Willesden Carriage Shed North signal box (LMS, 1953)

$Willesden Carriage Shed North signal box (LMS, 1953) As we were on a slower than usual Southern service we passed through Wembley Yard at a fraction of the speed that we usually do on a London Midland train. This gave an opportunity to photograph a remarkable survivor, Willesden Carriage Shed North signal box. It controls the north end of the extensive yard and was opened by British Railways to an LMS design in 1953. Amazingly, nearly all of the 42-lever frame is still in use. In a sea of advanced cutting edge digital signalling, to find this mechanical piece of machinery still in use doing what it was designed to do seventy years ago is a amazing. Keywords: Willesden Carriage Shed North signal box$

As we were on a slower than usual Southern service

we passed through Wembley Yard at a fraction of the speed that we usually do on a London Midland train. This gave an opportunity to photograph a remarkable survivor, Willesden Carriage Shed North signal box. It controls the north end of the extensive yard and was opened by British Railways to an LMS design in 1953. Amazingly, nearly all of the 42-lever frame is still in use. In a sea of advanced cutting edge digital signalling, to find this mechanical piece of machinery still in use doing what it was designed to do seventy years ago is a amazing.