Image North Seaton signal box (NE, c.1872)
North Seaton signal box (NE, c.1872)
North Seaton signal box (NE, c.1872) The name North Seaton, as applied to this signal box, is a bit of a misnomer as it is actually located in the town of Ashington with its namesake some two miles to the east. Whilst the box has been clad in UPVC with a B&Q front door, underneath it dates from somewhere around 1872 and is a typical North Eastern Railway design. It has now been reduced to the lowly status of a gate box, controlling the level crossing in the foreground. Formerly, it controlled the branch to North Seaton Colliery which left the Blyth and Tyne line just north of North Seaton Viaduct, as well as North Seaton Station. Keywords: North Seaton signal box
North Seaton signal box (NE, c.1872) The name North Seaton, as applied to this signal box, is a bit of a misnomer as it is actually located in the town of Ashington with its namesake some two miles to the east. Whilst the box has been clad in UPVC with a B&Q front door, underneath it dates from somewhere around 1872 and is a typical North Eastern Railway design. It has now been reduced to the lowly status of a gate box, controlling the level crossing in the foreground. Formerly, it controlled the branch to North Seaton Colliery which left the Blyth and Tyne line just north of North Seaton Viaduct, as well as North Seaton Station. Keywords: North Seaton signal box


The name North Seaton, as applied to this signal box,

is a bit of a misnomer as it is actually located in the town of Ashington with its namesake some two miles to the east. Whilst the box has been clad in UPVC with a B&Q front door, underneath it dates from somewhere around 1872 and is a typical North Eastern Railway design. It has now been reduced to the lowly status of a gate box, controlling the level crossing in the foreground. Formerly, it controlled the branch to North Seaton Colliery which left the Blyth and Tyne line just north of North Seaton Viaduct, as well as North Seaton Station.