L&YR signal box diagram books

Hall Royd Junction Box nameboard as preserved at the East Lancashire Raiway, Bury

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L&YR Signal Box diagram books

So far there are four books detailing the signal boxes of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, and a fifth which focuses on the Wirral lines of the Merseyrail system. John Lacy of the Signalling Record Society has produced a comprehensive index of the three 'Signal Boxes on L&YR Lines' books and it can be viewed on the SRS Website.

'Last levers on the Fylde' book cover published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society December 2017

THE LAST MERSEYRAIL SIGNAL BOXES and their heritage:
Part 1. The Wirral Line

Merseyside Railway History Group

Signal boxes profiled:

West Kirby; Hoylake; Meols; Carr Lane Crossing; Moreton; Leasowe; Bidston & Birkenhead North; Seacombe Junction; Bidston Dee Lunction; Bidston East Junction; Birkenhead North No. 2; Birkenhead No. 1; New Brighton; Birkenhead Park; Birkenhead Central and Rock Ferry.

THE LAST MERSEYRAIL SIGNAL BOXES and their heritage:
Part 2. The Northern Line

Merseyside Railway History Group

Signal boxes profiled:

James Street Power Signal Box;
Southport Chapel Street Station;
Portland Street; Duke Street;
Aughton Road; Birkdale;
Ainsdale; Freshfield;
Eccles Crossing; Hightown; Hall
Road; Brook Hall Road;
Waterloo; Bootle Junction; The
Ormskirk Line; Town Green;
Maghull; Walton Junction;
Looking back - The 'lost' boxes

SIGNAL BOXES ON LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY LINES:
North-East Lancashire
Chris Littleworth
Published by the Signalling Record Society
ISBN 1 873228 21 X

Lines profiled: Line 1: Farington Curve (excl) and Moss Lane Junction (excl) to Todd Lane Junction and Bamber Bridge Junction; Line 2: Farington Junction (excl) to Lostock Hall Junction; Line 3: Preston E.L. Goods to Colne No. 2; Line 4: Chorley No. 4 (excl) to Cherry Tree Junction; Line 5: Bolton West (excl) to Blackburn Bolton Junction; Line 6: Astley Bridge Junction to Astley
Bridge Station; Line 7: Hoddlesden
Junction to Hoddlesden; Line 8:
Daisyfield Junction to Hellifield South
Junction (excl); Line 9: Horrocksford
Junction to Horrocksford; Line 10;
Great Harwood Junction to Rose Grove
West (via Great Harwood and Padiham
- the North Lancashire Loop); Line 11:
Stubbins Junction (excl) to Accrington
North Junction and Accrington West;
Line 12: Gannow Junction to Hall Royd
Junction (excl) and Todmorden East
Junction (excl) - the 'Copy Pit' line.

SIGNAL BOXES ON LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY LINES:
North and West of Manchester
Part One: L&YR Western District Lines Salford to Wigan (No.1) via Atherton, Salford to Euxton via Bolton and Branches
Chris Littleworth
Published by The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
ISBN: 9 780955 9467 5 2

Lines profiled: Line 1: Deal Street (excl) to Wigan No. 1 (Western Lines) (excl); Line 1A: Salford Goods to Oldfield Road No. 2; Line 1B: New Barns Junction to Windsor Bridge No. 2; Line 1C: Brindle Heath Junction to Agecroft Junction; Line 2: Crow Nest Junction and Dobbs Brow Junction to Horwich Fork Junction; Line 3:
Windsor Bridge No. 3 to Euxton
Junction (excl); Line 3A: Kearsley
Junction to Linnyshaw Moss;
Line 4: Lotock Junction to Crow
Nest Junction; Line 5: Horwich
Fork Junction and Blackrod
Junction to Horwich Station; Line
5A: Horwich Loco Junction to
Horwich Westgate and Horwich
Station to Horwich Eastgate (Horwich
Works Lines).

SIGNAL BOXES ON LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY LINES: North and West of Manchester
Part Two: L&YR Central District Lines, Clifton to Bacup and Castleton to Bolton via Bury, Manchester (Irk Valley) to Radcliffe, Rochdale to Bacup and Branches; The Heritage East Lancashire Railway; In the Box: How trains were kept moving.
Chris Littleworth
Published by The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
ISBN: 9 780955 9467 6 9

Lines profiled: Line 6 Clifton Junction to Bacup Station Junction; Line 7: Tottington Junction to Holcombe
Brook; Line 8: Newton No. 1 (excl)
and Cheetham Hill Junction (excl)
to Radcliffe North Junction; Line 8A:
Radcliffe South Junction and
Radcliffe North Junction to Bradley
Fold Junction; Line 9: Castleton
South Junction (excl) and Castleton
East Junction (excl) to Bolton East
Junction and Burnden Junction;
Line 9A: Prettywood Bridge to
Heap Bridge Junction; Line 10:
Rochdale East Junction to Bacup
Station Junction.

LAST LEVERS ON THE FYLDE
Chris Littleworth with Noel Coates, Ron Herbert and Mike Norris
Published by The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society

Lines profiled are Preston Maudland Viaduct to Blackpool Central via the Coast and Marton Line; Preston to Blackpool North and to Fleetwood.

Specific chapters include: And
there were none; Excursion Traffic;
Traffic Patterns; Last Levers on
the Fylde (Blackpool North No.2;
Carleton Crossing; Poulton No. 3;
Kirkham North; Salwick No. 2);
1890s Remodelling of Poulton;
Rationalisation & Resignalling
(Salwick No. 2; Salwick No. 1;
Constable Lane; Lea Road;
Ashton; Maudland Viaduct); Preston Control in the 1960s; The Shape of Fylde to come; Map and Gradient Profile of L&Y & LNWR lines on the Fylde; Signal Box opening hours; Signal box distances; Signal boxes on the Fylde - October 1914 and Staffing & Wage Grades - August 1913.

Manchester Victoria LYR Tile Map showing the Fylde lines