Hendurnpike Signal Box
| Date | 17 March 2012 | ||
| Location | Hendurnpike, Tregarth | SH 61015 67626; 53.18750°N, 4.08153°W | |
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The 1801 horse tramway from Penrhyn Quarry to Port Penrhyn – later to become the Penrhyn Quarry Railway – crossed the 1803 Capel Curig turnpike road at Hendurnpike near Tregarth. The level crossing with its white painted gates was removed after the railway closed in the 1960s. Today all that remains to mark the spot is the little signal box.
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Hendurnpike Signal Box
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A lovely relic that sadly looks as if it needs a little TLC. Your second shot is really very picturesque, full of fascination for what has gone.
I pass that spot quite often and find it a little difficult to imagine what it must have been like. When I was taking those photos an older fellow out for a walk was telling me that he has a DVD at home showing a train going over the crossing there.
Looks like a great little place to explore. Did you peek into the window? I would have just to see what it looked like inside. I’m always curious as to what has been left behind.
Also, it looks like you have two different “time” photos. The first photo takes the small building and places it within today’s modern world of roads and pavement. The second photo is a look into the past. Very nice.
No, actually I didn’t. Although not obvious from these shots, the signal box is quite close to a house and is used as a garden shed so I didn’t like to intrude.
That makes sense. Still, it looks intriguing.
i’ve ridden my bike past this loads of times and thought it was quite a cool looking garden shed, i guess i didn’t twig that it may have been a signal box for the railway! Very cool