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SCRCA Note regarding the private nature of New Biggin stationCreated on . Please note that New Biggin Station is no longer served by any passenger trains. The former main station building / booking office is now a privately owned residential property. There is no public access to any part of the former station area and no part of the former main station building is visible from a public right of way. No attempt should be made to acess this site unless prior permission has been obtained from the current property owners. SCRCA Team Members have visited the site with… Read more |
SCRCA Note: Application for listed building consent for "structural stabilisation works"Created on . On 11/09/2013, Network Rail lodged a formal application for listed building consent for "structural stabilisation works" for Garsdale signal box. The public consultation period ended on 07/10/2013. The planned works are both necessary and reasonable, so the SCRCA Project Team did NOT lodge a formal response. On 06/11/2013, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority announced their decision: "Approved - Conditional". Full details of the application and conditional consent are available from:… Read more |
SCRCA Note: regarding 'Hangman's Bridge'Created on . A structure listing obtained from Network Rail personnel some years ago assigns the name 'Hangman's Bridge' to Bridge 141 (SCRCA Structure ID 261090) so the name was applied to Bridge 141 when the Draft Structure List was initially drawn-up. However, during a structure survey in summer 2013, a local landowner advised the surveyor that local people apply the term 'Hangman's Bridge' to Bridge 138 (SCRCA Structure ID 260850), not Bridge 141. A number of well-respected authors also refer to Bridge… Read more |
SCRCA Note: Structure IDs for Kirkby Stephen Signal BoxCreated on . When Kirkby Stephen Signal Box was rebuilt in 1974, the new structure (this structure - Structure ID 266505) was built approximately thirty yards to the north of the 1894 structure it was replacing (Structure ID 266480). One source states that this replacement box opened for traffic on 29th Oct 1974. Unfortunately, this date was noted during research several decades ago and the source was not recorded. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 266480Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 184 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Kirkby Stephen SB: Opened 2.8.1875 // Replacement box: Opened 6.5.1894 // Re-named Kirkby Stephen West SB: [no date given] // Replacement box: Opened 27.10.1974" [NB: The 1974 replacement is Structure ID 266505.] |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 302900Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 186 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Howe & Company's Sidings SB: Opened 1876 // Re-framed 8.9.1895 // Replacement box 100 yards to the north: Opened 17.12.1916 [NB: The replacement signal box is Structure ID. 302930]: |
SCRCA Knowledge Base for Carlisle Power Box / Signal Box (1973 - present)Created on . According to the Signal Box Register published by Network Rail in February 2013, Carlisle Powerbox was built in 1973 and it contains an 'NX Panel' dating from the same year. When it opened, it replaced "approximately 30 lever boxes on the busy west coast main line so that it now safely controls all the train movements from just north of Carnforth, right up to Kirkpatrick Flemming, twelve miles north of Carlisle. ... it also controls several lines radiating from Carlisle:- North to Annan on the… Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 298220Created on . Plate 196 is a B&W context photograph taken in 1938 from the south of the station looking north. Armathwaite Signal Box is just visible in the far distance and the run of telegraph poles leading to / from it can be seen on the 'up' side of the running lines. Plate 198 is a B&W context photograph taken "some 25 years after the opening of the line" (i.e circa 1900) from the south of the 'up' platform looking north. Armathwaite Signal Box is just visible in the far distance, as is the… Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 236390Created on . This structure in this location is not mentioned in Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989). (See Structure 236340 for details of Settle Station Signal Box in its original location.) |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 308010Created on . This structure is not mentioned in Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989). |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 302930Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 186 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): [NB: For details of the earlier structure, see Structure ID: 302930]: "Replacement box 100 yards to the north: Opened 17.12.1916 // Re-framed 1943 // Closed [no date given]" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 299690Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 186 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Low House Crossing SB: Opened 2.8.1875 // Replacement box: Opened 14.10.1900 // Closed [no date given]" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 290840Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 186 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Long Meg Sidings GF replaced by a signalbox: 3.7.1955 // Closed [no date given]" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 290930Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 186 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Long Meg Sidings SB: Open before 1894 // Reframed: 28.6.1896 // Closed 13.3.1915" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 284670Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 185 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Culgaith Station SB: Opened c.1.1880 // Re-framed: 20.9.1896 // Replacement box: Opened 4.10.1908 // Closed [no date given]" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 282020Created on . There is no mention of a signalbox at Kirkby Thore in Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989). |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 277420Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 185 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Appleby North SB: . . . Opened 6.1951" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 266505Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 184 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Kirkby Stephen SB: Opened 2.8.1875 // Replacement box: Opened 6.5.1894 // Re-named Kirkby Stephen West SB [no date given] // Replacement box: Opened 27.10.1974" NB: This structure is the 1974 replacement. For details of the 1875 & 1894 structures, see Structure ID 266480. |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of 1911 Midland Railway Land Plan (Sheet 19) for 248590Created on . This structure is marked on the 1911 landplan, located on the 'down' side at 248 miles 42 chains. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 248480Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 183 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Blea Moor SB: Opened 2.8.1875 // Replacement box: Opened 4.12.1892 // Replacement box: Opened 28.6.1914 // Replacement box: Opened 16.12.1941" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 231190Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 177 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Hellifield South Junction SB: Opened c.1.1880 // Replacement box: Opened 30/10.1892 // Replacement box: Opened 11/06.1911 // Renamed Hellifield SB 27.3.1966" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 234580Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 177 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Settle Junction SB: Opened c.1875 // Replacement box: Opened 30/10.1892 // Replacement box: Opened 14/09.1913 // Reframed 1960 // Settle Junction remodelling: Commenced 13.10.1895" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 236340Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 183 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Settle (New Station) SB: Opened 2.8.1875 // Replacement box: Opened 12.4.1891 // Closed 13.5.1984" |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Gough (1989) for 256700Created on . The following is a direct extract from page 184 of Gough, John: "The Midland Railway - A Chronology", 2nd edition, published by The Railway and Canal Historical Society (1989): "Hawes Junction SB (on down platform): Opened 10.7.1910 // Renamed Garsdale Station SB 1.9.1932 // Closed [no date given]" |