Falsgrave signal box from Westwood

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Falsgrave signal box from Westwood

Image: © Christopher Hall Taken: 20 Jan 2014

The building on the right is Falsgrave signal box built by the NER in about 1907. Until 2010 it controlled the station approaches to Scarborough - it was named Falsgrave to distinguish it from another box closer to the Station. At its peak it had a 120-lever frame. In its later years, Falsgrave box controlled a mixture of colour-light and semaphore signals but since 2010 new colour light signalling was installed controlled from Seamer and Falsgrave signal box is now out of use. The buff brick building on the left contains some of the modern control equipment. There was a gantry carrying semaphores signals in front of Falsgrave box but this was dismantled and removed to the North York Moors Railway in October 2010. Photographs Image and Image show the dismantling. Behind and between the two building is the portal to the former tunnel serving the Scarborough to Whitby line.

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Image Location

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54.276423
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-0.409366