Image Lincoln High St. Crossing signal box (GN, 1874)
Lincoln High St. Crossing signal box (GN, 1874)
Lincoln High St. Crossing signal box (GN, 1874) The superb and ornate-looking Lincoln High Street signal box stands controlling the signalling of the station and the very busy level crossing on which I am standing. The box is a Great Northern early Type 1 dating from 1874 but has been shorn of a number of its original features that were thankfully reinstated with the box was restored by British Rail in the mid-1990s. The curious extension added at this end of the box was constructed a lot later in 1925 and is an exact match of the original structure that is a little unusual. It once housed the electronic controls for a new set of electric crossing gates added to try and ease congestion on the High Street. As a yeller (sic) belly (somebody born and bred in Lincoln), my grandfather used to regale me with tails of the waits he had to endure whilst on his bike riding in this part of the city as an insurance rep. (the man from the Pru.) in the 1920s and 1930s. The box closed in 2008 but is still extant and is Grade II listed so while a decision is yet to be made on its future use, it is safe for the moment. Keywords: Lincoln High St. Crossing signal box Great Northern Railway GN
Lincoln High St. Crossing signal box (GN, 1874) The superb and ornate-looking Lincoln High Street signal box stands controlling the signalling of the station and the very busy level crossing on which I am standing. The box is a Great Northern early Type 1 dating from 1874 but has been shorn of a number of its original features that were thankfully reinstated with the box was restored by British Rail in the mid-1990s. The curious extension added at this end of the box was constructed a lot later in 1925 and is an exact match of the original structure that is a little unusual. It once housed the electronic controls for a new set of electric crossing gates added to try and ease congestion on the High Street. As a yeller (sic) belly (somebody born and bred in Lincoln), my grandfather used to regale me with tails of the waits he had to endure whilst on his bike riding in this part of the city as an insurance rep. (the man from the Pru.) in the 1920s and 1930s. The box closed in 2008 but is still extant and is Grade II listed so while a decision is yet to be made on its future use, it is safe for the moment. Keywords: Lincoln High St. Crossing signal box Great Northern Railway GN


The superb and ornate-looking Lincoln High Street signal box stands

controlling the signalling of the station and the very busy level crossing on which I am standing. The box is a Great Northern early Type 1 dating from 1874 but has been shorn of a number of its original features that were thankfully reinstated with the box was restored by British Rail in the mid-1990s. The curious extension added at this end of the box was constructed a lot later in 1925 and is an exact match of the original structure that is a little unusual. It once housed the electronic controls for a new set of electric crossing gates added to try and ease congestion on the High Street. As a yeller (sic) belly (somebody born and bred in Lincoln), my grandfather used to regale me with tails of the waits he had to endure whilst on his bike riding in this part of the city as an insurance rep. (the man from the Pru.) in the 1920s and 1930s. The box closed in 2008 but is still extant and is Grade II listed so while a decision is yet to be made on its future use, it is safe for the moment.