Image Shepreth signal box (GN, 1878)
Shepreth signal box (GN, 1878)
Shepreth signal box (GN, 1878) Another classic Great Northern box this time dating from 1878 at Shepreth. The photograph is taken from the down platform end of the station. Notice that the box is set back giving the signalman a better view of both the up and down lines that were sharply curving through the station at this point. The box was to close in February 1983 with control of this route passing to Cambridge's new PSB. Also notice the signalman in the box topless and appearing to be shaving between trains! I also love the super toilet block perched on the veranda reminding me somewhat of Grandpa's (played by Lionel Jeffries) hut that was carried away by the airship in the 1968 film Chity Chity Bang Bang! Keywords: Shepreth signal box GN Great Northern
Shepreth signal box (GN, 1878) Another classic Great Northern box this time dating from 1878 at Shepreth. The photograph is taken from the down platform end of the station. Notice that the box is set back giving the signalman a better view of both the up and down lines that were sharply curving through the station at this point. The box was to close in February 1983 with control of this route passing to Cambridge's new PSB. Also notice the signalman in the box topless and appearing to be shaving between trains! I also love the super toilet block perched on the veranda reminding me somewhat of Grandpa's (played by Lionel Jeffries) hut that was carried away by the airship in the 1968 film Chity Chity Bang Bang! Keywords: Shepreth signal box GN Great Northern


Another classic Great Northern box this time dating from 1878

at Shepreth. The photograph is taken from the down platform end of the station. Notice that the box is set back giving the signalman a better view of both the up and down lines that were sharply curving through the station at this point. The box was to close in February 1983 with control of this route passing to Cambridge's new PSB. Also notice the signalman in the box topless and appearing to be shaving between trains! I also love the super toilet block perched on the veranda reminding me somewhat of Grandpa's (played by Lionel Jeffries) hut that was carried away by the airship in the 1968 film Chity Chity Bang Bang!