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LATEST MAGAZINES
Recent signalling-related articles
Compiled by David Clegg
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April 2026
- The Signals is a short photo article featuring the following signal boxes: Tulse Hill, York power box, Denbigh No. 2 and Prospect Hill Whitby.
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March 2026
- An article on Hamworthy Junction includes photographs of the exterior and interior of the signalbox there.
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July 2026
- An article on the Northampton to Blisworth branch includes small photographs of Duston West and Rothersthorpe Crossing signal boxes.
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June 2026
- An article on First Generation DMUs includes a photograph of Verney Junction SB.
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August 2006
- Crewe to Cheadle Hulme has re-opened with a reduced service until the new signalling system can be commissioned fully.
- The Network Rail signallers' strikes planned for June 2006 were suspended.
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November 2005
- Some details of the Port Talbot resignalling are given in this issue.
- NR has been allowed a budget increase of £175M for signalling renewals.
- Police believe that vandalism incidents on 8, 9 and 25 September affecting signalling equipment are related.
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5 June 2026
- Following reconstruction of Kirkby Stephen East SB, an appeal has been launched by the Stainmore Railway Company to rebuild the Junction SB.
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10 April 2026
- It is proposed that Brundall Signal Box will be moved to County School station on the Mid Norfolk Railway.
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January 2006
- The re-signalling of the Sandbach to Wilmslow line commenced on 11 December 2005.
- Make Level Crossings Safer reports on Dutch practice.
- Settle Junction box received a National Railway Heritage Award for box refurbishment shared with the Swanage Railway for Corfe Castle.
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November 2004
- The completion of the Marston Vale re-signalling project was marked by the unveiling of a plaque at Ridgmont signalling centre on 17 September.
- Informed Sources includes a commentary on communications between signallers and other staff.
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13 May 2026
- Top 10 covers traditional signal boxes: Stirling Middle, Clachnaharry, Hexham, Par, Canterbury West, Dunkeld, Reedham Swing Bridge, Bellwater Junction, Garsdale and Severn Bridge Junction
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29 April 2026
- A farmer from Clapham, North Yorks hopes to rescue the former Selside SB which is derelict on the WCR site at Carnforth.
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18 March 2026
- Report on a near miss incident involving the level crossing at Helpston.
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10 December 2025
- South Wales signal boxes closed at the end of November 2025: Pembrey (to be demolished), Kidwelly (to be demolished), Carmarthen Junction (retained for storage and training), Ferryside (preserved by local society).
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July 2026
- Neither Lancashire nor East Coast includes photographs of Scarcliffe SB (1897) and Langwith Junction SB (1952).
- Lyme Regis includes an end on photograph of the diminutive signalbox there.
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June 2026
- This issue includes a 1963 photograph of a token exchange at Tiverton SB.
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May 2026
- RSSB has announced that signal post telephones will be phased out in future signalling schemes.
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August 2024
- The decommissioned Par SB is to become a railway training facility.
- On the Night Shift details operations on a night shift at Leeds City Junction in 1952. Article by John Heaton FCIT.
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March 2002
- A Safety Special article reviews the HMRI Annual Report.
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February 2002
- The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust has obtained planning permission for a heritage steam railway and museum that includes permission for a replacement signal box.
- Further coverage of the collapse of Railtrack.
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May 2026
- An article on Castlethorpe includes exterior and interior views of the signalbox there.
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March 2026
- Llanelly Area freight trip working includes photographs of Llandilo Junction and Felin Fran East signal boxes.
- Somerset and Dorset I witnessed the Slow Death of a railway includes photographs of the following signal boxes: Moorewood, Binegar (including the Whitaker automatic tablet exchange apparatus) and Radstock North.
- Sanquhar Stations Spectacular Secret includes photographs of Sanquhar signal box and a GSWR block instrument from another signal box on the line.
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STEAM RAILWAY
30 January 2025
- The Boness and Kinneil Railway is seeking donations to complete the construction of a signal box at Birkhill.
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7 November 2024
- The famous trident signal on the Cob on the approach to Porthmadog Harbour station was blown down in a gale. The Company is now considering whether or not to replace it.
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November 2024
- This issue has photographs that include the following SBs: Seghill, Staines West (also a photograph of the Staines Branch single line staff incorporating a key for the ground frames there), Thrimby Grange and Londonderry.
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October 2024
- This issue has photographs showing Little Bytham and Padstow signal boxes.
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