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Engine and wagon close
to the houses in Danygraig.
Photograph
courtesy of Robert Learmouth
http://www.flickr.com/people/55877117@N05/
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Swansea St Thomas
railway station being demolished
Photograph
courtesy of Robert Learmouth
http://www.flickr.com/people/55877117@N05/
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GWR 56xx 5623 Swansea
Eastern Depot 11 Nov 1962
Photograph
courtesy of Robert Learmouth
http://www.flickr.com/people/55877117@N05/
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Swansea Eastern Depot
11 Nov 1962
Photograph
courtesy of Robert Learmouth
http://www.flickr.com/people/55877117@N05/
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Burrows Sidings Signal Box
Photograph
courtesy of Roger Green
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Above is an internal
view of Burrows Siding Signal Box, looking west towards King's
Dock Junction box. It was taken after 1976 when the Tyer's
apparatus (No Signalman Key Token, or NSKT) was installed for
working to Eastern Depot. Of standard GWR timber construction
with a hipped-roof, it was the fourth box of that name and
replaced a similar but smaller box in 1909/10 (this box was
re-used at Queen's Head, north of Birmingham). Being
strategically important, it had ARP works carried out to
strengthen it during the last war. This work was carried out
by Messrs William Brown & Son (Builders) Ltd. in late 1939 and
was completed by early 1940. It consisted mainly of replacing
the timber walls of the lower floor (locking room) with 14"
brickwork and providing a 'blast wall' to protect the
entrance. This work cost £775-0-0d, which equates to about
£35,000-00p. today. It originally had a 90-lever frame (the
smaller box had one of 41 levers). This was replaced with a
110-lever frame when the King's Dock level crossing over what
is now Fabian Way was replaced by a bridge in 1955. When it
closed in 1990, the frame had been reduced to 87
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Photograph
courtesy of Roger Green
Signal box information kindly provided by Mr
Alan Cooze
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Kings Dock Junction
Signal Box
shortly before it was demolished.
Photograph
courtesy of Roger Green
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Above is an
internal view of King's Dock Junction Signal Box, looking east
towards Burrows Siding box. Constructed by Worcester
signalling contractors McKenzie & Holland for the Swansea
Harbour Trust, it opened about 1905 and was of the attractive
all-timber design used extensively by the Taff Vale Railway.
It, too, had ARP works, similar to Burrows Siding, carried
out, this time at a cost of £402-0-0d., equivalent to about
£18,000-00p. today. When the level crossing was abolished in
1955 it was given a GWR 100-lever frame. In all probability,
this replaced the original McKenzie & Holland frame. When it
was closed in 1987, much of the lever frame was disused. The
structure, complete with lever frame, has been dismantled and
is stored at the Gwili Railway for eventual re-use as a museum |
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Photograph
courtesy of Roger Green
Signal box information
kindly provided by Mr Alan Cooze |
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