Image Searchlight up starter gantry & Clacton-on-Sea signal box (GE, 1891), Clacton-on-Sea station
Searchlight up starter gantry & Clacton-on-Sea signal box (GE, 1891), Clacton-on-Sea station
Searchlight up starter gantry & Clacton-on-Sea signal box (GE, 1891), Clacton-on-Sea station The signalman stands at the top of the signal box steps taking in some welcome spring sunshine at Clacton-on-Sea. Whilst he will control colour light C60, a more conventional signal type, he will also control vintage 'searchlight' type C55. This mix of signalling at Clacton is a delight to behold but is scheduled to be replaced in the coming few years with the associated box to be swapped away in the name of progress. Keywords: Searchlight up starter gantry Clacton-on-Sea signal box 1891 Clacton-on-Sea station GER Great Eastern Railway
Searchlight up starter gantry & Clacton-on-Sea signal box (GE, 1891), Clacton-on-Sea station The signalman stands at the top of the signal box steps taking in some welcome spring sunshine at Clacton-on-Sea. Whilst he will control colour light C60, a more conventional signal type, he will also control vintage 'searchlight' type C55. This mix of signalling at Clacton is a delight to behold but is scheduled to be replaced in the coming few years with the associated box to be swapped away in the name of progress. Keywords: Searchlight up starter gantry Clacton-on-Sea signal box 1891 Clacton-on-Sea station GER Great Eastern Railway


The signalman stands at the top of the signal box

steps taking in some welcome spring sunshine at Clacton-on-Sea. Whilst he will control colour light C60, a more conventional signal type, he will also control vintage 'searchlight' type C55. This mix of signalling at Clacton is a delight to behold but is scheduled to be replaced in the coming few years with the associated box to be swapped away in the name of progress.