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Railways around Peterborough & The National Rail Network & Heritage railways in the UK
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'Peterborough'
'BR 1970-1999'
Westwoodyard
signal boxes
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This page is on Peterborough railways in BR Days in the 1970s and 1980s
Peterborough Westwoodyard signalboxes
Eastfield signal box on the 17th May 2010
These two photos are from the 2000s till I find a good photo in the 1970s
Eastfield signal box in 2004
Class 31 401 leaving Westwood Yard with a parcels train in the 1970s with the Eastfield box in the background.
This signal box is still in use today (2014). This photos above taken in 2010 and 2004 still looks much the same as did in BR days.
This is one of the only signal boxes on the ECML that still has signals and points and is still a very busy box. It only works the yard but can be quite busy at times. The
Peterborough power box works the main lines.
Nearly all the old signal boxes that are still standing on the ECML only work level crossing gates. Eastfield box still does the job it was built for.
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New England East Shunting Cabin
New England East Shunting Cabin
This box was opned in 1902 as a shunters cabin in Westwood Yard. Unlike the
Eastfield signal box this cabin was closed on 16th April 1989, and its points were then controlled from ground levers.
Page updated 13/5/2020
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