Stepping into the signal box, the interior remains largely unchanged and transports you back to the 19th Century heyday of the railways. Despite now being electrified, giant multicoloured levers ...

But a trip to Downpatrick brought him back to his youth, to officially open the restored junction box and to pull the levers once again.

Liverpool Lime Street Signal Box, one of one two miniature lever frame boxes still operational on the National Network. (Image: Richard Tuplin/Railway Herald Magazine 2017) ...

The three-storey-high box is just a mile from the seafront on the English Riviera. The top floor still has the signal levers in place, although they no longer work.

A Grade II listed former railway signal box in Torquay is back on the market, and being auctioned for sale with a guide price of £54,000. The unique three floor, rectangular brick and glass ...

A grade-II listed Victorian railway signal box, complete with planning permission, is going on sale at auction.

The job also remains largely physical, from pulling levers controlling the signals and the points switching trains between tracks to the constant adjustment of the tension in the signal wires.

A signal box which stood the tests of time and war is still serving passengers 120 years on.

A disused Victorian railway signal on a Devon station platform sold at auction for more than £11k above its asking price. The imposing Grade II listed, three floor, rectangular brick and glass ...

With help from Marleston TAFE students and a handful of volunteers, the replica signal box is complete with working levers, telephones and fresh paint. Former Mitcham mayor Ivan Brooks, 72, has ...

A staffed railway signal box that has controlled traffic – and lives– since 1917 closes on January 2 when the Gardiner rail crossing is removed.