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 ...

‘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’ ...

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.