Image Cudworth Station signal box (Mid, 1900)
Cudworth Station signal box (Mid, 1900)
Cudworth Station signal box (Mid, 1900) The first of three signal boxes within a mile or so of each other is seen from a Mk.I droplight as we pass at speed. Cudworth station signal box is a fairly grand affair that was previously known as Cudworth Station South. It was one of a handful of Midland boxes constructed with a stone base rather than of timber as was the Company's preferred method. In this view, we are on the down fast line with the up adjacent to it with the slow lines to the right. As the route was run down by BR during the 1980s the fast lines were first to be closed and removed. The much-reduced route lingered on for freight use, mainly declining coal traffic, until 1989 when complete closure came. The box was destroyed by fire in September 1988 with its two temporary replacements also being burned to the ground; arson was obviously a popular pastime in Cudworth! Keywords: Cudworth Station signal box Midland Railway
Cudworth Station signal box (Mid, 1900) The first of three signal boxes within a mile or so of each other is seen from a Mk.I droplight as we pass at speed. Cudworth station signal box is a fairly grand affair that was previously known as Cudworth Station South. It was one of a handful of Midland boxes constructed with a stone base rather than of timber as was the Company's preferred method. In this view, we are on the down fast line with the up adjacent to it with the slow lines to the right. As the route was run down by BR during the 1980s the fast lines were first to be closed and removed. The much-reduced route lingered on for freight use, mainly declining coal traffic, until 1989 when complete closure came. The box was destroyed by fire in September 1988 with its two temporary replacements also being burned to the ground; arson was obviously a popular pastime in Cudworth! Keywords: Cudworth Station signal box Midland Railway


The first of three signal boxes within a mile or

so of each other is seen from a Mk.I droplight as we pass at speed. Cudworth station signal box is a fairly grand affair that was previously known as Cudworth Station South. It was one of a handful of Midland boxes constructed with a stone base rather than of timber as was the Company's preferred method. In this view, we are on the down fast line with the up adjacent to it with the slow lines to the right. As the route was run down by BR during the 1980s the fast lines were first to be closed and removed. The much-reduced route lingered on for freight use, mainly declining coal traffic, until 1989 when complete closure came. The box was destroyed by fire in September 1988 with its two temporary replacements also being burned to the ground; arson was obviously a popular pastime in Cudworth!