Image Torquay South signal box (office) (GW, 1876)
Torquay South signal box (office) (GW, 1876)
Torquay South signal box (office) (GW, 1876) The lovely stone-built signal box at Torquay was constructed by the Great Western in 1876 to a Saxby and Farmer design typical of the time and area. It was not built on the platform being a free-standing structure but when the platforms were extended in 1925 they were built around the box making it look shorter in height, the door to the sunken locking-room gives it away. I managed to photograph it before closure came under BR on 15.11.84 as part of the West of England MAS scheme, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/29500835004/p473-class-118-dmu-45055-13-50-exeter. Today, designated as a 'historic' building, it is used as an office by a local company; I couldn't think of many better places to work! Keywords: Torquay South signal box
Torquay South signal box (office) (GW, 1876) The lovely stone-built signal box at Torquay was constructed by the Great Western in 1876 to a Saxby and Farmer design typical of the time and area. It was not built on the platform being a free-standing structure but when the platforms were extended in 1925 they were built around the box making it look shorter in height, the door to the sunken locking-room gives it away. I managed to photograph it before closure came under BR on 15.11.84 as part of the West of England MAS scheme, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/29500835004/p473-class-118-dmu-45055-13-50-exeter. Today, designated as a 'historic' building, it is used as an office by a local company; I couldn't think of many better places to work! Keywords: Torquay South signal box


The lovely stone-built signal box at Torquay was constructed by the Great Western in 1876 to a Saxby and Farmer design typical of the time and area. It was not built on the platform being a free-standing structure but when the platforms were extended in 1925 they were built around the box making it look shorter in height, the door to the sunken locking-room gives it away. I managed to photograph it before closure came under BR on 15.11.84 as part of the West of England MAS scheme, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/29500835004/p473-class-118-dmu-45055-13-50-exeter. Today, designated as a 'historic' building, it is used as an office by a local company; I couldn't think of many better places to work!