Aberthaw Signal Box, East Aberthaw - a photo on Flickriver

Aberthaw Signal Box stands on the platform of the demolished Aberthaw High Level Station (nprn 41424) about 100m to the west of Station Terrace in East Aberthaw. The signal box was opened in 1897 as a part of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway from Barry to Bridgend, incorporated into the Great Western Railway at the 1923 Grouping.

The structure is a Barry Railway Type 2 signal box, a type individual to the Vale of Glamorgan Railway, and now one of only two of its kind surviving and in use (the other example is the Operators Cabin of 1889 at the Sliding Bridge, Barry Docks). The box still controls the junctions and sidings for Aberthaw Cement Works (nprn 40673) and Aberthaw Power Station (nprn 269878), although not all the levers are in current use. The brick-built ground floor locking room has three arched windows with glazing bars while the timber-framed operating floor above is glazed in four bays with small panes over larger ones. There is a door to the locking room and timber stairs to a gabled first-floor porch on the southern gable. The pitched roof is slated and has plain bargeboards and spike finials.

The interior contains an NX panel and Great Western Railway lever frame of fifty-three levers, with vertical-tappet interlocking, which was installed in 1962 and is a unique design for the Vale of Glamorgan Railway. (correction from P. Kay indicates that the box contains an IFS (Individual Function Switch) panel).

2 x HDR shots merged into one (Original (12265 × 3912px)

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Taken on: August 10, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS 2000D, f/8.0, 1/80 sec, 24mm (=25mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 2000D
Lens:	EF-S24mm f/2.8 STM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	24mm (35mm equivalent: 25mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Partial
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