Mix Not engines  1970s-2003

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 Wansford signal box and Level crossing

 Wansford signal box and gates in 2005

Wansford signal box controls the level crossing gates over what was the A1 or as it was then known "The Great North Road". the signal box was built in 1907 by the London & North Western Railway. The signal box had 60 levers when built. Till 1959 when the A1 was made a dual carriageway every time the gates were closed to road traffic the A1 came to a stand still. That dual carriageway now goes over the Nene Valley railway at the other end of the Wansford station site on a bridge.

 Wansford signal box from the River Nene bridge.  

There are four gates on this level crossing next to Wansford station they are controlled by a wheel in the signal box. One wonders how long the queue of cars would be if the A1 still used this crossing and what the car and lorry drivers would say when shunting was taking place.

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