The latter days of Dunbridge signal box, Saturday, 15th January 1983. The box seems to have been formally closed on 17th October 1983, although the automatic half-barriers had replaced preceding signaler operated full width barriers on 14th November 1982.
Signal box, level crossing, and two month old half barriers.
This is actually the first picture I ever took at Dunbridge, 10th September 1982, the Friday evening after my first week at work. 33012 is passing with a train for Portsmouth. This picture demonstrates the full width barrier arrangement, which was replaced in November that year. The new crossing roadway has been installed, but not the anti-animal and trespass wooden slats. The present day signal SY1 was already installed on the platform, although I do not know where it was controlled from. 33012 is now preserved at the Swanage Railway, although currently receiving attention inside Eastleigh Works.
