Figure 82 is the track layout for the Sidings based upon information from an LMS survey of 1927. By the time, the Gotham Company of Nottingham had taken over interest in the Cocklake's alablaster works (formerly Howe & Co.). This change appeared in amendments in 1921, although there was an Agreement with the LMS, dated 14 November 1924. The signal box was replaced to the position shown here, in 1916. The private siding for the Thomas Hamilton Company,(/location-summaries/structure-303010) shown on the Midland Railway map, was an extension of the northerly Howe & Co Siding headshunt. Hamilton Company changed its name to Messrs Wright in 1918. The siding was taken out of use in 1924.
Figure 83 is the track layout for Howe & Company's Siding (/location-summaries/structure-302890), based upon information from a BR survey dated February 1963. Connection to the siding for the Lonsdale Brick and Tile Works is still intact, although the Agreement with the Company terminated on 30 June 1964, the trackwork was taken away from 11 October 1964. This made it possible to remodel connections with the Howe & Co Siding. Note the additional 'run around' positioned behind the box, and also the extra private sidings. All these were added in 1943 as a result of the wartime requirement of the Ministry of Supply.
Plate 214 shows Howe & Company's Siding signal box, viewed from the north-east, brought into use in 1916. It is of wood construction, measured 16ft 6in x 11ft 6in x 10ft, and had a 20 lever Midland Railway tappett frame with 6ins centres (W & W Committee Minute No 27529, 5/10/1916). The lever frame was replaced in 1943 to coincide with the additional siding accommodation, when a pre-1943 standard 30 lever frame (4 1/2ins centres) was installed.