The Film Archive of Railway Signalling & People
Liverpool Lime Street
Liverpool Lime Street signal box contained the last Westinghouse “L” type miniature lever frame in use on Network Rail's London North Western Route.
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Video Credits
| Filmed by: | Richard Pulleyn |
| Filmed on: | Tuesday 12 August 2014 |
| Narrator: | Richard Pulleyn |
| Signallers: | Tony Prince and Nathan Dopreece |
| Mobile Operations Manager: | Allan Lewis |
| Operations Manager, Sandhill: | Paul Owen |
| Video Editor: | George Duncan |
Key Chronology
| August 1836 | Station and line from Edge Hill opened by Liverpool & Manchester Railway replacing the original terminus at Crown Street. |
| 8 August 1845 | Liverpool & Manchester Railway became part of the Grand Junction Railway. |
| 16 July 1846 | Grand Junction Railway became part of the newly formed London & North Western Railway. |
| 25 January 1948 | Present Liverpool Lime Street signal box opened. London Midland & Scottish Railway Air Raid Precautions (ARP) type 13 design replacing the previous Lime Street signal box. |
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