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| Sheet Stores Junction | B01 | 3 | N (Up) side of Derby main b/w Stenson & Nott'm lines | 119m 60c | 4890 3190 | 2 | Sawley Junction 933yd - Trent Station South Junc 690yd - Trent Junction 811yd - Lock Lane Crossing 1105yd | Swift vol 8 c. 1956. Hinson LM62/01x2 1953, undated. | 3. MR Type 2a | 3. Type 2a Two 15'x10' flakes, wooden steps (10) facing traffic. Locking room windows on ends, two at non steps end flush with edges of box. Box overhangs embankment at rear. Railed walkway round front and ends. Wooden nameboard flush with roof centrally over windows at ends. | 36 lever MR tumbler 6in centres - Swift. Reframed 16MAR1919 - Gough Front, 4 spare - Hinson | 28SEP1969 | 1. by 1868. 2. ? 3. 01JUN1890 | Open Continuously (1877,1913, 1942, 1945, 1959, 1960) | MAKIng 22MAR1969 x2 | Dn Goods terminates S of junc. | Down Goods between Trent Junction & Sheet Stores worked by permissive block - SA1960. | J Shutler, J Gray, E Pyefinch - NUR1930 | Overgrown with rough grass - no trace of sb. | ||||
| Sawley Junction | B02 | 4 | S (Dn) side E of Stn. Immediately S of Tamworth Road underbridge. | 120m 22c | 4814 3217 | 4 | Sawley 1mi 374 yd - Sheet Stores Junc 933yd - Trent Station North 1716yd | Swift vol 8 pre 1967. Hinson LM62/02 1969. NHAx2. | 4. MR Type 2a. | Type 2 (2a by date). Enamel name-board on ends over end windows as well as wooden rounded corners nameboard on front. Wooden steps (12) facing traffic. Locking room windows (four pane) on end, front and rear at non-steps end. Walkway with rail round front and ends. | Reframed 22APR1888, 14 working levers - RAIL491/720. 16 lever - Swift. Front, 9 spare on closure - Hinson. MR 6in tappet 16 levers no spare, 2 spare 14AUG1953 - NHA | 28SEP1969 | 1. 1846 2. 1859 3. ? 4. 19JUL1891 | Open Continuously (1877,1913, 1942, 1945, 1959) | Dy Rly Stns pl5. DLSL 'Sawley9' 04OCT1969. MRT 637 c1967. MAKing 22MAR1969x3, 03JUN1969. MJLewis 6610.6/24 from Dn platform with Up Home off and Sheet Stores' Up Trent Station splitting distant off. | North curve closed 30APR1967. 11JUL1971 MRPG recover signal post - Wyvern. | Front of box flush with parapet of Bridge 19a nd about 2m to the S. | J Stevens, R Reed, TH Bennett - NUR1930 | Open space at top of embankment - no trace of sb. | Box diagram dated 31/1/1955 - DJH | |||
| Sawley | B03 | 2 | N (up) side of Mn, E of Sawley Lane x-ing | 121m 39c | 4633 3282 | 4 | Draycott 1339yd - Sawley Junc 1mi 374yd | Swift vol 8 | MR | Type 2a with steps away from traffic (and crossing). 15' x 10' with railed walkway on front and end. Locking room window on end toward front. Nameboard above walkway under window on front. Chimney at rear. Set of four 4 bay gates. Locking room door under steps flush with rear. | 16 lever -Swift. 2 Spare - NHA. Tumbler - Newman. | 29JAN1967 - Swift | 1. by 16AUG1877 2. 19JUL1896 | Open Continuously (1877,1913, 1942, 1945, 1959). | Per MAKing undated. (Salmon collection). | Not interlocked in 1880 - Trade. Replaced by ahb. | T King, W Carver, LWB Clarke - NUR1930 | P - Overgrown with rough grass - no trace of sb. | |||||
