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March 2013
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 256700 Created on 4 March 2013. Plate 77 is an excellent context view B&W photograph taken in ["circa 1960"] from the south showing the track layout and relative position of key many of the structures in the station area. Garsdale (formerly Hawes Junction) Signal Box is just visible in the distance. The 'up' main and 'up' branch starting signals are also clearly visible and the text statest that the bracketed lattice post of the latter ["appeared in September 1942 as a replacement for an ordinary timber post signal... Read more
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of FoSCL Journal for 236340 Created on 4 March 2013. An article on pages 7-8 of the August 1997 edition states that Settle Station Signal Box was moved from its original operational position at 236m29.5c on the 'up' side (this SCRCA Structure) to its current location at 236m36c on the 'up' side (see SCRCA Structure ID 236390) overnight on 14th / 15th June 1997. The article explains the reasons for the move; describes what was involved; and includes two small B&W photographs: the first... Read more
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 269910 Created on 4 March 2013. Plate 125 includes an oblique view of the rail-facing elevation of the goods shed. The caption states that the latter was "for three wagons".
SCRCA Note: Selside Signal Box relocated to "Carnforth Steam Town" (Carnforth, Lancs.) Created on 1 March 2013. This signal box was opened for operational use at Selside (on the Settle & Carlisle Railway in North Yorkshire) on 16th June 1907, where it operated an intermediate block post on the double-track main line. It closed for operational use on 30th November 1975. During 1976, the signal box and its lever frame were moved to Carnforth (in Lancashire), where they formed a museum exhibit at the 'Steam Town' heritage centre (which was located on the site of the... Read more
SCRCA Note: Listed status of the former Ais Gill Signal Box (now Butterley G.F.) Created on 1 March 2013. On page 28 of his report "Railway Signal Boxes: A Review" (published in 2012 by English Heritage - now known as Historic England), John Minnis states that:" "Among the heritage railway boxes, the former Ais Gill and Kilby Bridge boxes (both 1900), at the Midland Railway Centre are listed." However, searches of The National Heritage List for England (the official online database of listed... Read more
SCRCA Note: Ais Gill signal box relocated to the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley (Derbyshire) Created on 1 March 2013. In September 1981, the Midland Railway Trust approached British Rail with a view to acquiring Ais Gill signal box "as a special display item either in or adjacent to the museum or on the working line" at the Midland Railway Centre (which is located at Butterley in Derbyshire). Some of the correspondence relating... Read more

February 2013
SCRCA Note: Salt Lake Quarry is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) Created on 22 February 2013. Part of the quarry site is now a nature reserve, which has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Further details can be found at: https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserves/salt-lake-quarry-nature-reserve.
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of www.settle-carlisle.co.uk for 247130 Created on 17 February 2013. The original down (northbound) platform (Structure ID 247220) was demolished in 1970. This replacement platform was constructed in 1993. Source: www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/stations/ribblehead/facilities.cfm
SCRCA Note: Demolition and replacement of Ribblehead Station 'Down' platform and waiting shelter Created on 17 February 2013. The original northbound ('Down') platform and waiting room at Ribblehead Station (Structure IDs 247220 and 247230 respectively) were demolished shortly after the station's closure to passenger traffic on May 4th, 1970. The removal of these redundant structures allowed the nearby transfer sidings for Ribblehead Quarry... Read more
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of www.settle-carlisle.co.uk for 247230 Created on 17 February 2013. The original waiting room on the down (northbound) platform (this structure) was demolished in 1970. A replacement northbound waiting room (Structure ID 247135) was constructed in 1993. Source: www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/stations/ribblehead/facilities.cfm
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of www.settle-carlisle.co.uk for 247220 Created on 17 February 2013. The original down (northbound) platform (this structure) was demolished in 1970. A replacement platform (Structure ID 247130)was constructed in 1993. Source: www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/stations/ribblehead/facilities.cfm
SCRCA Note: Blea Moor Tunnel Created on 14 February 2013. The October 21st, 1871 edition of the Lancaster Guardian provides the following general information relating to the construction of Blea Moor Tunnel: The whole of the tunnel, with very little exception, is hard rock, such as limestone and grit. The average speed of driving at a face is about four yards per week. Though there are about 160 miners at work in the tunnel, still is sufficient room for twice that number.
SCRCA Note: Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 1 Created on 14 February 2013. Air Shaft 1 was created to facilitate the construction of Blea Moor Tunnel and to help ventilate the tunnel during its operational life. The October 21st, 1871 edition of the Lancaster Guardian provides brief details of the construction and use of this shaft during this early period: No. 1 shaft is a permanent shaft, and it has... Read more
SCRCA Note: Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 2 Created on 14 February 2013. Air Shaft 2 was created to facilitate the construction of Blea Moor Tunnel and to help ventilate the tunnel during its operational life. The October 21st, 1871 edition of the Lancaster Guardian provides brief details of the construction and use of this shaft during this early period: No. 2 shaft is also a permanent shaft, and... Read more
SCRCA Note: Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 3 Created on 14 February 2013. Air Shaft 3 was created to facilitate the construction of Blea Moor Tunnel and to help ventilate the tunnel during its operational life. The October 21st, 1871 edition of the Lancaster Guardian provides brief details of the construction and use of this shaft during this early period: The heading from the north on Dent Head end has been driven a distance of 750 lineal yards, or... Read more
SCRCA Note: Blea Moor Tunnel Shaft A Created on 14 February 2013. Shaft A was created to facilitate the construction of Blea Moor Tunnel. As mentioned in the following extract from the October 21st, 1871 edition of the Lancaster Guardian, this site was originally intended to be the location of the tunnel's South Portal: Shaft A, sunk at the proposed entrance to the south end of the tunnel, is... Read more

