Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
Constable Burton Signal Box
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The signal box which was originally located at Hertford East Station had to be removed due to reconstruction works at the station. As it was a grade 2 listed building, this was not straightforward, but permission was eventually given to remove it, and for it to be rebuilt on the Wensleydale line. Network Rail then took it down in 2021 and transported it to the Wensleydale Railway.
Work began to rebuild it at Constable Burton in late 2022 with the digging out of the foundations. By Autumn 2025, the rebuilding of the structure was essentially complete and the next stage will be the installation of its original signal locking frame.
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (2010s)
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The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (2010s)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (2010s)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (2010s)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (2010s)
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The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (2010s)
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The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (2010s)
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The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (2010s)
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Photo - David Walker
The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan relocate it to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (--/11/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
The Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan to relocate to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension. (--/11/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
Interior of the Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan to relocate to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension (--/11/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
Interior of the Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan to relocate to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension (--/11/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
Interior of the Hertford East Signalbox which Network Rail plan to relocate to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. The disposal will be part of the Hertford East Station redevelopment which cannot proceed whilst the Victorian Signalbox of 1888 blocks the space needed for a platform extension (--/11/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
Peri Shipman (Network Rail Project Manager) at Constable Burton who is involved with the relocation of Hertford East Signalbox to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway. (--/11/2018)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
The Grade II listed Hertford East signal box. The Wensleydale Railway has been awarded a grant of £80,000 by The Railway Heritage Trust to restore and relocate the Grade II listed signal box at Leyburn station where it will control the recently installed passing loop.
This is a joint project between ourselves, The Railway Heritage Trust, Network Rail and Greater Anglia. (--/10/2021)Click here to see higher resolution photo
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
The lever frame of the Grade II listed Hertford East signal box. (--/10/2021)
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Scaffolding erected around the Grade II listed Hertford East signal box, in readiness to dismantle it for transport to the Wensleydale Railway (--/10/2021)
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Dismantling the Grade II listed Hertford East signal box. (--/10/2021)
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One of the last signallers to work Hertford East signal box can be seen here being interviewed. Chris Errington can remember when the box controlled access to the station, engine shed and branch line to Hatfield. (--/10/2021)
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The lever frame of Hertford East signal box. (--/10/2021)
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The roof and first floor of the disused Grade II listed Hertford East signal box have now been dismantled and carefully loaded ready to be transported to the Wensleydale Railway. (--/10/2021)
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The dismantled the Grade II listed Hertford East signal box being carefully loaded onto a lorry for transport to the Wensleydale Railway (--/10/2021)
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Dismantling the Grade II listed Hertford East signal box. (--/10/2021)
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Dismantling the Grade II listed Hertford East signal box. (--/10/2021)
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The dismantling the Grade II listed Hertford East signal box is now complete and the scaffolding being removed (--/10/2021)
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The dismantled the Grade II listed Hertford East signal box now loaded onto a lorry for transport to the Wensleydale Railway. The Wensleydale Railway has been awarded a grant of £80,000 by The Railway Heritage Trust to restore and relocate the Grade II listed signal box at Constable Burton where it will control the passing loop. (--/10/2021)
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Photo - John Slaughter
Constable Burton Loop, with a concrete base laid in preparation for the erection of a signal box. Pacer 142 028 in store behind. (21/03/2023)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Building supplies being delivered at Constable Burton where foundations have already been laid for a signal box. (31/05/2023)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Sand and cement being delivered at Constable Burton. The signal box is being built on the site of the (now demolished) station, on the opposite side to where platforms and buildings once stood. The site is also more recently known to some as the Polar Express North Pole. (31/05/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The scaffolding at Constable Burton is erected ready for the rebuilding on a signal box originally from Hertford East (10/09/2023)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The scaffolding at Constable Burton is erected ready for the rebuilding on a signal box originally from Hertford East (10/09/2023)
