Image Wigston South Junction signal box (MR, 1900)
Wigston South Junction signal box (MR, 1900)
Wigston South Junction signal box (MR, 1900) Taken from the rear Wigston South Junction signal box is seen with its British Railways London Midland Region maroon enamel nameplate which was fitted in the spring of 1961. The box is a Midland Type 3b design that was constructed in 1900 when this section of the Midland Mainline was quadrupled. It contained a sixty-lever London Midland Region standard frame that replaced the original Midland frame in the 1950s. The box closed on 29.06.86 when signalling between Market Harborough and Syston passed to the new Leicester power box. The structure was demolished plank by plank and piece by piece at the start of August 1986. Keywords: Wigston South Junction signal box MR Midland Railway
Wigston South Junction signal box (MR, 1900) Taken from the rear Wigston South Junction signal box is seen with its British Railways London Midland Region maroon enamel nameplate which was fitted in the spring of 1961. The box is a Midland Type 3b design that was constructed in 1900 when this section of the Midland Mainline was quadrupled. It contained a sixty-lever London Midland Region standard frame that replaced the original Midland frame in the 1950s. The box closed on 29.06.86 when signalling between Market Harborough and Syston passed to the new Leicester power box. The structure was demolished plank by plank and piece by piece at the start of August 1986. Keywords: Wigston South Junction signal box MR Midland Railway


Taken from the rear Wigston South Junction signal box is

seen with its British Railways London Midland Region maroon enamel nameplate which was fitted in the spring of 1961. The box is a Midland Type 3b design that was constructed in 1900 when this section of the Midland Mainline was quadrupled. It contained a sixty-lever London Midland Region standard frame that replaced the original Midland frame in the 1950s. The box closed on 29.06.86 when signalling between Market Harborough and Syston passed to the new Leicester power box. The structure was demolished plank by plank and piece by piece at the start of August 1986.