January 2013
SCRCA Knowledge Base for Long Meg Sidings Signal Box (1955 - 2013) Created on 31 January 2013. The signal box on this site opened on July 3rd, 1955, replacing a number of earlier ground-frames and signal boxes in different locations. It ceased to be used on a regular basis from around 1975, although it was opened for one day of WCML diversions on November 17th, 1983. It was closed permanently at some point after the latter date. Network Rail lodged a Planing Application with Eden District Council on 4th September 2012 requesting permission to demolish the structure (Planning Application... Read more
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of FoSCL Journal for 236390 Created on 26 January 2013. An article on pages 7-8 of the August 1997 edition states that Settle Station Signal Box was moved from its original operational position at 236m29.5c on the 'up' side (see SCRCA Structure ID 236340) to its current location at 236m36c on the 'up' side (this SCRCA Structure) overnight on 14th / 15th June 1997. The article explains the reasons for the move; describes what was involved; and includes two small B&W photographs: the first... Read more
SCRCA Note: Relocation of Lamp Hut from Horton SB to north of Horton SM Created on 8 January 2013. It is believed that this structure was relocated to the north of the main station building - see structure 242600.

December 2012
SCRCA Note: Comparing the surviving signal boxes Created on 14 December 2012. The signal boxes that remain standing within the boundaries of the SCRCA can be compared and contrasted via the 'Location Type Definition' page for signal boxes.
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of the Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust's website for 247240 Created on 6 December 2012. The Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust's website includes a paged dedicated to the Ribblehead Visitor Centre, which is housed in the former main station building / booking office beside the platform at Ribblehead Station. See: https://settlecarlisletrust.org.uk/ribblehead-visitor-centre/...
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of 1911 Midland Railway Land Plan (Sheet 17) for 247240 Created on 6 December 2012. This structure is clearly marked on the MR 1911 landplan at 247 miles 20 chains.
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 247240 Created on 6 December 2012. This invaluable secondary source devotes four pages to Ribblehead and has three B&W photographs of the main station building (plates 39, 41 & 43) and two line-drawings showing part of its elevation and ground-plan (Fig 18).

November 2012
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of 1911 Midland Railway Land Plan (Sheet 91) for 302930 Created on 17 November 2012. There is no signal box or other structure marked at this location. The 1911 MR landplan does show a signal box labelled "Howe & Cos Siding S.B." on the 'up' side at 302 miles 72.5 chains, but that is SCRCA Structure 302900, NOT this structure.
SCRCA Notes: Temporary notes relating to the history of Howe & Co's Siding Signal Box Created on 17 November 2012. The following information has been drawn from a range of sources and is included here as a temporary measure while the database is being constructed and populated. MR 20 lever tappet frame with 6” centres [source: Anderson & Fox (1986)]. Reframed in 1943 with pre-1943 standard 30-lever frame with 4½” centres [source: Anderson & Fox (1986)].

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