{"id":804,"date":"2021-08-30T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T18:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/?p=804"},"modified":"2021-08-30T19:15:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T18:15:40","slug":"the-orton-mere-signal-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/?p=804","title":{"rendered":"The Orton Mere Signal Box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few months ago we published pictures of the inside of Wansford Signal Box. So now it&#8217;s the turn of the Orton Mere Signal Box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I know it&#8217;s not very large, and I still remember when we had the allotment at the station a visitor asking me if it was a potting shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here are some internal shots of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-805\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image1-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image1-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image1.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption> The box that holds the Staff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-806\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The train register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-807\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4-rotated.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The signal leavers and instruments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-808\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5-rotated.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Signal leavers, instruments and diagram of signal layout at the station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictures \u00a9 Keith Parkinson. My thanks to Keith for taking and sending me the pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago we published pictures of the inside of Wansford Signal Box. So now it&#8217;s the turn of the Orton Mere Signal Box. Now I know it&#8217;s not very large, and I still remember when we had the allotment at the station a visitor asking me if it was a potting shed. So &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/?p=804\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Orton Mere Signal Box&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-along-the-line","category-history","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":809,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}