Image Ravenglass signal box (preserved) (Furness, 1874)
Ravenglass signal box (preserved) (Furness, 1874)
Ravenglass signal box (preserved) (Furness, 1874) The unusually tall former Ravenglass signal box was built for the Furness Railway in 1874. It was built to control the goods yard and the exchange sidings with the 'Owd Ratty' three foot gauge mineral line that ran up to iron ore mines above Boot in Eskdale. Today, this former goods line is better known as the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, a popular tourist attraction in the Western Lakes. When the mineral line closed so did the box but it survived and is now owned by the R & ER. They restored it fully in 2000 and it is now open on various days for viewing. Keywords: Ravenglass signal box preserved Furness 1874
Ravenglass signal box (preserved) (Furness, 1874) The unusually tall former Ravenglass signal box was built for the Furness Railway in 1874. It was built to control the goods yard and the exchange sidings with the 'Owd Ratty' three foot gauge mineral line that ran up to iron ore mines above Boot in Eskdale. Today, this former goods line is better known as the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, a popular tourist attraction in the Western Lakes. When the mineral line closed so did the box but it survived and is now owned by the R & ER. They restored it fully in 2000 and it is now open on various days for viewing. Keywords: Ravenglass signal box preserved Furness 1874


The unusually tall former Ravenglass signal box was built for

the Furness Railway in 1874. It was built to control the goods yard and the exchange sidings with the 'Owd Ratty' three foot gauge mineral line that ran up to iron ore mines above Boot in Eskdale. Today, this former goods line is better known as the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, a popular tourist attraction in the Western Lakes. When the mineral line closed so did the box but it survived and is now owned by the R & ER. They restored it fully in 2000 and it is now open on various days for viewing.