Walkden Signal Box 9
Walkden signal box interior.
As part of the on-going drive to wipe out the traditional signal box three more boxes were closed in North West Manchester over the weekend of July 27th / 28th 2013.
Walkden, Atherton Goods Yard & Crow Nest Junction Signal Boxes finally succumbed.
These shots taken earlier in the year on a truly grubby 26th February 2013 show Walkden box.
An L & Y box built by the Railway Signal Company containing a 24 Lever RSC tappet frame. Built in 1888, and opened when the line opened, the box externally was little changed until it was “upgraded” in 2002 by the addition of uPVC windows and cladding.
Working as a fringe box to Manchester Piccadily and absolute block to Atherton Goods Yard the box once controlled quadruple track (fast lines removed in 1965) but it’s final layout was a simple double track main line with a trailing crossover.
Walkden Signal Box 9
Walkden signal box interior.
As part of the on-going drive to wipe out the traditional signal box three more boxes were closed in North West Manchester over the weekend of July 27th / 28th 2013.
Walkden, Atherton Goods Yard & Crow Nest Junction Signal Boxes finally succumbed.
These shots taken earlier in the year on a truly grubby 26th February 2013 show Walkden box.
An L & Y box built by the Railway Signal Company containing a 24 Lever RSC tappet frame. Built in 1888, and opened when the line opened, the box externally was little changed until it was “upgraded” in 2002 by the addition of uPVC windows and cladding.
Working as a fringe box to Manchester Piccadily and absolute block to Atherton Goods Yard the box once controlled quadruple track (fast lines removed in 1965) but it’s final layout was a simple double track main line with a trailing crossover.