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'Culgaith Signal Box and Crossing'

Location : Culgaith / Temple Sowerby
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 610292

Culgaith Signal Box and Crossing. Pic F99P7.
The recently painted Signal box.

Culgaith level crossing and signal box is at the southern end of the closed railway station. The signal box is a Midland Railway type 4a design, built in 1908, and controls the first level crossing on the line heading northwards - the only other level crossing is at Low House.

Culgaith Station (closed).
Culgaith Station (closed)

Culgaith Station, closed in 1970, is the only station on the Settle-Carlisle Railway with non-standard buildings, possibly because it was opened four years after the other stations in 1880. It is now a private residence. The station master had a small cottage rather than the normal substantial house.

Steam Special leaving Culgaith tunnel.
Steam Special leaving Culgaith tunnel.

Culgaith crossing - Steam Special 25 June 2005.
Steam Special 25 June 2005.

Photos by Simon Ledingham.


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