Semaphore heaven
156451 passes the 1897 built signal box at Norton on Tees with 2N20 1056 Hexham to Battersby on 21st September 2020.
Not many locations on the UK rail network that have two consecutive signal posts with distant signals co-located - if any at all. The unsightly new bridge links to a sports complex - but is actually a good vantage point for photographs!
Indicating how close the boxes all are to each other, the first distant is that of the seldom switched in circuit, Norton East box and the second one is for Norton South.
These will all vanish early in 2021 when the area is resignalled and Project engineers can just be seen on the right working on alterations to the level crossing equipment.
Think of a train running between two random locations and you'd be hard pressed to come up with Hexham & Battersby!
Semaphore heaven
156451 passes the 1897 built signal box at Norton on Tees with 2N20 1056 Hexham to Battersby on 21st September 2020.
Not many locations on the UK rail network that have two consecutive signal posts with distant signals co-located - if any at all. The unsightly new bridge links to a sports complex - but is actually a good vantage point for photographs!
Indicating how close the boxes all are to each other, the first distant is that of the seldom switched in circuit, Norton East box and the second one is for Norton South.
These will all vanish early in 2021 when the area is resignalled and Project engineers can just be seen on the right working on alterations to the level crossing equipment.
Think of a train running between two random locations and you'd be hard pressed to come up with Hexham & Battersby!