PROGRESS ON CORFE CASTLE'S 'VICTORIAN' SIGNAL BOX -
NEW SIGNAL LOCKING GEAR IS INSTALLED - 8th November 2009

News Item and Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 8th November 2009
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
Photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright.
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Swanage Railway Signal & Telegraph volunteer Stuart Ward examines the new locking gear beneath Corfe Castle station's new 'Victorian' signal box on the down platform at Corfe Castle station on Sunday 8th November 2009.

Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers rebuilding Corfe Castle station's Victorian signal box - which was demolished back in the 1950s - are now fitting the signalling gear into the new structure.

Andrew's photos show work starting on the building of the locking system at the new Corfe Castle signal box.

Swanage Railway Signal & Telegraph volunteers fabricating parts for the new locking mechanism. Stuart Ward (left), Dave Cobb (centre) and David Foden (right) in Corfe Castle station's new 'Victorian' signal box on the down platform at Corfe Castle station on Sunday 8th November 2009.

The impressive new rebuilt version of the old 1884-built signal box is the same height and depth as the original structure but it is a third wider along the face of the platform.

And unlike the original signal box - which was joined to the neighbouring wooden waiting shelter - there will be a small access gap between the waiting shelter and the new signal box.

Swanage Railway volunteer Mike Grantham fits glazing to the windows of Corfe Castle station's new 'Victorian' signal box on the down platform at Corfe Castle station on Sunday 8th November 2009.

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