Baguley Fold Junction
Baguley Fold Junction signal box to the east of bridge 8 (Ten Acres Lane) in Manchester at the end of the four track section from Miles Platting railway station. Saturday 9th November 1985
Baguley Fold Junction signal box was a Railway Signal Company Standard Limited standard design opened in 1890 fitted with a 28 lever Railway Signal Company Limited frame for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company. In 1903 the signal box was extended at the non steps end to accommodate a replacement 48 lever Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company Tappet frame probably in connection with the construction of sidings to feed the private branch line to the new Stuart Street power station. The lever frame was reduced to 32 levers in 1973 and was replaced by a Tew Engineering Limited SM48 individual function switch panel commissioned on 15th September 1998. The signal box closed and was replaced by signalling controlled from the Manchester Rail Operating Centre’s Manchester North workstation on 2nd June 2022
Missing from below the two pane deep operating floor windows is a row of single pane windows which have been replaced by boarding. Also missing are the finials from both ends of the roof
Baguley Fold Junction
Baguley Fold Junction signal box to the east of bridge 8 (Ten Acres Lane) in Manchester at the end of the four track section from Miles Platting railway station. Saturday 9th November 1985
Baguley Fold Junction signal box was a Railway Signal Company Standard Limited standard design opened in 1890 fitted with a 28 lever Railway Signal Company Limited frame for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company. In 1903 the signal box was extended at the non steps end to accommodate a replacement 48 lever Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company Tappet frame probably in connection with the construction of sidings to feed the private branch line to the new Stuart Street power station. The lever frame was reduced to 32 levers in 1973 and was replaced by a Tew Engineering Limited SM48 individual function switch panel commissioned on 15th September 1998. The signal box closed and was replaced by signalling controlled from the Manchester Rail Operating Centre’s Manchester North workstation on 2nd June 2022
Missing from below the two pane deep operating floor windows is a row of single pane windows which have been replaced by boarding. Also missing are the finials from both ends of the roof