My favourite signal box. I've loved it since I first saw it as a kid in the 1980s, and it's still pretty much perfect as far as I am concerned.
According to an online history:
On 27th October 1968, the Saxby & Farmer signal box at Chilham, on the Canterbury West to Thanet line, was decommissioned. The timber cabin was subsequently dismantled and moved to Tenterden Town, where it was re-erected upon a new red brick base at the southern end of the layout in 1973, ten yards from the level crossing. The cabin’s 23-lever frame, also an original relic from Chilham, was interlocked to operate a host of recovered Southern Railway-designed upper quadrant semaphore signals.
So, it's older than I am, and has spent nearly my whole life in position on the K&ESR.
To me, the proportions are spot on, and the size ideal. I don't know why I like it, but I do. How about a kit someone?
You’d like the former Waterhouses box at Amerton too, I think. Beautiful little box and wonderfully restored by the volunteers there.
ReplyDeletehttps://amertonrailway.co.uk/about/history-of-the-railway/
Chris
It is the sort of prototype you think should be an easy kitbash - S&F designs being common in the Uk , but then you realise it isn't
ReplyDeleteWHY? Surely a scratch build would be so much better and it would not appear everywhere
ReplyDeleteMind you a good drawing would be useful
Richard Preece
Mind you I would have to scratch build it for 3mm scale
A drawing would be an excellent start. Some laser-cut windows wouldn't hurt either...
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you could source the windows, perhaps from the Wills S&F kit. The charm comes from the overhanging roof, and that nice railing.
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