Where was this signal box?

Overseer

Western Thunderer
I came across this image online and thought somebody might recognise the style of signal box or the location. My first thought was Midland Railway but that is only based on the style of the window frames. The bell bracket looks distinctive. It must have been take the kids to work day.

signal box where.jpg

Any ideas.
 

Martin Shaw

Western Thunderer
I would venture to suggest not Midland, the glazing below the sashes is unusual and the solid door points against it as well, however if I am completely wrong, it would be very early. The nearest wagon looks to have dumb buffers and split spoke wheels, but I've just noticed the end of the lever pull board behind the frame, possibly NER, I'll have a look at books tomorrow.
Regards
Martin
 

Overseer

Western Thunderer
This photo can be found on www.alamy.com under a heading which suggests that the signal box is of L&YR origin.
Interesting that people can sell things they don't actually own. However, the same contributor of a version of the image has a photo of Padiham signal box with a similar bell bracket on Alamy so it looks likely that the box is on the Lancashire & Yorkshire. There are likely to be multiple copies of the image in collections as it was a large format 'lantern' slide which were commonly duplicated in sets to be publicly shown in the pre movie and TV days.
 

Obblygobbly

Western Thunderer
The rounded top corners to the windows are typical of some Saxby & Farmer boxes. The Midland equivalents were straight, rather than curved.
 

Wagonman

Western Thunderer
The lower lights are indeed typical of L&YR boxes, especially those supplied by the Railway Signal Co of Fazackerley who had bought the design from the Gloucester Wagon Co! Many of the early signal boxes on the MSWJR were supplied by Gloucester, not that I'm suggesting this is one of them. I'd go for L&YR like Graham says.
 
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