Some signal boxes are easy to find and to secure

a photograph of some are not. This one, located between the Cumbrian villages of Cotehill and Cumwhinton, falls into the latter category being, firstly incredibly difficult to actually locate and secondly very tricky to get to with no direct access. Howe & Co's Sidings signal box is another example of a Midland 4A box built in 1916. It works Absolute Block to Low House Crossing box and Track Cuircit block to Carlisle and is the most northerly box on the Settle and Carlisle route. As its name suggests, it once controlled some sidings and short spur off the mainline into some sort of mine; local advice, please.