Four of us spent a sweltering day at Broadway to try and finish off the re-stacking of the concrete cable troughs and lids. Here's a close up (including a bit of my finger!) of one of the troughs with a lid:
They are three feet long. By the end of the day there were a grand total of 38 pallets re-loaded with 25 troughs and lids on each - by my reckoning this will give us cable protection over a distance of 950 yards - more than enough for the initial phase southwards from the station.
John P taking a well earned rest surveying the results of the day's effort:
And that is about all that S&T can do on the signalling front at Broadway for the time being.
A comment I must make is regarding the number of interested visitors that come up the drive on a Tuesday to see what is going on . I spoke to a couple from Crewe who were staying at the caravan site opposite who were extremely complementary. I'm not sure if they had heard of our President Pete Waterman but I did a bit of name dropping!
Curly
In September's edition of the four counties magazine, there are photos of Banbury North signal box which is scheduled to be demolished. It mentions you can book a free tour up until 2nd October by going to:- www.banburynorth.youcanbook.me . Booking slots are going quickly. I thought it was going to be preserved by local people.
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