Image Heighington signal box (NE, c.1872)
Heighington signal box (NE, c.1872)
Heighington signal box (NE, c.1872) An early example of a North Eastern Railway signal box and one of the earliest in the country, in fact only four are believed to pre-date it. It also contains, what is believed to be, the oldest lever frame still in use dating from the inter-war years. Consequently, it is grade II listed in its own right but has additional group value with the listed former railway station buildings, dating to 1826, that lie immediately across the track. In addition, Heighington has a special historic interest as it was here in 1825 that George Stephenson's Locomotion No.1 was first put on the track of the Stockton and Darlington Railway to inaugurate the world's first passenger service. Keywords: Heighington signal box
Heighington signal box (NE, c.1872) An early example of a North Eastern Railway signal box and one of the earliest in the country, in fact only four are believed to pre-date it. It also contains, what is believed to be, the oldest lever frame still in use dating from the inter-war years. Consequently, it is grade II listed in its own right but has additional group value with the listed former railway station buildings, dating to 1826, that lie immediately across the track. In addition, Heighington has a special historic interest as it was here in 1825 that George Stephenson's Locomotion No.1 was first put on the track of the Stockton and Darlington Railway to inaugurate the world's first passenger service. Keywords: Heighington signal box


An early example of a North Eastern Railway signal box

and one of the earliest in the country, in fact only four are believed to pre-date it. It also contains, what is believed to be, the oldest lever frame still in use dating from the inter-war years. Consequently, it is grade II listed in its own right but has additional group value with the listed former railway station buildings, dating to 1826, that lie immediately across the track. In addition, Heighington has a special historic interest as it was here in 1825 that George Stephenson's Locomotion No.1 was first put on the track of the Stockton and Darlington Railway to inaugurate the world's first passenger service.