GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Solihull Station: gwrs267

View of the inside of Solihull station's new signal box showing the multitude of levers operated by George Horsley. The levers operated both signals and points and were interlocked to prevent accidental operation of the signals or crossings which conflicted with each other. This meant that when signals were pulled in the 'off' position the related points had to be set correctly with the path selected by the signalman. On the left the small table is where the signalman would book the timings of his acceptance of traffic from the next signal box on either side of Solihull or other incidents. C1930s

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