Marking a change of railway companies Whitwood Junction signal box is a North Eastern Railway Type S1b design structure dating from 1890. It was closed in 1997 with control passing to the new Castleford control centre, see...... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/23791610004/castleford-signal-box-railtrack In the background the bridge that carried the (at this time) freight only Lancashire and Yorkshire line from Pontefract to Methley can be seen spanning the NER route. The track and the bridge were removed sometime after this photograph was taken only to be reinstated at the end of 2019 but now as part of the Castleford to Wakefield Greenway project, see.... https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2019/december/santas-on-the-castleford-to-wakefield-greenway