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Topic: Call To Save Church Stretton Signal Box (Read 2185 times)
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Lee
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Campaigners are trying to save a railway signal box from demolition (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7210215.stmNetwork Rail said the box was surplus to requirements and would be knocked down. It is believed the box, in Church Stretton, dates back to 1870. But railway enthusiasts think it can be restored and become a tourist attraction and a place for the local model railway group to meet. |
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Graham Ellis
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Church Stretton used to be a significant place in railway terms, at the end of the climb from Shrewsbury on the borders line heading south, as the line passed through a valley there between the Long Mynd on one side and hill that rose to the Wrekin on the other. These days there's no need for trains to stop and take water or drop off banking locos, so it's "just" an intertmediate station - Shrewsbury to the north and Craven Arms to the South being much more significant in railway terms.
20 years back, I was part of a company with offices in Bristol and Church Stretton (and nowhere else!) and was up that way quite ofern!
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