Image Brightside signal box (BR, 1965)
Brightside signal box (BR, 1965)
Brightside signal box (BR, 1965) On leaving Sheffield station the next few miles of railway passed a manic and somewhat chaotic strip of heavy industry with a very distinctive smell permeating the train. Most of the industry was railway linked in some way or another with a number of minor junctions. Brightside signal box was located at the northern end of this industrial zone and was the point where a short section of line diverged to the east directly into Tinsley Yard. The box was a somewhat austere BR built structure dating from 1965 making it fifteen years old when this photograph was taken from a Mk.I droplight window as we passed. The school on the skyline is still in use as a 'children's centre' and nursery with the now closed Brightside station just a short distance beyond. This station was replaced by Meadowhall, which is only a mile or so away from this location. Keywords: Brightside signal box
Brightside signal box (BR, 1965) On leaving Sheffield station the next few miles of railway passed a manic and somewhat chaotic strip of heavy industry with a very distinctive smell permeating the train. Most of the industry was railway linked in some way or another with a number of minor junctions. Brightside signal box was located at the northern end of this industrial zone and was the point where a short section of line diverged to the east directly into Tinsley Yard. The box was a somewhat austere BR built structure dating from 1965 making it fifteen years old when this photograph was taken from a Mk.I droplight window as we passed. The school on the skyline is still in use as a 'children's centre' and nursery with the now closed Brightside station just a short distance beyond. This station was replaced by Meadowhall, which is only a mile or so away from this location. Keywords: Brightside signal box


On leaving Sheffield station the next few miles of railway

passed a manic and somewhat chaotic strip of heavy industry with a very distinctive smell permeating the train. Most of the industry was railway linked in some way or another with a number of minor junctions. Brightside signal box was located at the northern end of this industrial zone and was the point where a short section of line diverged to the east directly into Tinsley Yard. The box was a somewhat austere BR built structure dating from 1965 making it fifteen years old when this photograph was taken from a Mk.I droplight window as we passed. The school on the skyline is still in use as a 'children's centre' and nursery with the now closed Brightside station just a short distance beyond. This station was replaced by Meadowhall, which is only a mile or so away from this location.