Image Rainford Junction signal box (LMS, 1933 on S&F base, 1874)
Rainford Junction signal box (LMS, 1933 on S&F base, 1874)
Rainford Junction signal box (LMS, 1933 on S&F base, 1874) After getting friendly with the signalman at Rainford Junction, who also permitted us access to the box, he also said that we could go trackside to take our photographs. The box is an LMS structure dating from 1933 that sits on top of an 1874 Saxby and Farmer base. It has a fifty-six lever frame still in situ but just ten are still in use. It operates on a twin token system with one for passenger services and the other for freight trains. The latter token unlocks the ground frame at Dale that permits access to Knowsley Freight Terminal with the token able to lock the ground frame again permitting passenger services to pass over the single line section on the other token. Keywords: Rainford Junction signal box LMS, 1933 on S&F base
Rainford Junction signal box (LMS, 1933 on S&F base, 1874) After getting friendly with the signalman at Rainford Junction, who also permitted us access to the box, he also said that we could go trackside to take our photographs. The box is an LMS structure dating from 1933 that sits on top of an 1874 Saxby and Farmer base. It has a fifty-six lever frame still in situ but just ten are still in use. It operates on a twin token system with one for passenger services and the other for freight trains. The latter token unlocks the ground frame at Dale that permits access to Knowsley Freight Terminal with the token able to lock the ground frame again permitting passenger services to pass over the single line section on the other token. Keywords: Rainford Junction signal box LMS, 1933 on S&F base


After getting friendly with the signalman at Rainford Junction, who

also permitted us access to the box, he also said that we could go trackside to take our photographs. The box is an LMS structure dating from 1933 that sits on top of an 1874 Saxby and Farmer base. It has a fifty-six lever frame still in situ but just ten are still in use. It operates on a twin token system with one for passenger services and the other for freight trains. The latter token unlocks the ground frame at Dale that permits access to Knowsley Freight Terminal with the token able to lock the ground frame again permitting passenger services to pass over the single line section on the other token.