The grand Taunton West signal box is seen from the

platform end of the station with the down main home signal in front. The post holding the home also had a distant arm hence its odd positioning slightly lower down the post than it ought to be. The Great Western Type 11 box was opened in 1931 when the station area was completely re-modelled in the constant drive to improve speed and timings. Any picture taken from this spot reveals cars parked on the appropriately named Railway Street in the background. On this particular Saturday, there was a white Hillman Hunter with a vinyl roof and a Mk.III 'Coke Bottle' Cortina.