Signalling Record Society
Eastbourne
The signal box featured in this video was commissioned in 1882 as a replacement for an earlier, smaller, signal box. It is classified by the Society as Saxby & Farmer, type 5*.
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Video Credits
Filmed by: | John Lacy |
Filmed on: | Sunday 16 March 2014 |
Additional Material: | Royal Train arriving at Eastbourne in 1903 photographer unknown, Paul Edwards collection Block Shelf and Diagram 1945 photographer unknown, Kidderminster Railway Museum collection (046990) Signal Box in 1977 photographer Ken Booth, © Signalling Record Society (KB1581) |
Narrator: | John Lacy |
Signaller: | Michael Callaghan |
Title & End Music: | Glow In The Dark (title), Memories (end credits) both © PacDV |
Video Editor: | John Lacy |
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Key Chronology
1849 | Polegate to Eastbourne opened. |
c1864 | First signal box opened, type SF1b*. |
by 1872 | Absolute block working introduced. |
1882 | Second (replacement) signal box opened. |
1911 | Sykes' (special) Lock & Block to relocated loco shed introduced. |
1935 | New frame installed in signal box. Electric train services introduced. |
1991 | Track circuit block introduced, controlled from an NX panel. |
2013 | Signal box listed, grade II. |
* An explanation of these classifications will be found in "The Signal Box" and in volume 4 (Southern) of the Society's Signal Box Register series.
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