Image Saxby Junction signal box (MR, 1893)
Saxby Junction signal box (MR, 1893)
Saxby Junction signal box (MR, 1893) Saxby Junction was located just east of Melton Mowbray at a point where the original Syston and Peterborough Railway diverged sharply away towards the southeast and Oakham with the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway carrying on eastwards towards Little Bytham Junction, Bourne and ultimately to Spalding. This later route closed on 28.02.59 although the section between Saxby and South Witham remained open for freight with the track in place until at least the early 1970s. The superb Midland box dating from 1893 box is, alas, no longer present closing in I believe 1987 but I stand to be corrected. It was no early evening so Graham and I headed smartly cross country to Essendine to set up camp in the same spot as last year adjacent to the ECML ready for some Napier sounds! Keywords: Saxby Junction signal box MR Midland Railway
Saxby Junction signal box (MR, 1893) Saxby Junction was located just east of Melton Mowbray at a point where the original Syston and Peterborough Railway diverged sharply away towards the southeast and Oakham with the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway carrying on eastwards towards Little Bytham Junction, Bourne and ultimately to Spalding. This later route closed on 28.02.59 although the section between Saxby and South Witham remained open for freight with the track in place until at least the early 1970s. The superb Midland box dating from 1893 box is, alas, no longer present closing in I believe 1987 but I stand to be corrected. It was no early evening so Graham and I headed smartly cross country to Essendine to set up camp in the same spot as last year adjacent to the ECML ready for some Napier sounds! Keywords: Saxby Junction signal box MR Midland Railway


Saxby Junction was located just east of Melton Mowbray at

a point where the original Syston and Peterborough Railway diverged sharply away towards the southeast and Oakham with the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway carrying on eastwards towards Little Bytham Junction, Bourne and ultimately to Spalding. This later route closed on 28.02.59 although the section between Saxby and South Witham remained open for freight with the track in place until at least the early 1970s. The superb Midland box dating from 1893 box is, alas, no longer present closing in I believe 1987 but I stand to be corrected. It was no early evening so Graham and I headed smartly cross country to Essendine to set up camp in the same spot as last year adjacent to the ECML ready for some Napier sounds!