signal box

NOUN
  1. a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains
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How To Use signal box In A Sentence

  • Signalmen, more used to manhandling the heavy levers of Victorian signal boxes, have begun controlling one of the area's busiest junctions with the click of a mouse.
  • A typical branch line country station complete with signal box has been created.
  • A typical branch line country station complete with signal box has been created.
  • A typical branch line country station complete with signal box has been created.
  • He walked along Platform 2 and noticed smoke coming from the signal box.
  • Despite this I was pleased to see that Armitt is emphasising the need to repair bridges, viaducts, embankments and signal boxes rather than glamorous projects like the West Coast Route Modernisation.
  • You could see the local signal box with the signalman busy in it.
  • Terror gripped the two men as they ran as fast as they could away from the ghostly train towards Elsham signal box.
  • With the modernisation of the railway system, Brooke End signal box was abandoned, its structure left to stand forlorn.
  • There were calls for cab radios to link train drivers and signal boxes.
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