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GWSR Signal Boxes | Original Signal Boxes


The GWR is all single line sections, with passing places at various locations along the line, at various stages in installation and signalling. There are currently has three operational signal boxes, plus one currently being installed, plus one in store awaiting installation.


Broadway Signal Box, the prime feature of this site, will control the new station at Broadway. It will be one of the biggest signal boxes on a preserved railway in the country.
  • Signal box structure is from Exminster.
  • 5-bar VT lever frame will be made up from Exminster's.
  • Will work by Acceptance Lever to Toddington in the future.
  • History.
  • Photos.





LAVERTON

The Broadway extension will open to Laverton first, which is approximately half-way between Toddington and Broadway. There may be a simple run-round loop. Laverton will be the northern limit of operations while the line is constructed to Broadway.

TODDINGTON SIGNAL BOX

The current northern terminus for passenger movements, although two passenger services can be crossed here. Toddington is capable of switching out so that DMU or push-pull trains can arrive from and depart towards the south without the box switched out.
  • Original GW type 7b structure.
  • Box closed by BR in 1976 on closure of the line.
  • Frame sold by BR to Gwili Railway but structure sold to GWSR.
  • 31 levers at 5¼" centres in a 3-bar HT lever frame from Earlswood Lakes (N. Warks Line) recommissioned 1984.
  • Electric Token Block to Winchcombe
  • One Train Staff to Cheltenham Racecourse when Winchcombe is switched out.
  • Will work by Acceptance Lever to Broadway in the future.
  • Photos.

Winchcombe Signal Box is also fully fitted, controlling a passenger passing loop. Winchcombe is capable of switching out on low days.
  • Signal box structure is from Hall Green.
  • 5-bar VT lever frame is from Honeybourne West Loop, 37 levers.
  • Electric Token Block to Toddington.
  • Electric Token Block to Cheltenham Racecourse.




Gotherington Signal Box shell is awaiting fitting out and commissioning. The building is a modern, steel-frame structure. There is a loop at Gotherington worked by two ground frames. Gotherington has no signals and no block equipment, and, as such, technically can't really be called a 'signal box' just yet! When the singal box is commissioned, with will break the section between Winchcombe and Cheltenham RC.
  • New structure, modelled on Appleford (near Didcot).
  • 21 lever frame.

CHELTENHAM RACE COURSE SIGNAL BOX

Cheltenham Race Course is the southern terminus of the present railway. The new signal box there is a steel frame structure identical to that at Gotherington. The signal box is the most recent addition on the line, having only been opened in March 2007. Cheltenham RC is also capable of switching out, so that DMU or push-pull type trains can operate without a signalman present.
  • New structure, modelled on Appleford (near Didcot).
  • 3-bar VT lever frame, 27 levers (from Whiteball(?)).
  • Electric Token Block to Winchcombe.
  • One Train Staff to Toddington when Winchcombe is switched out.
  • Photos.


Shipston-on-Stour??? Closed 1929.

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