SIGNAL BOXES. Settle Junction South SB opened m.18c. replacement opened 18 Nov 1894 Alt. 440 closed 4 Apr 1923 demolished

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1 SIGNAL BOXES Distances given below are miles and chains from London St Pancras to the signal box (SB) concerned, measured to the nearest chain from the MR Land Plan and Distance Diagrams. Dates as given in Gough(1989): The Midland Railway A Chronology; also checked against Anderson & Fox (1986) and other sources. IBS Intermediate Block Signal t.o.u temporarily out of use Settle Junction South SB opened m.18c. replacement opened 18 Nov 1894 Alt. 440 closed 4 Apr 1923 Settle Junction SB opened c m.47c. replacement opened 30 Oct 1892¹ replacement opened 14 Sep reframed 1960 BOX IN CURRENT USE Settle Station SB opened 2 Aug m.30c. replacement opened 12 Apr 1891 Alt. 510 closed 13 May 1984² Preserved at 236m.37c. removed to present site by FoSCl 15 June 1997 Stainforth Sidings SB opened 2 Aug m.19c. replacement opened 11 Sep 1898 replacement opened Mar 1950 reframed 28 Sep 1961 closed & down IBS provided in lieu 29 Sep 1963 t.o.u. soon after 1963 Helwith Bridge SB opened 11 Apr m.72½c. replacement opened 23 Aug 1896³ closed 7 Sep 1969 Horton in Ribblesdale opened 2 Aug 1875 Station SB replacement opened 9 Aug m.37c. closed 13 May 1984⁴ Alt. 800 burned down 24 Apr 1991 IBS installed 2008 IBS IN CURRENT USE Selside SB opened Oct 1876-Aug m.68c. replacement opened 16 Jun 1907 closed 30 Nov 1975 removed to Carnforth Craven Lime Co s Sidings SB opened c. Jun 1877 closed 28 Jul 1879 reopened closed 15 Jul 1901 Ribblehead Station SB opened c. Dec m.17c. replacement opened 10 Jul 1898 Alt closed 17 Aug 1969

2 Blea Moor SB opened 2 Aug 1875 Orig. 248m.42c. on down side replacement opened 4 Dec 1892 New site 248m.39c. replacement opened 28 Jun 1914 Alt replacement on up side and opened 16 Dec BOX IN CURRENT USE Dent Head SB opened prior to 1 Nov m.35½c. replacement opened closed 12 Apr Rise Hill Sidings SB Opened 2 Aug 1875, closed 6 Aug It is possible that Rise Hill Sidings and Dent Head Station were one and the same location. If this is the case, then there will have been no renewal in (Gough) Dent Station SB opened 6 Aug m.25c. replacement opened 9 Aug 1891 Alt closed 28 Jan 1981 burned down Sep 1984 Rise Hill Tunnel SB(S. end) opened prior to 16 Aug m.06c. approx. closed Aug 1877-Apr 1878 Rise Hill Tunnel SB (N. end) opened prior to 16 Aug m.66c. approx. closed Aug 1877-Apr 1878 Hawes Junction South SB opened 2 Aug m.47c. replacement opened 3 Jul 1892 Alt closed 10 Jul Hawes Junction Station SB opened 10 Jul 1910 Renamed Garsdale Stn SB 1 Sep m.54½c. Temp. out of use mid-1990s. BOX IN CURRENT USE Hawes Junction North SB opened 2 Aug m.00c. approx. replacement opened 16 Aug 1891 closed 10 Jul 1910 Ais Gill SB opened 2 Aug m.57c. replacement opened 24 Jun Alt closed 28 Jan 1981 (summit 1169 ) removed to MR Centre, Butterley 1982/3 Mallerstang SB opened 2 Aug m.21c. replacement opened 9 Sep 1894 closed 31 Aug 1969 burned out & removed Kirkby Stephen Station SB opened 2 Aug 1875 replacement opened 6 May 1894 Renamed Kirkby Stephen West SB June m.40c. replacement opened 27 (or 29) Oct 1974 BOX IN CURRENT USE Alt. 860 (box formerly at Kendal)