| Draycott | B04 | 2 | N (Up) side of Mn, E of stn. | 121m 42c | 4517 3330 | 4 | Borrowash 2mi 808yd - Sawley 1339yd | 2. MR Type 2a | Type 2a single 15' x 10' flake with one double (i.e. 4x2) locking room window at front. Wooden steps facing traffic with locking room door to rear. Frame front. Quarter mile post right against steps end of box. Enamelled name plate over ends and wooden nameplate with rounded corners at front. Railed walkway round front and ends. | Front. 20 lever MR tumbler 6in centres -Swift. MR 11 sp - NHA. | 29SEP1969 | 1. June 1873 - MT6 2. 09FEB1891 | 0600 Mo - 0600 Su (1877,1945). 0600 Mo - 0300 Su (1909). 0600 Mo - 0300 Su (1913). 0600 Mo - 1400 Su (1942). 0600 Mo - 0320 Su (1959). | MAKing nd, 22MAR1969 x2. | Up and Dn lie bys (MR1913). Sdg on Up side - NHA. | Fringe box to Derby psb pending opening of Trent psb (BR1855) | Quarter mile post right against steps end of box | PH Calcott, F Hull, A Coleman - NUR1930. Ken Holdsworth working here on 12JUL1969 (DY PSB). | P - Former railway yard now sold off as industrial estate so site of box totally enveloped by a haulage yard - even the mile post adjacent to the box is new and closer to main line. Platforms still just vsible as are station access paths. | ||||
| Borrowash | B05 | 2 | S (Dn) side of line W of stn | 124m 54c | 414343 | 4 | Spondon Station 1mi 391yd - Draycott 2mi 808yd | Swift vol 8. Hinson LM62/05 c.1964 | 2. MR Type 2a. | Type 2a steps toward traffic. Steps start at platform level (8). Locking room windows on ends. | 16 lever - Swift. Front. Tumbler - Newman. | 06JUN1965 - Swift | 1. by 01NOV1875 2. 15MAY1892 | Open Continuously (1877,1913, 1942, 1945). 0600 Mo - 0320 Su (1959). | AVC 23/14b c1958 home 23/7a looking from front of box looking to Derby. Per MAKing distant. GAYeomans from north end of yard on Dn side 14OCT1962. | Dn lie by (MR1913). Down Siding controlled by g.f. (SA1937). Yard on Dn side with three roads. | Not shown on 1915 os map but is on c.1920 revision. | End of Up platform. | J Smart, CJ Rea, J Griffiths - - NUR1930 | P - Overgrown with bushes - site of sb just discernable as ground undulates. Down platform still extant | |||
| Spondon Station | B06 | 3 | W of Dn Mn E of Gds, N of LC. | 125m 74c (MR dd 1917) | 3966 3513 | 2 | Spondon Junc 764yd - Borrowash 1mi 391yd | Swift vol 8. Hinson LM62/06 undated | 2. MR Type 2. 3. MR Type 4d. | 2. MR Type 2 on Up side N of crossing. Single 15' flake. Steps toward traffic. Nameboard on front. Block oval on non steps end front post away from traffic. 3. Five 10' flakes btf. Wooden nameboard with square corners mounted centrally above walkway and enamelled nameboards centrally over non-steps end window sometime b/w 1957 - 1970. Wooden steps (12?) at S end facing mainline traffic. Two stove chimneys at front (I.e. Mainline side). Five 3 pane wide by 2 pane high arched locking room windows on front (Main) side but not directly aligned with flakes. No locking room windows on rear. Railed walkway all the way round. Two middle panels glazed in eaves on steps end Two sets of 3 bay gates |
