Signal Boxes (1953)

Harrow and Ealing, London.

L/S of Harrow tube station (overground) with a train passing through.

Signal man Arthur Toy is seen at work in old-fashioned South Harrow signal box, using the old-style signal levers and using a telephone.

We then see the new, modern signal box at Ealing Broadway with an electric counsel board. Robert Geary sits at the desk and presses buttons. Lights flash as the tube trains move. He makes notes on a pad and speaks into a microphone. Other men at work in the signal and wiring rooms.

Stationmaster William Neill takes over from Robert who checks a roll of paper in a machine then picks up the kettle for a cup of tea.

Note: extensive notes, correspondence and news cutting on file.
FILM ID:1317.07

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