https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&feed=atom&action=historyBridgnorth signal box - Revision history2024-03-28T18:35:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.28.2https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=29132&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: A rewire of the signalling and track circuit systems was completed in January 20242024-02-12T22:45:02Z<p>A rewire of the signalling and track circuit systems was completed in January 2024</p>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=27701&oldid=prevRobin: featured article2022-12-19T14:36:22Z<p>featured article</p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==History==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bridgnorth has had a number of signal boxes during its existence.  Initially construction of two boxes was authorised on 13 August 1891 at an estimated cost of £3,103 and these were brought into use in October 1892.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">File:Bridgnorth_Signal_Box_Reconstruction_1967.jpg </del>| <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">thumb | 200px|right| Reconstruction of </del> the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">signal box </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">progress (David Cooke)</del>]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In 1923 both boxes were replaced by a large single central signal box with 54 levers, and a track circuit was installed to lock the Up starting signal.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, March 1923</ref><ref></ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bibliography#Books</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Marshall (1989), p134]]</ref> </ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It was far larger than Bridgnorth Station layout really required with many spaces in the lever frame. This was future-proofing for alterations required for </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Unsuccessful proposals for railways </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Severn Valley#Proposals for railways connecting Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth|planned line from Wolverhampton</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which reached Kingswinford in 1925 but was never completed. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Preservation==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In 1964 dismantling of the track began southwards from Buildwas. After a pause, work resumed </ins>at <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bridgnorth on 25 July 1964. The </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Severn Valley Railway Society]], which had been formed some three weeks earlier, managed to halt the work but not before the signalling equipment had been removed from the box and the upper structure had been demolished.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books| Marshall (1989), p166</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></ref> </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The SVR's S&T Department was formed at the beginning of July 1967. A priority at Bridgnorth was seen as the installation of a replacement frame in the old signal box building, the running of signal wires and point rodding and the erection of signals.<ref>SVR News 6, July 1967</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">By early 1968 work was underway to install the ex-Windmill End junction lever frame. This had a capacity for 30 levers, although only 18 were </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be fitted initially with another nine at a later date when funds permitted, leaving three spares. Parts of the interlocking and signalling instruments were also taken from </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Arley </ins>signal box]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, which would later require that box in turn to be re-equipped when the SVR extended southwards.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1989</ins>)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, p200]]</ref> The signal box lever frame at Ledbury North End had also been purchased by the S&T department who planned to adapt it for use in the </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Hampton Loade </ins>signal box]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, with certain parts also being used in the Bridgnorth frame.<ref>SVR News 8, February 1968</ref><ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plus correction sheet #9 </ins>)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></ref>  By that summer the majority of the levers had been positioned and work was proceeding with the point connections.<ref>SVR News 9, June 1968</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">During 1968 a redundant box had been spotted at Pensnett on the old GWR Wombourn branch by members of the S&T department. This was subsequently purchased to replace the missing upper woodwork and roof. The first </ins>working <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">party at Pensnett on 7 September concentrated on removing the slates from the roof. On the weekend of 5-6 October, the rest of the slates and roof timbers were removed. The levers and locking bars were also removed for use in the rebuilding of Hampton Loade box. By 3 November all the roof sections had been taken down. The weekend of 30 November saw all the internal tongued and grooved boarding and the gables off the roof brought back to Bridgnorth</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref name=SVR11>SVR News 11, January 1969</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bridgnorth has had a number of signal boxes during its existence.  