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Looking more akin to a seaside residence the former 1950-built signal box at Murrow West is seen from the rear. The former GN & GE Joint line (that was shut in 1982) ran in front of the box between it and the trees. The also closed M & GN single-track route from Peterborough to Wisbech ran to the right of the box (in this view) crossing the GN & GE line on a flat crossing. This flat crossing was the site of a dramatic crash in the cold wartime winter of 1941 when two freights collided caused by frozen points. The derailing wagons demolished the old signal box located diagonally opposite the replacement structure seen here. Luckily, the signalman on duty survived allegedly (according to local legend) reporting to the accident inspector that he 'fancied a dollop of pickle in his sandwich' that he was eating at the time of impact. One of the crashed trains was conveying Branston pickle! I last visited the box in 1981 on my summer tour with Graham and stood in a very similar position to take this photograph, see....https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30046908474/murrow-west-signal-box-lner
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