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Padnal Box and Crossing viewed from the road, after a serious fire in December 1989. Photo with kind permission of Richard Pike.
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Padnal Box and Crossing viewed from the road, after a serious fire in December 1989. Photo with kind permission of Richard Pike.

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  • Padnal Signal Box between Ely North Junction and Shippea Hill. The box was destroyed by fire when the stove was left alight. The backdrop is of a typical fenland landscape where the surrounding flat fields are below the level of railways and roads. Photo dated 29th January 1980.
  • Padnal Signal Box. 29th January 1980
  • Padnal Box c1980
  • Padnal lever frame. 3rd May 1980
  • Birmingham RCW Class 104 3 car unit approaches Padnal box with the 1220 Ely to Norwich on 3rd May 1980. The unit is travelling very slowly due to the failure of the automatic half barriers at Mile End Crossing. Ely cathedral can be seen on the skyline.
  • 47184, "County of Cambridgeshire", speeds past Padnal signal box with the summer Saturdays only Newcastle to Yarmouth. 24th May 1980
  • The 1015 Birmingham New Street to Norwich passes Padnal box on 29th December 1979 behind 31237. Taken with a 200mm lens. As a result of peat shrinkage the adjacent road is lower than the level of the railway.
  • The end of Padnal Box. December 1989. The fire was caused by the stove over heating whilst unattended between shifts. Photo courtesy of Richard Pike.
  • Padnal Box and Crossing viewed from the road, after a serious fire in December 1989. Photo with kind permission of Richard Pike.
  • Padnal Box before and after the fire. December 1989. Photo coutesy of Richard Pike.
  • 37029 passes Shippea Hill with a Birmingham New Street to Norwich working on 22nd July 1978
  • The 0915 Summer Saturdays only Yarmouth to Manchester speeds through Shippea Hill with 31220 in charge. 22nd July 1978
  • Passengers step away from the platform edge as 31220 passes Shippea Hill with the summer Saturdays only Yarmouth to Manchester on 22nd July 1978.
  • Shippea Hill night shot, facing Lakenheath. 9th November 1979
  • The amiable Arthur Broughton in Shippea Hill Box who taught me a lot about railway signalling. 23rd April 1980
  • Shippea Hill
  • Shippea Hill lever frame. c1980
  • Shippea Hill Box interior detail. 23rd April 1980
  • Great Eastern Railway seat at Shippea Hill. 21st July 1979.
  • Fluorescent lamp from Shippea Hill. The lamps were replaced at the station around 1980. This example is in my garden lit up by solar powered lights.
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