Image Salisbury East signal box (LSW, 1902)
Salisbury East signal box (LSW, 1902)
Salisbury East signal box (LSW, 1902) A decent photograph of Salisbury East signal box was always a tricky proposition due to its location deep in the East Yard. However, not for me on this Saturday morning wearing my orange BR issues tabard meaning that I could wander around with impunity! When this photograph was taken the box had just eleven days in use before being replaced by a panel box unusually located behind an anonymous door on Salisbury station's platform four. The East box (like its West brother) had a 'draw-slide' power lever-frame, which worked all the signals and points by means of low-pressure air. The head of air was kept in the large vertical tank seen to the left of the box. It's a shame that the look of the 1902-built L&SWR box has been marred by the rather crude infilling of the lower windows. Keywords: Salisbury East signal box LSW 1902
Salisbury East signal box (LSW, 1902) A decent photograph of Salisbury East signal box was always a tricky proposition due to its location deep in the East Yard. However, not for me on this Saturday morning wearing my orange BR issues tabard meaning that I could wander around with impunity! When this photograph was taken the box had just eleven days in use before being replaced by a panel box unusually located behind an anonymous door on Salisbury station's platform four. The East box (like its West brother) had a 'draw-slide' power lever-frame, which worked all the signals and points by means of low-pressure air. The head of air was kept in the large vertical tank seen to the left of the box. It's a shame that the look of the 1902-built L&SWR box has been marred by the rather crude infilling of the lower windows. Keywords: Salisbury East signal box LSW 1902


A decent photograph of Salisbury East signal box was always

a tricky proposition due to its location deep in the East Yard. However, not for me on this Saturday morning wearing my orange BR issues tabard meaning that I could wander around with impunity! When this photograph was taken the box had just eleven days in use before being replaced by a panel box unusually located behind an anonymous door on Salisbury station's platform four. The East box (like its West brother) had a 'draw-slide' power lever-frame, which worked all the signals and points by means of low-pressure air. The head of air was kept in the large vertical tank seen to the left of the box. It's a shame that the look of the 1902-built L&SWR box has been marred by the rather crude infilling of the lower windows.