. www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488860098/in/album-...
Both these diagrams show the arrangements for single line working using the down line if the up line was obstructed. These were part of a set given to me during a visit to Summit Colliery box. The diagrams are believed to have been used by a Guard.
Some dates:
8 February 1897 - Opened when line reached here, Saxby & Farmer 4" Duplex Tappet frame.
xx-xx-1947 - Oddicroft Ground Frame (Barringers/Metal Box) added.
25 May 1968 - (Saturday) Closed after the last train.
Not sure why there was a large block of spare levers in the box. The GNR were considering building its own branch to Skegby (Sutton) Colliery. However that didn't happen and anyway 14 spares levers would seem to be too many for that. Owen seems to recall reading that there may have been some other railway scheme proposed that would have joined the GNR here but, like so many schemes, it never happened and we have no information on that - does anyone else have any info??
Peter offers the thought that maybe the GNR simply ordered a batch of similar sized frames because they were probably cheaper than providing bespoke frames?
Incidentally, lever 34 would have been a Down Home signal protecting the Down platform.
There was an Up Starting signal on the footbridge at the platform end, as to whether it was the Up Starter and the next signal was an Advance Starter I do not know, they were very close and it is suspected that it was merely a repeater signal because it would be difficult to see the Starter through the bridge?
I didn't take any photos of the box and I haven't been able to find a close up of the box - can anyone help me with that?
I have, though, included my photo of the box which is part of the Elizabethan Railway Society's (ERS) 00 gauge layout called "Sutton-in-Ashfield". The photo can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52487866772/in/album-...
and the relevant ERS page is here www.elizabethanrailwaysociety.com/sutton-in-ashfield-town
Two more of my layout photos can be seen:
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488830475/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488910523/in/album-...
The box is visible in this photo of the area
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488713419/in/album-...
On 25 July 1966 I took a photo of 76051 shunting the Metal Box train in the sidings with the (as now known) Priestic Primary School providing the backdrop. The school is still there so, in 2019, I decided to produce a "Then & Now" montage shot. That can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488361941/in/album-...
The individual photo of 76051 is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488362456/in/album-...
and the individual photo of the school is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488910798/in/album-...
The Station is featured in a Web article called "Sutton in Ashfield Photographic Memories, Stories and More
Sutton Memories" seen here suttoninashfield.wixsite.com/sutton-railways/photos-1
The Sectional Appendix page is here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51606248506/in/album-...
The quite accurate location of the box was 449574 (Easting) 359424 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16.0&lat=5...
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here
Sutton in Ashfield (GN) Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 6 January 1966. It was the only box I went in that day, see my "boxes visited" log
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51602593738/in/album-...
The box name was actually "Sutton-in-Ashfield". I have added (GN) to the Index to differentiate it from the Central box, on the former Mansfield Railway.
I have a hand drawn diagram of the line between Summit Colliery and Sutton Town, dated 19 July 1946. www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488780345/in/album-...
Also one between Sutton Town and Skegby Junction, dated 19 July 1946. www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488860098/in/album-...
Both these diagrams show the arrangements for single line working using the down line if the up line was obstructed. These were part of a set given to me during a visit to Summit Colliery box. The diagrams are believed to have been used by a Guard.
Some dates:
8 February 1897 - Opened when line reached here, Saxby & Farmer 4" Duplex Tappet frame.
xx-xx-1947 - Oddicroft Ground Frame (Barringers/Metal Box) added.
25 May 1968 - (Saturday) Closed after the last train.
Not sure why there was a large block of spare levers in the box. The GNR were considering building its own branch to Skegby (Sutton) Colliery. However that didn't happen and anyway 14 spares levers would seem to be too many for that. Owen seems to recall reading that there may have been some other railway scheme proposed that would have joined the GNR here but, like so many schemes, it never happened and we have no information on that - does anyone else have any info??
Peter offers the thought that maybe the GNR simply ordered a batch of similar sized frames because they were probably cheaper than providing bespoke frames?
Incidentally, lever 34 would have been a Down Home signal protecting the Down platform.
There was an Up Starting signal on the footbridge at the platform end, as to whether it was the Up Starter and the next signal was an Advance Starter I do not know, they were very close and it is suspected that it was merely a repeater signal because it would be difficult to see the Starter through the bridge?
I didn't take any photos of the box and I haven't been able to find a close up of the box - can anyone help me with that?
I have, though, included my photo of the box which is part of the Elizabethan Railway Society's (ERS) 00 gauge layout called "Sutton-in-Ashfield". The photo can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52487866772/in/album-...
and the relevant ERS page is here www.elizabethanrailwaysociety.com/sutton-in-ashfield-town
Two more of my layout photos can be seen:
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488830475/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488910523/in/album-...
The box is visible in this photo of the area
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488713419/in/album-...
On 25 July 1966 I took a photo of 76051 shunting the Metal Box train in the sidings with the (as now known) Priestic Primary School providing the backdrop. The school is still there so, in 2019, I decided to produce a "Then & Now" montage shot. That can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488361941/in/album-...
The individual photo of 76051 is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488362456/in/album-...
and the individual photo of the school is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52488910798/in/album-...
The Station is featured in a Web article called "Sutton in Ashfield Photographic Memories, Stories and More
Sutton Memories" seen here suttoninashfield.wixsite.com/sutton-railways/photos-1
The Sectional Appendix page is here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51606248506/in/album-...
The quite accurate location of the box was 449574 (Easting) 359424 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16.0&lat=5...
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here