Mid Hants railway, Ropley station signal box with signaler Alex Walker in attendance.
Alex Walker, is also a Flickerite, www.flickr.com/photos/2norfolk/ .
The signal box was originally at BR's Netley station, near Southhampton. No longer needed by BR, the signal box was saved and moved to Ropley thanks to the negotiating skills of Mid-Hants volunteer, Chris Hunt. MHR member Richard Hawkins helped facilitate the move and arranged transport with W.G. Privett and Sons, craneage at Netley and Ropley with Cox and bricklaying for the base at Ropley by Cameron Brickwork, all at no cost to the railway. The box arrived at Ropley in April 1982.
Mid Hants railway, Ropley station signal box with signaler Alex Walker in attendance.
Alex Walker, is also a Flickerite, www.flickr.com/photos/2norfolk/ .
The signal box was originally at BR's Netley station, near Southhampton. No longer needed by BR, the signal box was saved and moved to Ropley thanks to the negotiating skills of Mid-Hants volunteer, Chris Hunt. MHR member Richard Hawkins helped facilitate the move and arranged transport with W.G. Privett and Sons, craneage at Netley and Ropley with Cox and bricklaying for the base at Ropley by Cameron Brickwork, all at no cost to the railway. The box arrived at Ropley in April 1982.