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Yes,it wasn't a bad job over there. It looked nothing like a signal box,because it really wasn't. It was like a broom cupboard,not much bigger. The panel was maybe a yard wide by 18" high perhaps. It was situated on the wall, and a flap or cover,used to be locked over it. I'm sure the public had...

I used to work the 2 boxes on the Waterloo & City line,when l was RDR Signalman at Waterloo. The frame at the Waterloo end was very odd,it was raised up about 18-24" from the floor and the levers were half size,maybe a foot or so long..very odd indeed ! The Signalman's job at the Bank...

If l remember rightly,there were 4 of us. 2 for the main line side, platforms 1-13, (platform 14 could be used by either side) and 2 for the Windsor side working platforms 15-21. There were only 2 on the panel at once,we used to work hour on and hour off. I worked Aldershot,but not Farnham...

I worked Haslemere box in the 80's, as a relief signalman. I'm surprised it's still there really ! I understand from a friend that's involved in resignalling projects,that's it's likely to be around for several more years yet,along with the 2 boxes either side of it. Good luck !

There was only one panel at Waterloo,that mainly covered the station area,and went as far down as Vauxhall. (That's not me at the panel !)

Surely there can't be many crossing keepers left now,at least in the south west,is there ? Do panel boxes use them to monitor the X-ings ?

:) You must have known Trevor Maxted ...? Yes l know Trevor very well,although l haven't spoken to him for many years,l believe he's still at Guildford,isn't he ? I know 2 of the other guys there as well. Guildford and Woking (ASC) are still going strong; Aldershot went a couple of...

Hi one and all ! Just found this forum and have read all the signalling threads with much interest. Wow,how things have changed ! I'm a former BR Signalman (hate that title, Signaller - that's something else that's changed ) I was a signalman on the south west div,as it was then, between...