LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Studley & Astwood Bank Station: mrstud599
A later view of the signal box showing the removal of the
extra loop line and the overgrown landing seen between the signal box and goods
shed. Bob Essery states that after 14th June 1954 the signal box was only open
between 7am and 3pm when used by the stopping goods train. During the other
hours the signal were 'switched out' meaning that the two block sections on
either side were controlled as one section. To enable this to happen the
signalman would leave the signals in the 'off' position (which means with lower
quadrant signals the arms are pointing down) when he went off duty, as can be
seen above.
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