LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Nuneaton Station: lnwrns1648

An internal view of Nuneaton No 7 Signal Box showing some of the 'bobbies' in charge of the 180 lever frame. The signalmen were nicknamed 'Bobbies' because in the early days of railways the movement of trains was controlled by railway policemen and their nickname was adopted at the same time as Robert Peel's London based police force were nicknamed bobbies after him.

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