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« on: October 04, 2009, 18:44:43 » |
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Hi
I went on a train to Plymouth today, and i'm sure i didn't see the disused signal box when we passed Menheniot, did i just miss it, or has it been demolished?
Thanks,
Mark
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Coombe Stn
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2009, 11:24:42 » |
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Demolished, gone, extinct, etc etc sorry
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Andy
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2009, 12:31:09 » |
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How many disused signal boxes are still standing in Cornwall?
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Coombe Stn
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2009, 13:10:14 » |
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St Austell for one, Bodmin Parkway is in use as a cafe if that counts
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marky7890
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« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2009, 15:00:59 » |
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Signal boxes still being used are: Penzance, St Erth, Roskear, Truro, Par, St Blazey, Goonbarrow, Lostwithiel and Liskeard.
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« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2009, 16:37:12 » |
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St.Germans box was situated inside the station building on the westbound platform. The building is still there but the box shut a few years ago
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2009, 17:22:58 » |
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For posterity, then, here's a picture of the Menheniot signal box:  From Owen Dunn's site, at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/interests/rail/stnpages/menheniot.html (which generously allows reproduction of this photo).  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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Andy
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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2009, 20:23:07 » |
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Signal boxes still being used are: Penzance, St Erth, Roskear, Truro, Par, St Blazey, Goonbarrow, Lostwithiel and Liskeard.
8 on the main line from Pz to Plymouth as compared to 8 on the main line before Camborne 50 years ago! |
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« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2009, 20:45:45 » |
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Signal boxes still being used are: Penzance, St Erth, Roskear, Truro, Par, St Blazey, Goonbarrow, Lostwithiel and Liskeard.
8 on the main line from Pz to Plymouth as compared to 8 on the main line before Camborne 50 years ago! I only count 7 on the main line in Cornwall (MLN) Liskeard, Lostwithiel, Par, Truro, Roskear Junction, St Erth and Penzance. |
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Andy
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« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2009, 20:49:40 » |
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Oops my miscount- Zo^'s right. I added in St. Austell.  |
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marky7890
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« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2009, 21:11:23 » |
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St Blazey and Goonbarrow are both on the Newquay branchline.
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« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2009, 19:15:38 » |
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8 Billion people on a wet rock - of course we're not happy
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« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2009, 21:01:34 » |
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It's not actually! seems to be taking forever and a day for them to get that done! |
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« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2009, 11:12:05 » |
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Menheniot Box was demolished over the last weekend of October 2007.
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