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Offord signal box and Offord 2010
 
Offord signal box
 
Offord Signal box (black & White photo)
 
Offord signal box was next to the level crossing at Offord on the ECML . This signal box  and gates were at the site of Offord & Buckden station which had closed on the 2nd february 1959.
 
Offord Signal box rear
 
Offord Signal box from the rear (black & White photo)
 
Offord signal box closed on 25th July in 1976 when the Peterborough power box took over this part of the ECML. Offord signal box was replaced by the brick gate box below
 
The New Offord gate box that replced the old signal box
 
This gate box is like the ones at Everton and Holme and others along the ECML built around this time
 
Offord
 
Offord is on the ECML between St Neots Huntingdon stations there is just a level crossing here now (2016) and a gate box.
 
Offord signal box and gates were at the site of Offord & Buckden station which had closed on the 2nd February 1959.
 
Offord signal box closed on 25th july 1976 when Peterborough power box took over this part of the ECML  The signals were all changed, with new colour lights replacing the old signals and of course the overhead wires were later put in.
 
East Coast up train at Offord
 
East Coast up train at Offord level crossing on the 22nd of April in 2010
 
Frist GBRf class 66707 at Offord
 
Frist GBRf class 66707 on the down slow line at Offord on the 22nd of April 2010
 
Grand Central class 180 at Offord
 
Grand Central class 180 just to the north of Offord
 
Next signal box north on the ECML is Huntingdon No1
 
 
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