I detailed the events on the day the signal box at Beighton Station was demolished in this post here: The end of an era. At that point I’d not developed the roll of film that I shot when recording the event. So, today, here are the pictures from the weekend of the demolition, plus a photo made a week or so later showing how it now looks.
On the day before the demolition took place, fencing was erected around the area and the road had been closed to all but foot traffic and bicycles.
There were a considerable number of contractors around, all in bright orange hi-vis clothing. Some from Network Rail, but also from a number of other companies involved in the work.
The following day, Sunday 15 March, the mesh fencing had been replaced by something more sturdy. As the work took several days to complete, these small cubicles were placed at either side of the tracks, presumably as shelter for overnight workers or security guards.
A truck delivers the large metal skip into which the remains of the signal box would be loaded.
Still intact, but only for a few seconds longer…
Spectators and workers gather to see the event unfold.
The demolition begins.
Some people moved down the side of the signal box to get a better view.
The roof has gone completely.
The claw does its work.
The upper section has almost gone now.
Still sheathed in plastic, the new warning signs await their work to begin.
The upper part of the signal box has now gone completely. Work continued to remove the brick lower section and remove the frame from the building, but I didn’t stay to photograph that.
And here’s how it looks now that work has been concluded. No signal box any more. There is apparently a radar-controlled system now in place to detect anyone on the crossing. The barriers cannot lower until it is clear.
Nice progression of frames, here! Upon further thinking, the former Beighton Station signal box reminds me an awful lot of Bill Peet’s story The Caboose Who Got Loose, in which I think there’s a signal box that figures prominently in that story and makes a caboose realize how lucky it is to be going everywhere, leading such a life of adventure.
Steel City Snapper photography 
That’s sad. That was a beautiful building.
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Nice progression of frames, here! Upon further thinking, the former Beighton Station signal box reminds me an awful lot of Bill Peet’s story The Caboose Who Got Loose, in which I think there’s a signal box that figures prominently in that story and makes a caboose realize how lucky it is to be going everywhere, leading such a life of adventure.
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