The Film Archive of Railway Signalling & People

Marston Moor

Marston Moor, famous in the annals of England's civil war, boasted a grade 2 listed signal box with a lever frame dating from 1873.

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Video Credits

Filmed by:	George Duncan & Richard Pulleyn
Filmed on:	Tuesday 5 May 2015
Narrator:	Phil Graham and Richard Pulleyn
Crossing Keeper:	Alex Osborne
Local Operations Manager:	Jon Derrick
Video Editor:	George Duncan

Key Chronology

1848	Line opened by East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway.
1852	East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway become part of the York and North Midland Railway.
1854	York and North Midland Railway become part of the newly created North Eastern Railway.
1972	Hammerton to Poppleton singled.

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