Before British Rail's dramatic and comprehensive massacre of the signalling

and trackwork around Whitby the scene was far more interesting! With this view dominated by Whitby's NER 1876 signal box and its conjoined good shed there were many semaphores and a lot of trackwork with three platforms rail connected. However, in truth by this time at the end of 1981 only platform two was in use witnessed by the rusty railheads nearest to the camera on platform one. Had I known of the impending decimation, I would have taken a few more images during this visit.