Image Holywood signal box (GSW, c.1920)
Holywood signal box (GSW, c.1920)
Holywood signal box (GSW, c.1920) This is as far north as Andy and I travelled on our epic two-day trip. This delightful structure is Holywood signal box located on the former G&SWR mainline from Carlisle to Glasgow a few miles north of Dumfries.It is a nice example of one of the few remaining G&SWR Type 7 structures built c.1920 replacing an earlier box of 1878 that was located on the same spot. Despite its replacement windows, the UPVC cladding and the adjacent personal needs building to the left it retains most of its charm in this very rural spot. The gates, which do not appear to be locked into their shoes, remain the last ones in Scotland to operated by a wheel in the box. Keywords: Holywood signal box GSW 1920
Holywood signal box (GSW, c.1920) This is as far north as Andy and I travelled on our epic two-day trip. This delightful structure is Holywood signal box located on the former G&SWR mainline from Carlisle to Glasgow a few miles north of Dumfries.It is a nice example of one of the few remaining G&SWR Type 7 structures built c.1920 replacing an earlier box of 1878 that was located on the same spot. Despite its replacement windows, the UPVC cladding and the adjacent personal needs building to the left it retains most of its charm in this very rural spot. The gates, which do not appear to be locked into their shoes, remain the last ones in Scotland to operated by a wheel in the box. Keywords: Holywood signal box GSW 1920


This is as far north as Andy and I travelled

on our epic two-day trip. This delightful structure is Holywood signal box located on the former G&SWR mainline from Carlisle to Glasgow a few miles north of Dumfries.It is a nice example of one of the few remaining G&SWR Type 7 structures built c.1920 replacing an earlier box of 1878 that was located on the same spot. Despite its replacement windows, the UPVC cladding and the adjacent personal needs building to the left it retains most of its charm in this very rural spot. The gates, which do not appear to be locked into their shoes, remain the last ones in Scotland to operated by a wheel in the box.