Signal Post

We have recently uncovered the base of a signal post at Oswestry station. What appeared to be a standard looking pile of bricks has been dug out to reveal the inner cogs and pulley systems of the original signal post. When the station was partly demolished in 1966, we assume that the signal stack went with it. However we have a signal stack stored at Weston wharf which may well fit the hole, fingers crossed!

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The next photo is the only clear picture of the signal stack that i could dig up, which i believe sadly only shows it when it was probably out of action. So, if anyone out there has or can find any more photos of this we would be grateful!

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  1. Webmaster says:

    A picture just taken a few years after the closure of most of the lines, at almost the identical viewpoint, can be found in the Cambrian Railways forum here: http://www.cambrianrailways.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46&start=69
    Later in the same forum topic there’s a picture taken in 1950 where the signal actually went through the canopy roof, before being moved to its later position: http://www.cambrianrailways.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46&start=320

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