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GWR Route: Alcester to Hatton Junction
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Bearley Junction: gwrbj785
Bearley East Junction Signal Box is the same box as depicted
in gwrbj437, gwrb440' and 'gwrb440a'. It
had a 31 lever frame installed in 1907 when the North Warwickshire line opened,
but the box structure predated this. It appears to be a McKenzie & Holland
Type 3 design probably dating from 1876 when the Alcester branch was opened
(Earlier McK&H designs did not have a gabled roof). The signals in the
foreground control the Junction for the North Curve to the Alcester Branch
line. Note the lower distance signal arm is fixed. Two sidings for the Air
Ministry College were added on ground behind the Signal Box in November 1942.
After the war they were used to store crippled and surplus wagons as shown in
this view taken in 1956.
Robert Ferris
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