46032 will be rattling over the pointwork at Wellington as it descends from Whiteball summit leading the 1E22 10.00 Newquay to Sheffield. To the left in this photograph is the former goods shed with the former station platforms (closed 05.10.64) still extant. On the former up platform is the superb signal box that still permitted access to the down station loop and controlled the crossover under the locomotive. The box was the block post between Silk Mill (east) and Whiteball (west) a relatively long section with the eastern section of Whiteball bank in between.
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