Image Bell Lane signal box (MR, 1891)
Bell Lane signal box (MR, 1891)
Bell Lane signal box (MR, 1891) Quite how I managed the gall to stand in the middle of the up goods line to take this photograph of Leicester's Bell Lane signal box is lost on me now! I do not think that I had permission so it would have been a case of setting the camera up, checking for trains and nipping on to the track before the signalman had a chance to notice what was going on and take the photograph! The box is a fine example of Midland Railway Type 2b design that was opened in 1891 but has the unusual design feature of the access steps to the rear. It wears its LMS post-1935 wooden nameboard and has a couple of fire buckets hanging on the front. The box was closed in the summer of 1985 when the Syston Junction to Market Harborough MAS scheme was commissioned. Keywords: Bell Lane signal box MR Midland Railway
Bell Lane signal box (MR, 1891) Quite how I managed the gall to stand in the middle of the up goods line to take this photograph of Leicester's Bell Lane signal box is lost on me now! I do not think that I had permission so it would have been a case of setting the camera up, checking for trains and nipping on to the track before the signalman had a chance to notice what was going on and take the photograph! The box is a fine example of Midland Railway Type 2b design that was opened in 1891 but has the unusual design feature of the access steps to the rear. It wears its LMS post-1935 wooden nameboard and has a couple of fire buckets hanging on the front. The box was closed in the summer of 1985 when the Syston Junction to Market Harborough MAS scheme was commissioned. Keywords: Bell Lane signal box MR Midland Railway


Quite how I managed the gall to stand in the

middle of the up goods line to take this photograph of Leicester's Bell Lane signal box is lost on me now! I do not think that I had permission so it would have been a case of setting the camera up, checking for trains and nipping on to the track before the signalman had a chance to notice what was going on and take the photograph! The box is a fine example of Midland Railway Type 2b design that was opened in 1891 but has the unusual design feature of the access steps to the rear. It wears its LMS post-1935 wooden nameboard and has a couple of fire buckets hanging on the front. The box was closed in the summer of 1985 when the Syston Junction to Market Harborough MAS scheme was commissioned.