3 Crosby Garrett Station SB opened 2 Aug m.74½c. replacement opened 16 Apr 1899 Alt. 740 closed 12 Apr 1965 Griseburn Ballast Sidings SB opened 2 Aug m.74½c. replacement opened 10 Dec 1905 closed 28 Jan 1981 Ormside Station SB opened m.68c. replacement opened 11 Aug 1907 Alt. 520 closed 8 Mar 1960 Appleby Dairy Siding SB opened c m.57c. Appleby South Junction SB opened 2 Aug m. closed 26 Oct 1886 Alt. 520 Appleby Station SB opened m.06c. replacement opened 26 Oct renamed Appleby West SB box closed and new ground frame provided at the junction with the spur to the former NER line 14 Oct 1973 Appleby North Junction SB opened 2 Aug 1875 Appleby Junction 277m.28½c. replacement opened 26 Oct 1890 raised 17 Jul 1904 burnt out 4 Jun 1951 New site: 277m.34c. replacement named Appleby North SB 120 yards to north, on up side, opened June 1951 BOX IN CURRENT USE Long Marton Station SB opened 2 Aug m.06c. replacement opened 29 Jul Alt. 460 closed 22 Mar 1970 Kirkby Thore (formerly First MR box opened 1906 Mc Ghie s Siding) SB Alt. 445' LMS box opened 1947 Now at 282m.02c. BR box opened (as two Portacabins) 1994 BOX IN CURRENT USE New Biggin Station SB opened 2 Aug m.39½c. replacement opened 29 Jul 11 Alt. 430 closed 16 Dec 1973 Culgaith Station SB opened c. Jan m.55c. reframed 20 Sep 1896 Alt. 390 replacement opened 4 Oct 1908 BOX IN CURRENT USE

4 Staingill SB opened 2 Aug 1875 closed Feb 1879-Feb 1880 Long Wathby Station SB opened 2 Aug m.10½c. renamed Longwathby Alt. 370 Station SB renamed Langwathby Station SB prior to 16 Aug 1877 replacement opened 5 Jul 1903 closed 27 Oct 1968 Little Salkeld Station SB opened 2 Aug m.59½c. replacement opened 13 Aug 1899 Alt. 320 closed 6 Jul 1964 Long Meg Sidings SB opened prior to m.75½c. reframed 28 Jun 1896 closed and replaced by ground frame 13 Mar 1915 New site: 290m.70c. ground frame replaced by new BR signal box 3 Jul 1955 box closed Ballast Sidings SB opened Oct 1876 Aug 1877 [Lazonby] closed Apr 1878 Feb m.12c. Lazonby Station SB opened 2 Aug m.57c. replacement opened 21 Jul Alt. 300 closed 12 Apr IBS installed 2008 IBS IN CURRENT USE Baron Wood Siding SB opened m.23c. (Lever Box) closed 20 Nov 1888 Armathwaite Station SB opened 2 Aug m.16½c. replacement opened 14 Jul Alt. 300 closed 5 Jan restored (non-operational) summer 1992 Low House Crossing SB opened 2 Aug m.55c. replacement opened 14 Oct 1900 BOX IN CURRENT USE Highstand Gill SB opened 2 Aug m.10c. renamed Knott Hill SB Alt. 280 renamed Cotehill Stn SB 1876 replacement opened 14 Aug closed 30 Jun 1952 Howe & Co. Sidings SB opened m.72½c. reframed 8 Sep 1895 New site 302m.77c. replacement opened 17 Dec 1916 reframed 1943 BOX IN CURRENT USE

