LNER type 12 signal box

Andy_Ross

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Longbeck on the Middlesbrough to Saltburn line, a 1932 LNER type 12 box

Name rendered as two separate words on the old name boards as Long Beck.

Photos I took for reference when I was designing the Dexter's Cove kit.

Note the modernisations accumulated over the years. Bricked up holes for point rodding, galvanised stairs and modern UPVC double glazing.

Two old railway cottages on the other side of the crossing, they date back to the extension of the line from Redcar to Saltburn in 1861 and were built by the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Maybe worth a gallery of their own, they still retain some original features.


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Andy_Ross

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Quirky that the station name is one word whilst the 'box nameboards have it as two!


Yes, the name is Longbeck now but looking at the 1890 OS Map it used to be two separate Words.

Just had a look at the 1950s OS and it was still Long Beck then.

It seems to have changed some time in the 60s as modern maps show Longbeck
 
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