Back to Peak Forest


GBRf 66783 “The Flying Dustman” at Peak Forest with 4H73 from Washwood Heath to Tunstead

Little more than two months after my last visit (27 August 2024) I am tempted to pay a return to marvellously photogenic Peak Forest South after being contacted by the signaller who had been on duty that day, who kindly invites me to return and pay a visit to the signal box itself.

Peak Forest South Signal Box is a delightfully preserved and recently overhauled box that will be celebrating its centenary in 2025. It is one of only two mechanical signal boxes I can name in this country, Crag Hall on Teesside being the other, which control nothing but freight traffic.

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