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« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2013, 13:55:30 »
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« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2013, 18:26:38 »
Quote from: grahame on July 28, 2013, 11:48:34
I had a somewhat different concern ...    WIth adding another 26 to the listings (making how many?), does that signal permission for hundreds of others to be demolished with the signal being given to the planning process that it's OK to sweep them away?   

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http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/08/01/historic-wem-signal-box-will-be-demolished/
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« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2013, 18:55:55 »
Quote from: grahame on August 02, 2013, 18:26:38
Quote from: grahame on July 28, 2013, 11:48:34
I had a somewhat different concern ...    WIth adding another 26 to the listings (making how many?), does that signal permission for hundreds of others to be demolished with the signal being given to the planning process that it's OK to sweep them away?   

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http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/08/01/historic-wem-signal-box-will-be-demolished/

Sadly that must be the case - a building without a use can't last, and the majority of signalboxes can't be re-used.

I don't imagine the listed ones are necessarily safe either; for example Severn Bridge Junction signalbox is listed but has no access - so how can it survive?
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« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2013, 09:33:06 »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on August 02, 2013, 18:55:55
I don't imagine the listed ones are necessarily safe either; for example Severn Bridge Junction signalbox is listed but has no access - so how can it survive?
Find a way to access it? The signallers must have some way of getting to it. More of a problem would be finding a use for it.
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« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2013, 11:14:51 »
Quote from: Rhydgaled on August 05, 2013, 09:33:06
Find a way to access it? The signallers must have some way of getting to it. More of a problem would be finding a use for it.

Route for signalmen probably involves track access making other uses even more problematic.

A box like Severn Bridge deserves preserving complete with frame, interlocking, instruments etc. somewhere else (Bids?). It would need quite a big site.

It would be possble to interface it with a computer to simulate how it worked. 
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« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2013, 11:27:15 »
Sorry if I wasn't clear: By 'access' I meant 'public access'.
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