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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Berkswell and Balsall Common: lnwrberk1313a

Close up of Berkswell showing the signal box which was located adjacent to the siding and Truggist Lane underbridge

This close up of image 'lnwrberk1313' showing the signal box which was located adjacent to the siding and Truggist Lane under-bridge, part of which can just be seen on the extreme right behind the mineral wagon. The wagon is standing on a short spur ahead of the goods yard's connection with the down line. The signal box is thought to have been constructed when the block system of signalling was introduced at about the time the Berkswell to Kenilworth line was being proposed circa 1880. The signal box lasted well into the 1970s being sufficiently far from the track not to impede the electrification of the line, unlike Tile Hill box whose cantilevered construction fouled the line. The box had the 'ships wheel' method of opening and closing the gates with a handle at 90 degrees to the rim to enable the signalman to spin the wheel quickly.

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