Wheal Busy Siding Signal Box

A few things to note about the box.

Wheal busy siding signal box. North this box wheal busy siding. Gwr signal box menu great western signal boxes plymouth newquay truro and penzance. This page last updated on 24th may 2010. Signal box diagram up click below to move to adjacent box down blackwater jcn east blackwater jcn.

The earliest signal boxes housed mechanical lever frames. Wheal busy siding box. Ashburton junction to penzance for. A rarely modelled period on the s c despite the line still being busy with a variety of freight.

Was the box manned 24hr or switched out overnight. Wheal busy signal box memories of the late cyril hitchens wheal busy was designated a class 4 box. The frame was usually mounted on a beam beneath the operating floor. I don t have a diagram for the box but it appears to be a pretty standard 2 stop signals each way with a refuge siding each way too.

It measures about four and a half inches by one and a half inches and as you can see from the second photo a previous owner has painted on the rear. Click on the map below for an enlarged view. The frame was replaced. As well as the usual main line running signals there was a rarely used crossover and a lead to the siding on the down side.

Note the bell and the early form of cable trunking leading to it. Richard harnetty 6 408 views. Wires or rods connected at one end to the signals and points and at the other to levers in the signal box. Inside the box was a small coal burning stovewith an oven on top and two paraffin lamps for lighting.

A type 7 box was opened here on 21st december 1902. My main queries if anyone has the info are. Interlocking was attached to the levers which ensured that signals showed the correct indication with regard to the points and were operated in the right order. 34092 city of wells 13065 the east lancashire railway saturday 25th july 2015 duration.

Signal lever sign which you can see in the attached photos. Were there any sbsis. Wheal busy sidings signal box this was opened on the 21st december 1902 the frame was replaced in 1930 and it finally closed 10th may 1964 from the alan harris collection mike roach writes a lovely pictures of wheal busy siding signal box.