scarpa wrote:During a film of steam locos on the King s Cross line there were excellent shots of mechanical signalling and associate signalboxes. Cemetery signalbox was shown and I remember internal railway publications referring the box as Cemetery Junction and I was sure in latter years the box had a name board with junction on it.Can anyone comfirm this?
StevieG wrote:Much appreciate you sharing that shot of Norman's John. A great reminder of what transpired to be my single visit of several intended, at Jack's invitation. [ Did Norman take any more there ? ]
Ah, good.John Hinson wrote:StevieG wrote:Much appreciate you sharing that shot of Norman's John. A great reminder of what transpired to be my single visit of several intended, at Jack's invitation. [ Did Norman take any more there ? ]
Yes, he took a number of pictures over several visits, including two that appeared in "Rail News" at the time.
John
"xxxx xxxx BOX" could perhaps be regarded as unusual (possibly 'rare') in the area of the ER in the NER era / LNER (Southern), PinzaC55, but certainly not unheard of : For example, both New Barnet boxes bore that suffix in the 1960s, and I have a strong feeling that Bounds Green did also, but can't easily find my slide of it to confirm that.PinzaC55 wrote: " Obviously it is hard to remember at 20+ years distance but I remember a discussion about "Knebworth House" and "Bounds Green Box". The GNR is outside my area of knowledge but certainly on the NER / LNER(NE) it was very rare for a box to have the "box" suffix. I think someone said there was no such box as Knebworth House. .... "
- - On reflection, I don't recall the little station box having a nameboard, but 'Knebworth House' might well have been made for it (this station, the only one on the line IIRC, was about 2 minutes' walk from the big house); and the line's other, even smaller, box, 'Nup End', certainly had a realistic-looking (from passing trains) board affixed [there being then no other clues visible around to it having that (or any other) name].StevieG, at 22:44 on 02 June wrote: " .... The Knebworth railway's official name was the Knebworth And Wintergreen railway, with two tiny block posts; one 'Knebworth' (a box or ground frame structure of rather old-style - IIRC, top window panes were arc-topped, - whose origin location now escapes me), and 'Nup End', (which looked remarkably like the one-time 5-lever Harringay Up Goods No.2 line / Up Yard covered GF).
Over the years two people have told me independently that the Norfolk location which the Knebworth collection went to was called Bygones Village, Fleggburgh.]
( Ah, little to do with thread subject : Apologies.) "
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