Move that box!

Not an instruction from Mrs. Woody to tidy up my junk may come in handy someday items but a passing visit through the village of Lowdham in Nottinghamshire. Lowdham does have a railway station which is served by the Nottingham to Lincoln line. 

Although a small station it does have some history including an incident in 1953 when a train blocked the level crossing for 1 hour and 45 minutes as the driver and fireman had 'words'! The Lowdaham bypass for road traffic was something which came much later so the incident did cause a lot of problems for passengers and highway users. Luckily no such incident took place on my visit as this class 170 Diesel Multiple Unit stopped on its journey to Lincoln.

Lowdham Station does have another distinction. Following a major resignalling programme the signal box at Lowdham, which was located on the other side of the road to the station, became redundant in 2016. A fate like this usually results in demolition but in this case a local group of enthusiasts managed to do what ever necessary to be able with volunteers to dismantle the box and move it across to its new site on the platform of the station and the work was completed in 2020. 

It is now a museum where you can experience what it was like to operate a signal box as all the levers are in place along with other railway related relics. Information on opening times are located here. Why not have a look a that moved box this year!