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Post by philthetube on Aug 5, 2016 2:32:51 GMT
There appears to be work going on at the cabin, new steps to the entrance and scaffolding and possibly? building work, anyone know what is being done?
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Post by version3point1 on Aug 5, 2016 15:54:30 GMT
There appears to be work going on at the cabin, new steps to the entrance and scaffolding and possibly? building work, anyone know what is being done? The steps went in last summer to provide safe access for if work was to be done. The sums were done to see if it could be restored (or at least repainted), along with Ruislip, so it's likely the cost and work have now been approved. There is a brief comment from Mike Ashworth about the matter in the comments section for the photo below:  Chesham signal box by version3point1, on Flickr |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 13:13:37 GMT
As an ex-Ruislip resident I would be interested to hear what the plans are for the Ruislip box. Is it still intact?
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Post by version3point1 on Sept 21, 2016 16:21:47 GMT
Work on Chorleywood Signal Box started this month, with the removal of existing paint and surveying of the current wood condition in progress. As an ex-Ruislip resident I would be interested to hear what the plans are for the Ruislip box. Is it still intact? Ruislip box is still intact (minus the stairs), and it has now been costed, so work began about fortnight ago. You may have noticed signs going up, along with evidence of existing paint removal. |
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Post by carltona on Sept 23, 2016 13:32:06 GMT
So Chesham, Chorleywood and Ruislip plus the Great Missenden box (now Network Rail), any others of a similar type in existence? Something at Quainton Road perhaps?
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Post by shunterl44 on Oct 6, 2016 8:57:30 GMT
There is a signal box at Quainton Road but it is not a Met box. This was burnt to the ground by BR just 3 days before the site was taken over by the railway society in 1969.
The box now at Quainton Road is a LMS version of a Midland Railway box (built in 1941) that was moved by the railway society from Harlington on the Midland Main Line in September 1980. |
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Post by edb on Oct 6, 2016 13:27:26 GMT
This was burnt to the ground by BR just 3 days before the site was taken over by the railway society in 1969. On Purpose?!?!   |
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Post by shunterl44 on Oct 6, 2016 14:31:25 GMT
Yes, on purpose! They say that they even know one of the gang involved!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 13:04:08 GMT
Hello, yes, I can confirm we're doing external repairs and repainting at Chorleywood cabin and most likely doing the same at Ruislip.
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Post by manorborn on Oct 10, 2016 17:32:47 GMT
And (as a current Ruislip resident) what happens to the one at Ruislip when it is restored and safe? Is this meant to be a tourist attraction? How many years since it was last used?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 17:36:32 GMT
And (as a current Ruislip resident) what happens to the one at Ruislip when it is restored and safe? Is this meant to be a tourist attraction? How many years since it was last used? According to this source: |
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