Image Penmaenmawr signal box (BR, 1952)
Penmaenmawr signal box (BR, 1952)
Penmaenmawr signal box (BR, 1952) Penmaenmawr signal box is seen in the afternoon sunshine located at the eastern end of the station platform the ramp of which can be seen to the extreme right. I am not too sure as to why I trespassed off the end of the platform to take this view into the sun but it may well have been to include the dramatic granite quarry that dominates the landscape around this North Wales town. The box is a British Railways (London Midland) Type 14 structure dating from 1952. It replaced a poorly located L&NWR box at the western end of the station following a multi-fatal collision on the night of 27.08.50 dubbed the Irish Mail Train Disaster. In the enquiry, it was found that the light engine locomotive awaiting access to a siding to collect a stone train that was hit at speed by the up Irish Mail was out of sight of the signalman in the old box hence why it was rebuilt in the location seen here. I took a photograph in 2016 from the other end of the box but, as can be seen, it has been heavily modified in the intervening thirty-five years, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/25632547404/penmaemawr-signal-box-br-1952 Keywords: Penmaenmawr signal box
Penmaenmawr signal box (BR, 1952) Penmaenmawr signal box is seen in the afternoon sunshine located at the eastern end of the station platform the ramp of which can be seen to the extreme right. I am not too sure as to why I trespassed off the end of the platform to take this view into the sun but it may well have been to include the dramatic granite quarry that dominates the landscape around this North Wales town. The box is a British Railways (London Midland) Type 14 structure dating from 1952. It replaced a poorly located L&NWR box at the western end of the station following a multi-fatal collision on the night of 27.08.50 dubbed the Irish Mail Train Disaster. In the enquiry, it was found that the light engine locomotive awaiting access to a siding to collect a stone train that was hit at speed by the up Irish Mail was out of sight of the signalman in the old box hence why it was rebuilt in the location seen here. I took a photograph in 2016 from the other end of the box but, as can be seen, it has been heavily modified in the intervening thirty-five years, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/25632547404/penmaemawr-signal-box-br-1952 Keywords: Penmaenmawr signal box


Penmaenmawr signal box is seen in the afternoon sunshine located at the eastern end of the station platform the ramp of which can be seen to the extreme right. I am not too sure as to why I trespassed off the end of the platform to take this view into the sun but it may well have been to include the dramatic granite quarry that dominates the landscape around this North Wales town. The box is a British Railways (London Midland) Type 14 structure dating from 1952. It replaced a poorly located L&NWR box at the western end of the station following a multi-fatal collision on the night of 27.08.50 dubbed the Irish Mail Train Disaster. In the enquiry, it was found that the light engine locomotive awaiting access to a siding to collect a stone train that was hit at speed by the up Irish Mail was out of sight of the signalman in the old box hence why it was rebuilt in the location seen here. I took a photograph in 2016 from the other end of the box but, as can be seen, it has been heavily modified in the intervening thirty-five years, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/25632547404/penmaemawr-signal-box-br-1952