Image Arbroath (North) signal box (NB, 1911)
Arbroath (North) signal box (NB, 1911)
Arbroath (North) signal box (NB, 1911) The absolutely superb North British Arbroath North signal box dating from 1911 sits in the late afternoon sunshine. Whilst Railtrack undertook some remedial modernisation work in the early 2000s the box is largely original save for replacement windows to the cabin. It still retains its dog-leg wooden steps, chimney stack, hipped slate roof and three over three glazed windows to the frame room. When combined with the cast-iron latticed footbridge it makes for a superb scene. It's just a shame that the telecoms mast and electric barriers spoil things! Incidentally, there is no longer a South box (closed in 1971), or any other for that matter, in the Arbroath area it's just that the North box has never lost its old name adding to the historical interest. Keywords: Arbroath North signal box North British
Arbroath (North) signal box (NB, 1911) The absolutely superb North British Arbroath North signal box dating from 1911 sits in the late afternoon sunshine. Whilst Railtrack undertook some remedial modernisation work in the early 2000s the box is largely original save for replacement windows to the cabin. It still retains its dog-leg wooden steps, chimney stack, hipped slate roof and three over three glazed windows to the frame room. When combined with the cast-iron latticed footbridge it makes for a superb scene. It's just a shame that the telecoms mast and electric barriers spoil things! Incidentally, there is no longer a South box (closed in 1971), or any other for that matter, in the Arbroath area it's just that the North box has never lost its old name adding to the historical interest. Keywords: Arbroath North signal box North British


The absolutely superb North British Arbroath North signal box dating

from 1911 sits in the late afternoon sunshine. Whilst Railtrack undertook some remedial modernisation work in the early 2000s the box is largely original save for replacement windows to the cabin. It still retains its dog-leg wooden steps, chimney stack, hipped slate roof and three over three glazed windows to the frame room. When combined with the cast-iron latticed footbridge it makes for a superb scene. It's just a shame that the telecoms mast and electric barriers spoil things! Incidentally, there is no longer a South box (closed in 1971), or any other for that matter, in the Arbroath area it's just that the North box has never lost its old name adding to the historical interest.