Barnham Signal Box moves to new home

Sunday 6th December 2009 and a event that hardly anyone could have foreseen!
A railway signal box flying high about the train tracks!

But its true, the very nearly 100 year old signal box that had been controlling train movements in the Barnham area of West Sussex UK was lifted from its position by a giant crane and taken by road to a new site nearby where it will be refurbished and live on in preservation.
Probably the biggest signal box to be moved whole in the UK!

This video condenses the many hours of work into 10mins.

(The annoying double takes and skip backs in the video are the result of the video software I have been using being really crap!)

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[easta007]

the signal box was burned down a few days ago :(

[mikesndbs]

@easta007 So I heard, not seen any news on it yet but what a great shame after all the effort!

[AndyDeiu]

Loool awesome 5 stars!!!!!

[mikesndbs]

Thanks very much :-)

[mikesndbs]

Thanks everyone, this video is doing really well this week too!

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[airfoxtrot2006]

Hi Mike, my friends who work at Barnham Station also said your video was pretty cool too thats good isnt it.

[mikesndbs]

Hi, yes very cool, but then they are a good bunch anyway :-)

[brucesterman]

fell in love with this box doing the PC Rail simulations. glad it's been preserved.

[AndyDeiu]

It's awesome because in romania you can't see a house on a road train and it's something coool

[mikesndbs]

Hi, I think you are referring to the Bognor Model Railway club chaps?