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Title: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: marky7890 on October 04, 2009, 18:44:43 Hi
I went on a train to Plymouth today, and i'm sure i didn't see the disused signal box when we passed Menheniot, did i just miss it, or has it been demolished? Thanks, Mark Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: Coombe Stn on October 05, 2009, 11:24:42 Demolished, gone, extinct, etc etc sorry
Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: Andy on October 05, 2009, 12:31:09 How many disused signal boxes are still standing in Cornwall?
Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: Coombe Stn on October 05, 2009, 13:10:14 St Austell for one, Bodmin Parkway is in use as a cafe if that counts
Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: marky7890 on October 05, 2009, 15:00:59 Signal boxes still being used are: Penzance, St Erth, Roskear, Truro, Par, St Blazey, Goonbarrow, Lostwithiel and Liskeard.
Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: old original on October 05, 2009, 16:37:12 St.Germans box was situated inside the station building on the westbound platform. The building is still there but the box shut a few years ago
Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 05, 2009, 17:22:58 For posterity, then, here's a picture of the Menheniot signal box:
(http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/interests/rail/stnpages/menheniotsb.jpg) From Owen Dunn's site, at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/interests/rail/stnpages/menheniot.html (which generously allows reproduction of this photo). ;) Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: Andy on October 05, 2009, 20:23:07 Signal boxes still being used are: Penzance, St Erth, Roskear, Truro, Par, St Blazey, Goonbarrow, Lostwithiel and Liskeard. 8 on the main line from Pz to Plymouth as compared to 8 on the main line before Camborne 50 years ago!Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: Zoe on October 05, 2009, 20:45:45 Signal boxes still being used are: Penzance, St Erth, Roskear, Truro, Par, St Blazey, Goonbarrow, Lostwithiel and Liskeard. 8 on the main line from Pz to Plymouth as compared to 8 on the main line before Camborne 50 years ago!Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: Andy on October 05, 2009, 20:49:40 Oops my miscount- Zo^'s right. I added in St. Austell. :-[
Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: marky7890 on October 05, 2009, 21:11:23 St Blazey and Goonbarrow are both on the Newquay branchline.
Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: old original on October 06, 2009, 19:15:38 I think the one at Bodmin General is still in use ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: vacman on October 06, 2009, 21:01:34 I think the one at Bodmin General is still in use ;D ;D ;D ;D It's not actually! seems to be taking forever and a day for them to get that done!Title: Re: Menheniot Signal Box Post by: slippy on October 08, 2009, 11:12:05 Menheniot Box was demolished over the last weekend of October 2007.
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