Signal boxes with poor access

[Lemmy99uk]

I’be always loved traditional AB signal boxes, there’s something very English about their architecture and I have photographed quite a few.

Recently, during a random browse on Google, I saw a couple of photos of Dalton Jn box near Barrow in Furness, neither of which were very clear.

I thought I might grab a few pictures when I’m in the area next week but on looking on Google maps and OS maps there doesn’t seem to be any vehicular access.

Is it just that nothing is marked on the map or is it actually the case that the signaller has to walk to work? If so, are there many other boxes remote from the highway, and do they have any special procedures for inclement weather, or do they just recruit hardy individuals.

 

[norbitonflyer]

It has always been the case. An indirect cause of the Quintinshill disaster was the long walk to work for the signalmen, leading to the pragmatic (but rule-breaking) practice of hitching a ride on a local train due halfcan hour after the shift change and then covering their tracks by tampering with the train register

 

[John Webb]

According to "The Encyclopaedia of 21st Century Signal Boxes" (Michael Rhodes, Platform 5 Publishing, 2019) Dalton Junction box is best viewed from the Abbey Road overbridge in Dalton. It is explicitly stated that "Close-up views are difficult."!
ADDED: View of box as seen from said location:
Dalton Junction

© Copyright Peter McDermott and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
(Click on photo to go to the larger version on the Geograph website)

I can't speak in detail about other remote boxes. The above book states that Blea Moor box on the Settle-Carlisle line is the UK's most isolated box with a minimum of a half-mile walk from the carpark near Ribblehead Viaduct. This is along a public bridleway on a private road - more like a track!

 

[55018ballymoss]

According to "The Encyclopaedia of 21st Century Signal Boxes" (Michael Rhodes, Platform 5 Publishing, 2019) Dalton Junction box is best viewed from the Abbey Road overbridge in Dalton. It is explicitly stated that "Close-up views are difficult."!

I can't speak in detail about other remote boxes. The above book states that Blea Moor box on the Settle-Carlisle line is the UK's most isolated box with a minimum of a half-mile walk from the carpark near Ribblehead Viaduct. This is along a public bridleway on a private road - more like a track!

Beat me to it, I read the article and my mind instantly thought of Blea Moor