3. Rear. 65 lever MR tappet 6in centes - Swift. Photo evidence of 66 levers plus 2 spaces at high numbered end when s.f. | 2. 19DEC1988 (SRS rn15) | 1. by 16AUG1877 2. 15JUL1889 3. 26MAY1918 | Open Continuously (1877,1913, 1942, 1945, 1959) | 3. Pic Srv Rly Sig Pl58. PnP p62. DLSL Spondon 83 interior and 84 11JUN1987. RJBuckley 6062 15APR1956. MAKing 22JUN1969, 28JUN70x3. MJLewis 6610.6/4 view from footbridge of back of box along line to Spondon Jn. Recently repainted 24MAR1957 x2 GAYeomans. Bull collection ext & int. | Connection to Cortaulds | Shunting frame controlling movements b/w Sdgs and Dn Mn & Up Mn w.e.f. 28JUN69. Down Goods between Spondon Station and Spondon Jn, worked by Permissive Block until 07JLU1962 when it was made AB - SA1960. | 01DEC1968 - Facing connection Up Main to sidings and associated trailing slip in Down Main at Station removed as well as connection with Up Main and Up Goods. 09FEB1969 - Crossover road at Spondon secured oou. | JT Spiers, GW Hambleton, J Brocklehurst - NUR1930 | P - Open ballasted area - no trace of sb. | |||
| Spondon Junction | B07 | 3 | N (Up) side passenger lines NE of Jnc. S of Looms Sdg. | 126m 28c | 3905 3535 | 3 | Way & Works 1mi 1264yd - Spondon Station 764yd - Turntable Box 530yd | Swift vol 8. Hinson LM62/07 1969. | 3. MR Type 4d. | Type 4d b.t.f. with two 10' flakes. Design A windows. Steps facing traffic. Two arched 2x2 locking room windows at front. Frame at front. Enamelled sign centrally at each end with wooden sign on front. About 15 steps. Railed walkway round ends and front. No finials. Flat vent centre of roof ridge. | Front, 36 lever MR tappet - Swift. | Sun 18MAY1969 - ME | 1. 1869 2. 18DEC1887 3. 23JUN1918 | Open Continuously (1877,1913, 1942, 1945, 1959) | PnP p60. MAKing 22MAR1969 x2. GAYeomans 14OCT1962. | Through Goods line on Dn side only. Up sdgs with trailing connection from Dn Chaddesden runs behind sb into Looms scrap yard. Dn sdgs with trailing connection from Dn Gds. to Kennings sidings (ex P.H.Wright Ltd). | 14MAY1969 - Trailing connection Down Goods to Down Main at Spondon Jn secured oou and Down Goods made Down Through Siding to Kennings sidings (ex P.H.Wright Ltd). 14DEC1969 - Facing connection to Down Chaddesden and trailing connection Up Goods to Down Main removed. 21DEC1969 - Remainder of junction to Chaddesden recovered. | AH Mathews, WC Pearce, R Hallam - NUR1930 | P - Overgrown with rough grass - no trace of sb. | ||||
| Derwent Bridge | B07a | 1 | Derwent Bridge | 127m 57c | Spondon Jn 1,578yds - Way & Works 1,578yds (Temporary box) | MR | Eight levers?? | by 03MAR1910 - MR wn | 09JAN1910 - MR wn | Open Continuously | None | Controlled up and down lines slued foul of each other for bridge work. Outer distant, Intermediate distant, outer home, inner home and starter on Up. Distant & home on Down. | It is mentioned in Weekly Notices up to and including w/e 26FEB1910 as "Open Continuously". Work was completed on Wednesday, March 2nd; 'At 9.0 a.m. on Thursday, March 3rd, the Warning Boards will be removed' appears in Midland Railway weekly notice March 5th 1910 - but there is no mention of Derwent Bridge box being closed. | ||||||||||
