Image Irchester South signal box (Mid, 1881) (Courtesy of GGV)
Irchester South signal box (Mid, 1881) (Courtesy of GGV)
Irchester South signal box (Mid, 1881) (Courtesy of GGV) Irchester South signal box was located at a very remote spot with no vehicular access so signalmen would have to either walk to work or ride their wife's red bike as is the case on the day of our visit! For those interested in its location, it was at the following Ordnance Survey grid reference SP938652. It was located in between the slow and fast lines where the former just begin to diverge as they take their slightly different route south utilising Sharbrook tunnel. In this photograph, the 1881 Midland box looks remarkably original with its external gallery and finials still in place. It was closed on 06.12.87 but due to its remote location remained in situ for sometime after this date relatively immune from the scourge of vandals who could not be bothered to wander across fields to get to it! The building in the background, partially surrounded by trees, is Knuston Hall owned by Northamptonshire County Council. Little did I know when I took this photograph that I would visit this historic house many times in my working career ten years on! Keywords: Irchester South signal box Midland Railway
Irchester South signal box (Mid, 1881) (Courtesy of GGV) Irchester South signal box was located at a very remote spot with no vehicular access so signalmen would have to either walk to work or ride their wife's red bike as is the case on the day of our visit! For those interested in its location, it was at the following Ordnance Survey grid reference SP938652. It was located in between the slow and fast lines where the former just begin to diverge as they take their slightly different route south utilising Sharbrook tunnel. In this photograph, the 1881 Midland box looks remarkably original with its external gallery and finials still in place. It was closed on 06.12.87 but due to its remote location remained in situ for sometime after this date relatively immune from the scourge of vandals who could not be bothered to wander across fields to get to it! The building in the background, partially surrounded by trees, is Knuston Hall owned by Northamptonshire County Council. Little did I know when I took this photograph that I would visit this historic house many times in my working career ten years on! Keywords: Irchester South signal box Midland Railway


Irchester South signal box was located at a very remote

spot with no vehicular access so signalmen would have to either walk to work or ride their wife's red bike as is the case on the day of our visit! For those interested in its location, it was at the following Ordnance Survey grid reference SP938652. It was located in between the slow and fast lines where the former just begin to diverge as they take their slightly different route south utilising Sharbrook tunnel. In this photograph, the 1881 Midland box looks remarkably original with its external gallery and finials still in place. It was closed on 06.12.87 but due to its remote location remained in situ for sometime after this date relatively immune from the scourge of vandals who could not be bothered to wander across fields to get to it! The building in the background, partially surrounded by trees, is Knuston Hall owned by Northamptonshire County Council. Little did I know when I took this photograph that I would visit this historic house many times in my working career ten years on!