The rather tired-looking Lincoln Station signal box is seen in

the evening sunshine. This is a Midland box but its date of construction is a bit of a mystery unless anybody can furnish me with some information on this? Graham and I must have wandered off the end of the platform to take this photograph in full view of the signalmen unless we asked permission that I very much doubt! The box carries its original name, unlike that station that was renamed by British Railways to become Lincoln St. Marks from 1950. It was closed along with the station in May 1985 but stood derelict for a few years after that. In a nod to its heritage, the retail park that now occupies the site has a mock signal box that is the home to the management centre.