The oldest working signal box in Cornwall - built 144 years ago ... of between 12,000-13,000 before the start of World War One. British Railways inherited about 10,000 signal boxes when it was ...

"There used to be a signal box every mile or two ... When he went to university on a bursary from British Rail he again spent his summers working as a signalman at Shipley before leaving the ...

Here, the unusual design of a house, with a strip of windows at the top, is down to the fact that is used to be a signal box for Murrow ... before it was closed by British Rail in November 1982.

‘While some may be sad to see the Power Signal Box operate for the final time, the transfer of control to our state-of-the-art signalling centre in Saltley marks a new dawn for the West Midlands’ ...