| A collection of images from my local area Signal Boxes and associated infrastructure, starting with Hamworthy. This collection will be expanded with (hopefully) images from Poole, Wareham, Wool and Dorchester 'Boxes to come as they wont be around forever |
A shunt dummy is buried deep in the undergrowth of the line to Hamworthy Goods, indicating a sign of more bouyant times Buy Print |
A view of the much rationalised track layout, the track on the right is out of use and the track to the left is used by the once weekly stone train from Whatley-Hamworthy Buy Print |
Inside Hamworthy box and again there are signs of better times. The Box contains 59 Levers but only a fraction of those are still in regular use with the Levers painted white no longer in use Buy Print |
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Some of the instruments used in Hamworthy box to communicate with Wareham Box Buy Print |
A very sparse track plan of Hamworthy Buy Print |
This view shows some of the levers pulled which allow the weekly stone train to access the Goods branch. The stone train was unloading at the time of my visit and some of the shunt dummy's were pulled to the 'Off' position Buy Print |
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Instruments at the London end of the Box which allow contact with Poole Box Buy Print |
Levers 45,46 and 48 and what they control Buy Print |
The 14.35 from Waterloo-Weymouth arrives at Hamworthy and passes the Box Buy Print |
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The DESIRO is seen with the 2 aspect Colour light signal at the Country end of the down platform plus a disused Semaphore signal which controlled movements onto the Goods branch Buy Print |
These are the Tokens that are handed over to Freights they go onto the Goods or Quay Branch Buy Print |
