Image Whitby signal box (NER 1876)
Whitby signal box (NER 1876)
Whitby signal box (NER 1876) The attractive and unusually tall Whitby signal box is seen in the dying afternoon light. The North Eastern Railway stone-built box was opened in 1876 closing a couple of years after this photograph was taken with the Esk Valley line becoming a long token block from Battersby meaning the abolition of all signalling infrastructure between the two. Whitby box was built unusually tall to give the signaller a clear line of sight over the top of the adjacent engine shed. Keywords: Whitby signal box North Eastern Railway
Whitby signal box (NER 1876) The attractive and unusually tall Whitby signal box is seen in the dying afternoon light. The North Eastern Railway stone-built box was opened in 1876 closing a couple of years after this photograph was taken with the Esk Valley line becoming a long token block from Battersby meaning the abolition of all signalling infrastructure between the two. Whitby box was built unusually tall to give the signaller a clear line of sight over the top of the adjacent engine shed. Keywords: Whitby signal box North Eastern Railway


The attractive and unusually tall Whitby signal box is seen

in the dying afternoon light. The North Eastern Railway stone-built box was opened in 1876 closing a couple of years after this photograph was taken with the Esk Valley line becoming a long token block from Battersby meaning the abolition of all signalling infrastructure between the two. Whitby box was built unusually tall to give the signaller a clear line of sight over the top of the adjacent engine shed.