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Trent Lane Junction Signal Box Track Diagram

I visited this box on 30 August 1966. I visited 3 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.

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Dates as known are:

1888 - Box opened to control entrance to new LNWR Manvers Street Goods Yard - Frame RSCo 75 lever 4" Tappet which lasted until the end. Replaced a nearby box named "Nottingham Goods Junction" - now 4 tracks into London Road Station (later Low Level).

1889 - Controls new junctions with Nottingham Suburban line. A drawing of the October 1889 layout is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52548265877/in/album-...

1899 - Controls new junction with spur to Weekday Cross Junction and Nottingham Victoria. A drawing of the 1900 layout is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52549024679/in/album-...

9 February 1930 - Nottingham Suburban Line singled.

8 May 1941 - Nottingham Suburban Line closed south of Thorneywood by German bombing of bridge over Midland line. A drawing of the 1950ish layout is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52552403450/in/album-...

23 November 1966 - Manvers Street closed (some say 6 June 1966?).

4 January 1970 - Box closed along with line from Netherfield Junction, GN/GC lines to East Leake singled all trains pass through Low Level station, section of Down line retained as headshunt/reversing line.

8 April 1974 - All track at the box closed due to new GC access chord at Loughborough opening.

 

An external photo of the box can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/gwoodward/4532152501

 

My photo taken inside the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52549200780/in/album-...

 

The Sectional Appendix pages are here

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The quite accurate location of the box was 458954 (Easting) 339350 (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 maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16.0&lat=5...

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