Initially construction of two boxes </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">authorised in 1891 and these were brought into use in October 1892. Bridgnorth North </del>signal box was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">situated north of the station on the Down side</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">where </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">two lines converged into the single line. The foundations can still be made out on the embankment side. Bridgnorth South Signal Box was at the south </del>end of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">station on the Up side, opposite [[</del>Bridgnorth<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#Pan Pudding Hill | Pan Pudding Hill]] where it could control access </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the goods yard</del><ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989)</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p131]]</del></ref>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A photo </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">latter </del>box <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">circa 1900 appears in SVR news edition 44</del>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Pensnett box </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">smaller than the old central </ins>signal box <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to replace</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">requiring </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">north </ins>end of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">masonry base at </ins>Bridgnorth to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be reduced by 9 feet in length.</ins><ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SVR News 10</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">October 1968</ins></ref> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was carried out over one weekend, with Society members later cleaning up over 1,300 recovered bricks for re-use. The new end wall was then rebuilt</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref name=SVR11/> As a result </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rebuilding, the </ins>box <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">now has only two windows at the ground floor level where the original had three. Evidence of the truncation may be found by inspection of the brickwork towards the northern end on the front wall</ins>.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1923 both boxes </del>were <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">replaced by a </del>large <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">single central signal box </del>with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">54 levers, and </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">track circuit </del>was installed to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lock </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Up starting signal</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>Great Western Railway Magazine</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">March 1923<</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ref></del><ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p134]]</del></ref> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> It was far larger than Bridgnorth Station layout really required with many spaces in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lever frame. This was future-proofing for alterations required for the [[Unsuccessful proposals for railways in the Severn Valley#Proposals for railways connecting Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth|planned line from Wolverhampton]] which reached Kingswinford in 1925 but was never completed. The </del>box was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">closed by BR on 2 December 1963, </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the upper structure was demolished in 1965 just before the arrival of the SVR Society</del><ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989)</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p166]]</del></ref>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mid-January 1969 the five large main wall sections weighing over two tons </ins>were <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">transported from Pensnett to Bridgnorth, the largest front section requiring 22 men to lift it onto the articulated lorry. On Sunday 25 January the five </ins>large <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">units were lifted into their permanent position on the brickwork </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the aid of </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mobile crane. Over the next three months the roof </ins>was installed <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and covered with the slates recovered from Pensnett. The ledge left around the perimeter of the box due </ins>to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Pensnett box being a few inches undersize was covered with splayed blue plinth bricks to cover any signs of a "transplant"</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One of the most exacting jobs was fixing the internal stairs to give access to the operating floor</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">requiring the services of a professional carpenter</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">joiner.</ins><ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SVR News 12 April 1969</ins></ref> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">By autumn 1969 </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">signal </ins>box <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">structure </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">complete </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">painted</ins><ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SVR News 14</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Autumn 1969</ins></ref>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The masonry base of the former central signal box was originally slightly longer than it is today. Evidence of this truncation may be found by inspection of the brickwork towards the northern end on the front wall. The upper timber section was replaced by an ill-fitting box originally built in 1925 which was relocated from Pensnett in December 1968 and erected during the following year. The frame originated from Windmill End Junction signal box</del><<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ref name</del>="<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9</del>"><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref>, with parts </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">interlocking and signalling instruments taken from [[Arley </del>signal <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">box]], which would later require that </del>box in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">turn to be re-equipped when the SVR extended southwards<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1989</del>)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, p200]]</del></<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ref</del>><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gallery mode=packed heights=200px style</ins>="<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">text-align:left</ins>"></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A signal box at [[Bridgnorth]] that works to [[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]] (short section) or [[Highley signal box|Highley]] (long section) using [[Single line working using tokens|ETT regulations]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A signal box at [[Bridgnorth]] that works to [[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]] (short section) or [[Highley signal box|Highley]] (long section) using [[Single line working using tokens|ETT regulations]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Bridgnorth has had a number of signal boxes during its existence.  Initially construction of two boxes was authorised in 1891 and these were brought into use in October 1892. Bridgnorth North signal box was situated north of the station on the Down side, where the two lines converged into the single line. The foundations can still be made out on the embankment side. Bridgnorth South Signal Box was at the south end of the station on the Up side, opposite [[Bridgnorth#Pan Pudding Hill | Pan Pudding Hill]] where it could control access to the goods yard<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p131]]</ref>. A photo of the latter box circa 1900 appears in SVR news edition 44. In 1923 both boxes were replaced by a large single central signal box with 54 levers, and a track circuit was installed to lock the Up starting signal.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, March 1923</ref><ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p134]]</ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </del> It was far larger than Bridgnorth Station layout really required with many spaces in the lever frame. This was future-proofing for alterations required for the planned line <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>Wolverhampton <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that </del>was never <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">constructed</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>was closed by BR on 2 December 1963, and the upper structure was demolished in 1965 just before the arrival of the SVR Society<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p166]]</ref>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Bridgnorth has had a number of signal boxes during its existence.  Initially construction of two boxes was authorised in 1891 and these were brought into use in October 1892. Bridgnorth North signal box was situated north of the station on the Down side, where the two lines converged into the single line. The foundations can still be made out on the embankment side. Bridgnorth South Signal Box was at the south end of the station on the Up side, opposite [[Bridgnorth#Pan Pudding Hill | Pan Pudding Hill]] where it could control access to the goods yard<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p131]]</ref>. A photo of the latter box circa 1900 appears in SVR news edition 44.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1923 both boxes were replaced by a large single central signal box with 54 levers, and a track circuit was installed to lock the Up starting signal.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, March 1923</ref><ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p134]]</ref>  It was far larger than Bridgnorth Station layout really required with many spaces in the lever frame. This was future-proofing for alterations required for the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Unsuccessful proposals for railways in the Severn Valley#Proposals for railways connecting Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth|</ins>planned line <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from </ins>Wolverhampton<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] which reached Kingswinford in 1925 but </ins>was never <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">completed</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The box </ins>was closed by BR on 2 December 1963, and the upper structure was demolished in 1965 just before the arrival of the SVR Society<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p166]]</ref>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The masonry base of the former central signal box was originally slightly longer than it is today. Evidence of this truncation may be found by inspection of the brickwork towards the northern end on the front wall. The upper timber section was replaced by an ill-fitting box originally built in 1925 which was relocated from Pensnett in December 1968 and erected during the following year. The frame originated from Windmill End Junction signal box<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref>, with parts of the interlocking and signalling instruments taken from [[Arley signal box]], which would later require that box in turn to be re-equipped when the SVR extended southwards<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p200]]</ref>.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The masonry base of the former central signal box was originally slightly longer than it is today. Evidence of this truncation may be found by inspection of the brickwork towards the northern end on the front wall. The upper timber section was replaced by an ill-fitting box originally built in 1925 which was relocated from Pensnett in December 1968 and erected during the following year. The frame originated from Windmill End Junction signal box<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref>, with parts of the interlocking and signalling instruments taken from [[Arley signal box]], which would later require that box in turn to be re-equipped when the SVR extended southwards<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p200]]</ref>.   </div></td></tr>