5 Cumwhinton Station SB opened 2 Aug m.20c. replacement opened 1897 Alt. 200 closed 24 Feb Scotby Station SB opened 2 Aug m.28c. (Lever Box) replacement opened 1897 Alt. 140 closed 31 Oct 1909 Durran Hill South Sidings SB opened prior to 16 Aug m.22c. replacement box opened 8 Nov 1891 reframed 1921 closed 12 May Durran Hill Junction SB opened prior to 16 Aug m.51c. replacement opened 17 Nov 1895 closed 25 Apr 1971 Petteril Goods SB opened 1876? 307m.01c. replacement opened 18 Oct 1891 reframed 1920 temp. closed 4 Sep 1960 made NBP 12 Nov 1961 abolished & replaced by ground frame 19 Jan 1964 or 16 Jul 1965 Petteril Bridge Junction SB opened 307m.12c. replacement opened 20 Jun 1891 renamed Petteril Bridge Junction SB closed 3 Jun 1973 Hawes West SB opened 1 Oct replacement opened 9 Sep 1900 closed 14 Apr 1907 Hawes East SB opened 1 Oct m.61c. replacement opened 12 Aug 1900 renamed Hawes Station SB 14 Apr 1907 closed Anderson & Fox state 1895; FoSCL Magazine No. 92 states that the present box dates from Anderson & Fox state 1 May Anderson & Fox state 21 Aug Anderson & Fox state 1 May Anderson & Fox state 20 Sep Anderson & Fox state the opening as 1877, replacement opened 19 Nov 1898 and closed 11 Apr Anderson & Fox state Anderson & Fox state 26 Apr Another source states 22 Apr Anderson & Fox state replacement box opened in Also that this box was originally called Appleby SB, then Appleby Station SB between 1937 and 1945, when it became Appleby West SB. 10. Anderson & Fox state replacement box opened One source and Anderson & Fox states that the replacement box opened in Some authors give its closure on 14 Dec 1973.

6 12. Anderson & Fox state that Long Meg Sidings SB was established from 1896 when shipment of material began from the Long Meg Plaster and Mineral Co. The original signal box was located at the point where the siding joined the up main line. The authors also state that this box was replaced by a groundframe which operated from 23 May 1915 until the time when the new BR box came into use on 3 Jul This box was taken out of use in 1983 (although some authors claim 1963). At the time of writing it lies derelict and is an eye-sore on the Settle-Carlisle landscape. 13. Mitchell (1997) states that it was active until 1963; other sources state that the box closed in Anderson & Fox state that this replacement box opened on 19 Jul 1895 and closed on 25 Jun Mitchell (1997) states that the box closed in Anderson & Fox state that the replacement box opened on 16 Jul 1899 and closed on 15 Jan FoSCL Magazine No. 92 states that the present box closed in Anderson & Fox state that this box opened 14 Oct 1890 and was replaced 12 Oct Anderson & Fox state that the replacement box opened in 1890, had its lever frame replaced in 1904 and closed at about the same time as Cotehill station (April 1952). 19. Anderson & Fox suggest Anderson & Fox state closure on 1 Mar Anderson & Fox state closure on 12 May Anderson & Fox state that the opening was on 20 Jun Sources: Anderson and Fox (1986): Stations and Structures of the Settle & Carlisle Railway. Gough (1989): Midland Railway Chronology. Mitchell (1997): Mile by Mile on the Settle-Carlisle. Current Block Working (as at January 2011) IBS (Intermediate Block Signals) Manned signal boxes introduced Settle Junction SB 234m.47c. Horton in Ribblesdale (242m.37c.) Blea Moor SB 248m.39c. Garsdale SB 256m.54½c. Ais Gill (259m.57c.) Mallerstang (263m.21c.) Kirkby Stephen SB 266m.40c. Crosby Garrett (269m.75c.) Appleby North SB 277m.34c. Ormside (274m.68c.) Kirkby Thore SB 282m.02c. Culgaith SB 284m.55c. Lazonby (292m.57c.) Low House Crossing SB Howe & Co. Sidings SB 299m.55c. 302m.77c. Carlisle Power SB (1973) NIGEL MUSSETT April 2012 mussett@dsl.pipex.com

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