Sutton-in-Ashfield Central Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 25 July 1966. It was the only box I went in that day, see my "boxes visited" log
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51603033999/in/album-...
After my visit and before closure the Up Outer Home (lever number 2) was removed and the Up Distant moved nearer to the box. Points 14 & 16 were removed along with associated signals. The Goods Yard was still in use, after the through running closure to Kirkby South Junction, by the engineering firm based there (Helical Bar Ltd). Subsequently, in 1980 the Company bought the land, see Catalogue description, National Archives, Kew www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52489345052/in/album-...
Dates:
4 September 1916 - Route opened but the opening notice infers block section is Mansfield Station to Kirkby South Junction.
2 April 1917 - Station opening date and also assumed box opening date. A signalling sketch for the box as it opened is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52490352698/in/album-...
5 September 1966 - Sutton-in-Ashfield Central to Kirkby South Junction closed as a through route - both Up and Down lines became used for wagon storage. (Source Branch Line Society Members Newsletter).
An extract from the Branch Line Society Members Newsletter June 1967 is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52490270615/in/album-...
2 October 1967 - Mansfield Colliery Sidings to Sutton-in Ashfield Central closed to traffic, all stored wagons removed from Sutton-in-Ashfield Central to Kirkby South Junction, so total line closure Mansfield Colliery Sidings to Kirkby South Junction (Source Branch Line Society Members Newsletter).
7 January 1968 - Official closure date as stated in Weekly Operating Notice (3 months late!).
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52489798181/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-2
The Sectional Appendix page is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51954411813/in/photos...
The fairly accurate location of the box was 417059 (Easting) 564228 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16.0&lat=5...
Sutton-in-Ashfield Central Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 25 July 1966. It was the only box I went in that day, see my "boxes visited" log
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51603033999/in/album-...
After my visit and before closure the Up Outer Home (lever number 2) was removed and the Up Distant moved nearer to the box. Points 14 & 16 were removed along with associated signals. The Goods Yard was still in use, after the through running closure to Kirkby South Junction, by the engineering firm based there (Helical Bar Ltd). Subsequently, in 1980 the Company bought the land, see Catalogue description, National Archives, Kew www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52489345052/in/album-...
Dates:
4 September 1916 - Route opened but the opening notice infers block section is Mansfield Station to Kirkby South Junction.
2 April 1917 - Station opening date and also assumed box opening date. A signalling sketch for the box as it opened is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52490352698/in/album-...
5 September 1966 - Sutton-in-Ashfield Central to Kirkby South Junction closed as a through route - both Up and Down lines became used for wagon storage. (Source Branch Line Society Members Newsletter).
An extract from the Branch Line Society Members Newsletter June 1967 is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52490270615/in/album-...
2 October 1967 - Mansfield Colliery Sidings to Sutton-in Ashfield Central closed to traffic, all stored wagons removed from Sutton-in-Ashfield Central to Kirkby South Junction, so total line closure Mansfield Colliery Sidings to Kirkby South Junction (Source Branch Line Society Members Newsletter).
7 January 1968 - Official closure date as stated in Weekly Operating Notice (3 months late!).
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52489798181/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-2
The Sectional Appendix page is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51954411813/in/photos...
The fairly accurate location of the box was 417059 (Easting) 564228 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16.0&lat=5...