Billingham signal box
Built in 1904 Billingham signal box towers over Station Road, and unlike many of the boxes on the Durham Coast route is still in existence and in use.
The area still uses semaphore signalling and there is also a standard pattern NER cast iron footbridge to add to the railway scene. The only thing missing is the station itself which was moved to a new site further east in 1966. The original station platforms would have been in front of the bridge.
156472 winds it's way north with the 2W22 Middlesborough to Metro Centre service on Sunday 8th January 2017.
Billingham signal box
Built in 1904 Billingham signal box towers over Station Road, and unlike many of the boxes on the Durham Coast route is still in existence and in use.
The area still uses semaphore signalling and there is also a standard pattern NER cast iron footbridge to add to the railway scene. The only thing missing is the station itself which was moved to a new site further east in 1966. The original station platforms would have been in front of the bridge.
156472 winds it's way north with the 2W22 Middlesborough to Metro Centre service on Sunday 8th January 2017.