Image March West Junction signal box (GE, c.1885)
March West Junction signal box (GE, c.1885)
March West Junction signal box (GE, c.1885) March West Junction signal box was a Great Eastern Type 4 structure dating from around 1885. It is seen here photographed from a footbridge that spans the line in the Norwoodside area of the Cambridgeshire town. It controlled access to the vast March Yard from the west but was deemed surplus to requirements as the importance of the yard declined with the box being closed on 29.11.87. The box wears its wooden nameboard and still has the decorative edging to the fascias with this particular bargeboard pattern being unique to this design as far as the GER was concerned at least. As an aside, whilst working on the image in Photoshop, I was examining the details and spotted what appears to be a former DMU double seat against the window in the bottom right complete with the little chrome ashtray still attached to the seat back. Today the view from the same rickety footbridge is somewhat different as recorded during a 2023 visit, see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30041446450/x170620-06-24-bristol-temple-meads Keywords: March West Junction signal box
March West Junction signal box (GE, c.1885) March West Junction signal box was a Great Eastern Type 4 structure dating from around 1885. It is seen here photographed from a footbridge that spans the line in the Norwoodside area of the Cambridgeshire town. It controlled access to the vast March Yard from the west but was deemed surplus to requirements as the importance of the yard declined with the box being closed on 29.11.87. The box wears its wooden nameboard and still has the decorative edging to the fascias with this particular bargeboard pattern being unique to this design as far as the GER was concerned at least. As an aside, whilst working on the image in Photoshop, I was examining the details and spotted what appears to be a former DMU double seat against the window in the bottom right complete with the little chrome ashtray still attached to the seat back. Today the view from the same rickety footbridge is somewhat different as recorded during a 2023 visit, see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30041446450/x170620-06-24-bristol-temple-meads Keywords: March West Junction signal box


March West Junction signal box was a Great Eastern Type 4 structure dating from around 1885. It is seen here photographed from a footbridge that spans the line in the Norwoodside area of the Cambridgeshire town. It controlled access to the vast March Yard from the west but was deemed surplus to requirements as the importance of the yard declined with the box being closed on 29.11.87. The box wears its wooden nameboard and still has the decorative edging to the fascias with this particular bargeboard pattern being unique to this design as far as the GER was concerned at least. As an aside, whilst working on the image in Photoshop, I was examining the details and spotted what appears to be a former DMU double seat against the window in the bottom right complete with the little chrome ashtray still attached to the seat back. Today the view from the same rickety footbridge is somewhat different as recorded during a 2023 visit, see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30041446450/x170620-06-24-bristol-temple-meads