| Way & Works Sidings | B08 | Gas Works Crossing | 4 | S (Dn) side of line | 128m 7c | 336349 | 1 | London Road Junction 355yd - Spondon Junction 1mi 1264yd | Swift 8. DBYIM x2. | 4. MR Type 3a. | Type 3a with two 10' flakes. Locking room windows on front either side of central pole and on end. Nameboard centrally on ends. 20 wooden steps facing traffic. Frame at rear. Dormer vent at rear. | 4. Siemens & Halske electro-pneumatic interlocking frame with 48 miniature levers (14 spare) - MT6. Reframed 23JAN1932 - Newman. 40 lever REC tappet - Swift. 40 lever 4½in tappet - NHA | 12JUL1969 | 1. by 16AUG1877 2. b/w APR1878-FEB1879 3. 15JUN1890 4. 02APR1905 | Open Continuously (1877, 1913, 1942, 1945, 1959) | PnP p56 distance. Steam Pl28 24APR1957 & cover 30APR1957 distance. (MAKing 22MAR69 MRP 404/79). RJBuckley 9303 13AUG59, 2126 26JUL51, 1982 05JUN51, 1548 29JUN50, 2143 16AUG51, 9303 13AUG59, 7098 30APR57, 7110 nd, 1464 31MAY50, 1403 19APR50, 1727 05OCT50. Coltas 1930. | Accident 30MAR1923 - details in attachment | Latter name in 1880 - Trade former in MR1877. 'New in 1907' (MR dd) | RTC is on site now. | RW Mount 26JUL1898 (24/-), GJ Mogg 15OCT1878 (23/-) > 21MAY1898 (27/-), A Carwell 14MAR1901 (27/-), J Crick 15DEC1904 (27/-), J Perkins 15MAY1877 > 21MAY1897, L Lewis 16NOV1895, EH Beeston 13APR1892 > 21MAY1897 - DY STAFF. J Crick, L Lewis, AA Tritton - NUR1930 |
Sidings for Railway Technical Centre. | ||
| London Road Junction | B09 | 3 | S end of stn b/w goods & passenger lines. | 128m 23c / 0m 0c (Western lines) | 3625 3530 | Sp | Derby 'A' 268yd (pl1-4) - Derby Station North (pl6) - Engine Sdgs No2 (gds) - Osmaston Road 572yd / Derby L&NW Junc 1690yd - Way & Works Sdg 355yd | Swift vol 8 | 2. MR Type 1. 3. MR Type 4d. | 2. by date must be Type 1 which matches two pane deep end windows. Door & steps at N end. Windows appear to be 3 panes wide by two panes deep and as there are three such flakes plus a door, the width would appear to be 12’ 10”. Wooden steps (13) flush with front of box. Ventilation dormer at rear. 3. Type 4d four 10' flakes. Dormer vent on W side of roof at steps end Steps to S. Wooden nameboards centrally over ends. Large enamelled "Derby Midland" sign on front. Inside:Two diagrams with block instruments in middle. White plastic handled lever frames. Telephone concentrator in middle. | 2. Front (based on chimney at rear) 60 lever MR Tumbler - Newman.. 3. Rear 83 levers (A, B, 1 to 81) LMS 4½in centres - NHA. | 12JUL1969 | 1. 1869 2. c.1877 3. 06DEC1925 | Open Continuously (1877, 1913, 1942, 1945, 1959) | 2. (MR Arch Pl89) and MR pic p43, p39 very distant View from Hulland St footbridge of Box2 DEC1908. 3. SD FEB98 1956 PJ Lynch. AVC 23/12c c1962. TG Wassell 9209. Steam Pl36 distance 30JUL1954. RJBuckley 5359 nd, 1150 nd, 1597 24JUL50, 2124 21JUL51, 2125 21JUL51, 1172 24MAY49, 5359 nd, 1063 08OCT48. (LMR official NRM D/822 D/823 @ GAYeomans). MAKing 07JUN1964 and 24AUG1963. RJE ae33/2 c1965. | During second phase of psb introduction, sb worked ab to Dy psb - NHA | 29OCT1967 - C&W Departure oou. 17DEC1967 - St Andrews Goods oou. | Shown very clearly as 12' x 36' on Derby Station plan DL230 (1919). Box 2 immediately to south of Box 3. | W Taylor 20DEC1902, J Allen 01MAR1881- 21MAY1897, J Bushby 15NOV1900, LJ Langton 23JUL1903, C Stapleton 12APR1908, S Taylor 10JAN1879-26JUL1900 - DY STAFF. C Stapleton, J Walker, H Hood, EC Wilkins, GT Cook, G Fidler - NUR1930 |
P - Open ballast area. Brick Privvy still stands!! |