2. Railways

Slamdoors and semaphores

With the withdrawal of the mkI based slam door stock taking place at a rapid rate, I took a week and a half to explore parts of the Southern Region taking in as many of the slam door sets and remaining semaphore signals as I could find. 20/3 - 1/4/2005
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    Due to the generosity and good offices of Martin the signalman I had access to the platform and his warm signalbox for the morning. 66127 approaches the down gantry and has the main line with 6X45 Ludgershall to Marchwood MoD special working of armoured vehicles for the MoD depot. The train is made up of 1 VGA stores van and 9 MoD well wagons each loaded with a 432 armoured personnel carrier.
    Right on time 66127 reappears from the nearby MoD depot with 6V38 1103 off to Didcot Yard. The gantry signals are for Marchwood on the left and Fawley to the right.
    66127 and its train sits for a short while in the former station before leaving for the main line at Totton. This pause allowed me to reposition while the level crossing gates were being closed.