Image Urlay Nook signal box (NER, E.1896)
Urlay Nook signal box (NER, E.1896)
Urlay Nook signal box (NER, E.1896) Unfortunately, the delightfully named Urlay Nook signal box has only recently (as of 2020) been decommissioned and the box promptly demolished. I really hope that we do not rue the day that these old and historically interesting structures are simply disposed of after completing over a hundred years of service to our public transport network. This box was located on the line to Darlington just west of Eaglescliffe. Until its closure, the box operated one of the very last examples of the very odd electrical wheel boom level crossing gates as seen at Cutsyke back in 2018, see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/23791611404/cutsyke-signal-box Notice the arced marks on the road surface of the crossing that are made by the directly powered wheels that carried the gates. These delightfully anachronistic pieces of infrastructure were replaced by rather dull lifting barriers when the box was closed in 2019. Luckily, Andy and I managed a visit to the box prior to its closure in 2014, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30018035737/x38-urlay-nook-signal-box-ne-1896 Keywords: Urlay Nook Signal Box Urlay Nook signal box
Urlay Nook signal box (NER, E.1896) Unfortunately, the delightfully named Urlay Nook signal box has only recently (as of 2020) been decommissioned and the box promptly demolished. I really hope that we do not rue the day that these old and historically interesting structures are simply disposed of after completing over a hundred years of service to our public transport network. This box was located on the line to Darlington just west of Eaglescliffe. Until its closure, the box operated one of the very last examples of the very odd electrical wheel boom level crossing gates as seen at Cutsyke back in 2018, see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/23791611404/cutsyke-signal-box Notice the arced marks on the road surface of the crossing that are made by the directly powered wheels that carried the gates. These delightfully anachronistic pieces of infrastructure were replaced by rather dull lifting barriers when the box was closed in 2019. Luckily, Andy and I managed a visit to the box prior to its closure in 2014, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30018035737/x38-urlay-nook-signal-box-ne-1896 Keywords: Urlay Nook Signal Box Urlay Nook signal box


Unfortunately, the delightfully named Urlay Nook signal box has only recently (as of 2020) been decommissioned and the box promptly demolished. I really hope that we do not rue the day that these old and historically interesting structures are simply disposed of after completing over a hundred years of service to our public transport network. This box was located on the line to Darlington just west of Eaglescliffe. Until its closure, the box operated one of the very last examples of the very odd electrical wheel boom level crossing gates as seen at Cutsyke back in 2018, see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/23791611404/cutsyke-signal-box Notice the arced marks on the road surface of the crossing that are made by the directly powered wheels that carried the gates. These delightfully anachronistic pieces of infrastructure were replaced by rather dull lifting barriers when the box was closed in 2019. Luckily, Andy and I managed a visit to the box prior to its closure in 2014, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30018035737/x38-urlay-nook-signal-box-ne-1896