Image Staveley Engine Shed signal box (former Pinxton, MR, 1897)
Staveley Engine Shed signal box (former Pinxton, MR, 1897)
Staveley Engine Shed signal box (former Pinxton, MR, 1897) A smartly reconstructed Midland signal box, named Stavely Engine Shed Junction looks absolutely in place located on the numerous lines that lead from Barrow Hill engine shed towards the headshunt and then the exchange line in and out of the complex. However, looks can be deceiving for three reasons. Number one, the box is not actually connected to any signalling or point work being a shell with a frame, some rusty levers and a tatty unkempt interior. Number two, it is not an original location with the box put here for what appears to be show purposes. Number three, the box was originally located at Pinxton located between Alfreton and Kirkby in Ashfield a few miles south of its new location. The box dates from 1897 and shows many classic Midland Railway characteristics. Keywords: Staveley Engine Shed signal box former Pinxton MR 1897 Midland railway
Staveley Engine Shed signal box (former Pinxton, MR, 1897) A smartly reconstructed Midland signal box, named Stavely Engine Shed Junction looks absolutely in place located on the numerous lines that lead from Barrow Hill engine shed towards the headshunt and then the exchange line in and out of the complex. However, looks can be deceiving for three reasons. Number one, the box is not actually connected to any signalling or point work being a shell with a frame, some rusty levers and a tatty unkempt interior. Number two, it is not an original location with the box put here for what appears to be show purposes. Number three, the box was originally located at Pinxton located between Alfreton and Kirkby in Ashfield a few miles south of its new location. The box dates from 1897 and shows many classic Midland Railway characteristics. Keywords: Staveley Engine Shed signal box former Pinxton MR 1897 Midland railway


A smartly reconstructed Midland signal box, named Stavely Engine Shed

Junction looks absolutely in place located on the numerous lines that lead from Barrow Hill engine shed towards the headshunt and then the exchange line in and out of the complex. However, looks can be deceiving for three reasons. Number one, the box is not actually connected to any signalling or point work being a shell with a frame, some rusty levers and a tatty unkempt interior. Number two, it is not an original location with the box put here for what appears to be show purposes. Number three, the box was originally located at Pinxton located between Alfreton and Kirkby in Ashfield a few miles south of its new location. The box dates from 1897 and shows many classic Midland Railway characteristics.