</table>Robinhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=27683&oldid=prevGraham Phillips 110: add information2022-12-17T20:15:48Z<p>add information</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Bridgnorth has had a number of signal boxes during its existence.  Initially construction of two boxes was authorised in 1891 and these were brought into use in October 1892. Bridgnorth North signal box was situated north of the station on the Down side, where the two lines converged into the single line. The foundations can still be made out on the embankment side. Bridgnorth South Signal Box was at the south end of the station on the Up side, opposite [[Bridgnorth#Pan Pudding Hill | Pan Pudding Hill]] where it could control access to the goods yard<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p131]]</ref>. A photo of the latter box circa 1900 appears in SVR news edition 44. In 1923 both boxes were replaced by a large single central signal box<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p134]]</ref>.  It was far larger than Bridgnorth Station layout really required with many spaces in the lever frame. This was future-proofing for alterations required for the planned line to Wolverhampton that was never constructed. This was closed by BR on 2 December 1963, and the upper structure was demolished in 1965 just before the arrival of the SVR Society<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p166]]</ref>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Bridgnorth has had a number of signal boxes during its existence.  Initially construction of two boxes was authorised in 1891 and these were brought into use in October 1892. Bridgnorth North signal box was situated north of the station on the Down side, where the two lines converged into the single line. The foundations can still be made out on the embankment side. Bridgnorth South Signal Box was at the south end of the station on the Up side, opposite [[Bridgnorth#Pan Pudding Hill | Pan Pudding Hill]] where it could control access to the goods yard<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p131]]</ref>. A photo of the latter box circa 1900 appears in SVR news edition 44. In 1923 both boxes were replaced by a large single central signal box <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with 54 levers, and a track circuit was installed to lock the Up starting signal.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, March 1923</ref></ins><ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p134]]</ref>.  It was far larger than Bridgnorth Station layout really required with many spaces in the lever frame. This was future-proofing for alterations required for the planned line to Wolverhampton that was never constructed. This was closed by BR on 2 December 1963, and the upper structure was demolished in 1965 just before the arrival of the SVR Society<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p166]]</ref>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The masonry base of the former central signal box was originally slightly longer than it is today. Evidence of this truncation may be found by inspection of the brickwork towards the northern end on the front wall. The upper timber section was replaced by an ill-fitting box originally built in 1925 which was relocated from Pensnett in December 1968 and erected during the following year. The frame originated from Windmill End Junction signal box<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref>, with parts of the interlocking and signalling instruments taken from [[Arley signal box]], which would later require that box in turn to be re-equipped when the SVR extended southwards<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p200]]</ref>.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The masonry base of the former central signal box was originally slightly longer than it is today. Evidence of this truncation may be found by inspection of the brickwork towards the northern end on the front wall. The upper timber section was replaced by an ill-fitting box originally built in 1925 which was relocated from Pensnett in December 1968 and erected during the following year. The frame originated from Windmill End Junction signal box<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref>, with parts of the interlocking and signalling instruments taken from [[Arley signal box]], which would later require that box in turn to be re-equipped when the SVR extended southwards<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p200]]</ref>.   </div></td></tr>
</table>Graham Phillips 110https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=17416&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Refurbs, missing date for last refurb undertaken by contractors pre-207 I think?2018-10-13T09:27:18Z<p>Refurbs, missing date for last refurb undertaken by contractors pre-207 I think?</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The masonry base of the former central signal box was originally slightly longer than it is today. Evidence of this truncation may be found by inspection of the brickwork towards the northern end on the front wall. The upper timber section was replaced by an ill-fitting box originally built in 1925 which was relocated from Pensnett in December 1968 and erected during the following year. The frame originated from Windmill End Junction signal box<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref>, with parts of the interlocking and signalling instruments taken from [[Arley signal box]], which would later require that box in turn to be re-equipped when the SVR extended southwards<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p200]]</ref>.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The masonry base of the former central signal box was originally slightly longer than it is today. Evidence of this truncation may be found by inspection of the brickwork towards the northern end on the front wall. The upper timber section was replaced by an ill-fitting box originally built in 1925 which was relocated from Pensnett in December 1968 and erected during the following year. The frame originated from Windmill End Junction signal box<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref>, with parts of the interlocking and signalling instruments taken from [[Arley signal box]], which would later require that box in turn to be re-equipped when the SVR extended southwards<ref>[[Bibliography#Books Marshall (1989), p200]]</ref>.   </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The signal box suffered a fire on the night of 1 January 1977. This initially started in the mains electricity switch-gear under the staircase; the staircase and surrounding floorboards were well alight before the fire brigade arrived.  Structural damage was mainly confined to the south end of the box, but smoke and water damage was caused to much of the equipment.  The burnt woodwork had been replaced by mid-February, and the burnt wiring replaced on a "make do and mend" basis in time for the 1977 running season<ref>SVR news 43</ref>. Further work was done to the box as part of a major re-laying of track at Bridgnorth, with the box being closed, and the token instruments being moved to the Station Master's office, between 25 September 1977<ref>SVR News 46</ref><ref name="svrsig">[http://www.svrsig.org.uk/svr/Frame9.htm Bridgnorth signal box on the SVR Signalling web site]</ref> and 6 August 1978<ref>SVR News 49</ref><ref name="svrsig" /> to allow this work to be carried out.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Repairs and refurbishment in preservation==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*</ins>The signal box suffered a fire on the night of 1 January 1977. This initially started in the mains electricity switch-gear under the staircase; the staircase and surrounding floorboards were well alight before the fire brigade arrived.  Structural damage was mainly confined to the south end of the box, but smoke and water damage was caused to much of the equipment.  The burnt woodwork had been replaced by mid-February, and the burnt wiring replaced on a "make do and mend" basis in time for the 1977 running season<ref>SVR news 43</ref>. Further work was done to the box as part of a major re-laying of track at Bridgnorth, with the box being closed, and the token instruments being moved to the Station Master's office, between 25 September 1977<ref>SVR News 46</ref><ref name="svrsig">[http://www.svrsig.org.uk/svr/Frame9.htm Bridgnorth signal box on the SVR Signalling web site]</ref> and 6 August 1978<ref>SVR News 49</ref><ref name="svrsig" /> to allow this work to be carried out.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*At an unknown date recladding and repainting of the upper level was undertaken by contractors.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*In October 2018 recladding, refurbishment and repainting of the upper level was undertaken by Bridgnorth 'Wailing Wall' volunteers.<ref> Bridgnorth Station SVR Facebook page 8 October 2018</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>No firm plans have been made, but consideration has been given to replacing the current Bridgnorth signal box. Its location is inconvenient for modern operations and also takes up space adjacent to the station that may better be used in one way or another to deal with the high flow of passengers the station now sees. A new signal box would likely be located on the opposite side of the line at the station throat, between the bracket carrying Nos.23 and 15 signals and the Cleobury Road Bridge. This would enable quicker token exchanges with incoming and outgoing trains, and the signalman would be able to see the tail lamp of all arriving trains rather than requiring affirmation of the train's complete state from the crew. The signalman would also be able to see most of the signals within the box's control rather than requiring their being repeated by block shelf instruments. Heavy resignalling would not be necessary, although the opportunity may be taken to reconnect George's siding, currently home to four Mk1 carriages in BR(S) green and in use as staff accommodation, and make the easternmost road of the yard a through road with a connection to the running lines at the north end of platform two. If the box were to be replaced, there are no certain plans on what would happen to the current box. Demolition, retention as a visitor attraction or reuse of the box for another purpose are all possibilities.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>No firm plans have been made, but consideration has been given to replacing the current Bridgnorth signal box. Its location is inconvenient for modern operations and also takes up space adjacent to the station that may better be used in one way or another to deal with the high flow of passengers the station now sees. A new signal box would likely be located on the opposite side of the line at the station throat, between the bracket carrying Nos.23 and 15 signals and the Cleobury Road Bridge. This would enable quicker token exchanges with incoming and outgoing trains, and the signalman would be able to see the tail lamp of all arriving trains rather than requiring affirmation of the train's complete state from the crew. The signalman would also be able to see most of the signals within the box's control rather than requiring their being repeated by block shelf instruments. Heavy resignalling would not be necessary, although the opportunity may be taken to reconnect George's siding, currently home to four Mk1 carriages in BR(S) green and in use as staff accommodation, and make the easternmost road of the yard a through road with a connection to the running lines at the north end of platform two. If the box were to be replaced, there are no certain plans on what would happen to the current box. Demolition, retention as a visitor attraction or reuse of the box for another purpose are all possibilities.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=15476&oldid=prevGraham Phillips 110: add info and references2018-03-19T10:42:18Z<p>add info and references</p>
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</table>Robinhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=7670&oldid=prevGraham Phillips 110: order of headings2016-01-01T07:03:08Z<p>order of headings</p>
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</table>Graham Phillips 110https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=7669&oldid=prevGraham Phillips 110: order of headings2016-01-01T07:02:43Z<p>order of headings</p>
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</table>Graham Phillips 110https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=6816&oldid=prevSuttonBridgeMan at 09:56, 21 December 20152015-12-21T09:56:37Z<p></p>
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