Image Kirkby Stephen signal box (BR, 1974) & former goods shed
Kirkby Stephen signal box (BR, 1974) & former goods shed
Kirkby Stephen signal box (BR, 1974) & former goods shed The former goods shed at Kirkby Stephen is now in use as commercial premises being occupied by a haulage company. The signal box is a relatively new structure being erected by BR in 1974 making it forty years old this year! The box was formally located at Kendal being moved to its new location a short distance over the fells. I stood in a very similar spot to this back in the spring of 1981 capturing 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton' passing with a northbound Cumbrian Mountain Express, see ..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30022686219/x5-46229-outward-leg-cumbrian-mountains. Notice that the down home signal post has been shortened somewhat during the intervening thirty-three years but apart from that little has changed! Keywords: Kirkby Stephen signal box former goods shed
Kirkby Stephen signal box (BR, 1974) & former goods shed The former goods shed at Kirkby Stephen is now in use as commercial premises being occupied by a haulage company. The signal box is a relatively new structure being erected by BR in 1974 making it forty years old this year! The box was formally located at Kendal being moved to its new location a short distance over the fells. I stood in a very similar spot to this back in the spring of 1981 capturing 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton' passing with a northbound Cumbrian Mountain Express, see ..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30022686219/x5-46229-outward-leg-cumbrian-mountains. Notice that the down home signal post has been shortened somewhat during the intervening thirty-three years but apart from that little has changed! Keywords: Kirkby Stephen signal box former goods shed


The former goods shed at Kirkby Stephen is now in use as commercial premises being occupied by a haulage company. The signal box is a relatively new structure being erected by BR in 1974 making it forty years old this year! The box was formally located at Kendal being moved to its new location a short distance over the fells. I stood in a very similar spot to this back in the spring of 1981 capturing 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton' passing with a northbound Cumbrian Mountain Express, see ..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30022686219/x5-46229-outward-leg-cumbrian-mountains. Notice that the down home signal post has been shortened somewhat during the intervening thirty-three years but apart from that little has changed!