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Photo - Alan Graham
The vegetation team working at Constable Burton with the new signal box taking shape in the background. (10/01/2024)
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Photo - Phil Harrison
Our Victorian signal box is really starting to take shape! The box was originally located at Hertford East Station and work began to rebuild it, in Constable Burton, in late 2022. (25/04/2024)
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Photo - Nick Keegan
Our Victorian signal box is really starting to take shape! The box was originally located at Hertford East Station and work began to rebuild it, in Constable Burton, in late 2022. (--/04/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The building of Constable Burton signal box is progressing. The box was originally located at Hertford East Station and work began to rebuild it in late 2022. (17/06/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The building of Constable Burton signal box is progressing. The box was originally located at Hertford East Station and work began to rebuild it in late 2022. (17/06/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The building of Constable Burton signal box is progressing. The box was originally located at Hertford East Station and work began to rebuild it in late 2022. (17/06/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The building of Constable Burton signal box is progressing. The box was originally located at Hertford East Station and work began to rebuild it in late 2022. (17/06/2024)
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Photo - David Walker
The chimney on our Victorian signal box being reconstructed at Constable Burton is now completed, and the roof almost fully slated! The ground floor will be panelled once the scaffold is down. It’s beginning to look the part in its 1937 LNER colour scheme. Just a couple more windows to glaze now! (--/07/2024)
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Photo - David Walker
The chimney on our Victorian signal box being reconstructed at Constable Burton is now completed, and the roof almost fully slated! The ground floor will be panelled once the scaffold is down. It’s beginning to look the part in its 1937 LNER colour scheme. Just a couple more windows to glaze now! (--/07/2024)
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Photo - David Walker
The chimney on our Victorian signal box being reconstructed at Constable Burton is now completed, and the roof almost fully slated! The ground floor will be panelled once the scaffold is down. It’s beginning to look the part in its 1937 LNER colour scheme. Just a couple more windows to glaze now! (--/07/2024)
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Photo - David Walker
The chimney on our Victorian signal box being reconstructed at Constable Burton is now completed, and the roof almost fully slated! The ground floor will be panelled once the scaffold is down. It’s beginning to look the part in its 1937 LNER colour scheme. Just a couple more windows to glaze now! (--/07/2024)
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Photo - David Walker
The chimney on our Victorian signal box being reconstructed at Constable Burton is now completed, and the roof almost fully slated! The ground floor will be panelled once the scaffold is down. It’s beginning to look the part in its 1937 LNER colour scheme. Just a couple more windows to glaze now! (--/07/2024)
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Photo - David Walker
The chimney on our Victorian signal box being reconstructed at Constable Burton is now completed, and the roof almost fully slated! The ground floor will be panelled once the scaffold is down. It’s beginning to look the part in its 1937 LNER colour scheme. Just a couple more windows to glaze now! (--/07/2024)
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Photo - David Walker
The chimney on our Victorian signal box being reconstructed at Constable Burton is now completed, and the roof almost fully slated! The ground floor will be panelled once the scaffold is down. It’s beginning to look the part in its 1937 LNER colour scheme. Just a couple more windows to glaze now! (--/07/2024)
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Photo - David Walker
The building of the Constable Burton signal box is progressing - Here a fireplace for the signalmen is being constructed. (--/08/2024)
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Photo - Craig Hodkinson
The signal box at Constable Burton is taking shape (24/08/2024)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Blue skies at Constable Burton as the 9.30 from Leeming makes its way towards Leyburn. The new signal box is starting to look quite nice. (18/09/2024)
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Photo - Alan Graham
A bank of pre-used signal levers delivered to the site of the signal box under reconstruction at Constable Burton on 16th October. (16/10/2024)
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Photo - Alan Graham
New fencing assembled and constructed by Ray at Constable Burton. (08/12/2024)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box from the west (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - view from the west (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - view from the east (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - view from the east (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - view from the east (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - view from the west (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the locking room (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the locking room (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the locking room (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the locking room (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the locking room (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the signalman's cabin (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the signalman's cabin (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the signalman's cabin (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The new Constable Burton Signal Box - the signalman's cabin (22/09/2025)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
View looking east from the new Constable Burton Signal Box (22/09/2025)
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