Image Blaydon signal box (NE, not known)
Blaydon signal box (NE, not known)
Blaydon signal box (NE, not known) There is a number of contemporary photographs on the internet showing this side of Blaydon signal box when it actually faced railway tracks rather than trees! This was the front of the box with the former direct route into Newcastle Central via the Scotswood bridge and the north bank of the Tyne passing directly where I am standing. This line was shut by BR in 1982 with all traffic diverted via the rather long-winded route along the south bank of the Tyne via the newly opened Metro Centre station. All of the building this side of the hip end in view here is new and does nothing for the aesthetics of the otherwise classic NER design. Keywords: Blaydon signal box North Eastern Railway
Blaydon signal box (NE, not known) There is a number of contemporary photographs on the internet showing this side of Blaydon signal box when it actually faced railway tracks rather than trees! This was the front of the box with the former direct route into Newcastle Central via the Scotswood bridge and the north bank of the Tyne passing directly where I am standing. This line was shut by BR in 1982 with all traffic diverted via the rather long-winded route along the south bank of the Tyne via the newly opened Metro Centre station. All of the building this side of the hip end in view here is new and does nothing for the aesthetics of the otherwise classic NER design. Keywords: Blaydon signal box North Eastern Railway


There is a number of contemporary photographs on the internet

showing this side of Blaydon signal box when it actually faced railway tracks rather than trees! This was the front of the box with the former direct route into Newcastle Central via the Scotswood bridge and the north bank of the Tyne passing directly where I am standing. This line was shut by BR in 1982 with all traffic diverted via the rather long-winded route along the south bank of the Tyne via the newly opened Metro Centre station. All of the building this side of the hip end in view here is new and does nothing for the aesthetics of the otherwise classic NER design.