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A few long term rail contacts on Flickr will know that for many years my dad has been looking for an image of this signal box. It was the first place he worked and no matter where he looked or who I spoke with we couldn't find a photo of the box. Everything changed this week. Not just one picture but two came to light. This one was purchased by dad and shows the box and an unknown entourage at some point prior to the Great War.
The box was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1893 and closed by British Railways in 1970. I will let dad supply a few additional notes.
Signalmen were: Clifford Dickinson, Arthur Burton and Bill Humphreys, working three shifts in turn, 6.0 am to 2.0 pm, 2.0 pm to 10.0 pm and 10.0 pm to 6.0 am, days, afternoons and nights, Monday to Saturday, starting a new shift every Monday. The branch line to Castleford and Methley did not operate on Sunday. Train register lads: John Firth and Keith Matthews, working days and afternoon shift alternate weeks.
The box controlled the up and down main and goods lines to and from London to Leeds, the branch line to and from Methley, the East and West line to Robin Hood, the Lofthouse colliery sidings lines and the goods yard at Outwood. Quite busy at times.
I have a recollection of a then, circa 1954, experimental diesel unit testing on the Methley to Leeds line, it deliberately stopped on the steepest part of the 1 in 49 uphill gradient near the junction with the main line, then set off again with no problems. Steam engines often needed a ‘banker’ engine at the rear to assist them up the incline. My signalman friend remarked, “Well John that’s thefuture, we won’t need steam engines when these take over”.
Train register lads duties were: recording, the exact time of all bell contacts relating to the passage of each train in the registers, (eight entries per train). There were different bell codes for each type of train, a light engine was 2-3 rings, an express passenger train 4 bells, etc. Other duties were receiving and transmitting Morse code telegraph messages, telephoning Leeds Central Control with times of VIP trains, etc. Non clerical duties included keeping the box clean and levers polished, washing the many windows, emptying the chemical toilet and burying it behind the box. Plus the unofficial task of operating the box whilst the signalman had his breakfast or tea. Happy days.
2/365. A box from one of my Christmas presents. Mona absolutely loves it and it's her favorite place to sleep at the moment. ❤❤❤😻😍
Ricardo Brey (born 1955) is a child of the Cuban Revolution. He is one of the pioneer artists of Cuban New Art which began in 1891. Disillusioned by the ideals of the Cuban Revolution as corrupted by the regime of Fidel Castro, Brey participated in this key event along with many notable Cuban artists, writers and art critics.
More than twenty years after leaving Cuba, Brey was given the first retrospective of his work at the Museo Nacional Bellas Artes in Havana (2014). Belgium, Brey’s adopted country, presented the first European retrospective of his work the Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp.
This room box is made of mdf & formex and pieces of woods.
Link to my doll room box posting – blog.naver.com/deeplycrash/80148421727
to use wisely.
box by lauren.rabbit
hematite ring for mental clarity and memory
thank you, rabbit.
I love invitations to groups. love them! but I don't like those big or sparkly icons. so, as much as I love being invited to groups, and love you for inviting me, I will delete them.
sorry.
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Gift Box topped with a double Multiform flower. 2 piece. Flower is red and green paper. Pyramid box is green and light green.
I find that this is a simple "extra" to include with my larger swaps. It helps the person reuse the shipping box and is a great grocery tote!
This was taken with the other picture on Vermunt Stausee Silvretta. Maybe it is boring to show two pictures of the same subject. But when I view to my archive this always leaps to my eye. First I prefer the other one, but now I am with this. I don't know what is the reason, maybe the red aid box, or the line of the stage. I hope you could see it with the first view and tell me...
Late afternoon at Jindalee just north of Cootamunda sees Qube locos QL004, RL310 and RL309 working an empty containerised grain train southbound for loading on 9-3-26
Some boxes just have loose tops. Cheese slopes are a decorative way to make the top "grip" so it can't slide off. Of course, this means the top is inverted and you have the challenge of making it look good.
Part of an ongoing series on Boxes ... making useful or decorative containers out of LEGO.
Xyla seemed to like this box, so I cut off three of the flaps and put the "bed" from the cat carrier in it. She was leery at first, but she seems to like it.
Fujifilm X-H1, Fujinon 23mm f/1.4 @ f/1.4, 23mm (35mm FF), 1/60sec, ISO-200
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this looked better in my head, as always i suppose :P
L is better.
fkdal;jfakl;jkla;jfdklajfkajfkahfksjdkajf i leave for college later. i don't technically move in until tomorrow, but that doesn't mean i'm not nervous out of my skull today...
i didn't start packing unti yesterday, which was sort of a nightmare until around 5:00 when i actually started moving boxes downstairs. there're some photos in comments of the disaster :)
i hope you're all doing well. it's kind of a drag not uploading every day...i miss hearing from you :( i've been trying to keep up with everyone's uploads, but i'm sorry if i've been neglecting streams or anything. fdjkalfjlajd college.
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A slightly more "in your face" shot of Sunday's 6E01 Carlisle - Eggborough.
Sadly it would appear that Bardon Mill signal box is not long for this world. Having been switched out for more than 15 years it would seem from the document linked below that Network Rail want rid.
Sentry Box Toys in Glasgow's west end, it was really sad hearing this unique shop had closed this year so did a small tribute. ing thanks to friend Jordan's awesome kids Annabella and Huxley helping out by recreating in their own way the original logo.