Watch history as the last steam train signalled by Haslemere signal box pulls into the station

Watch Watch history as the last steam train signalled by Haslemere signal box pulls into the station - Tindle News on Dailymotion

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00:00It's a wonderful signal box. We want to protect and keep the heritage of this box which was

00:15actually built in 1895. So although this will be the last steam train it signals through Hazemere,

00:20it will not be the last steam train it sees through Hazemere. In October we're going to

00:25take over the box and operate it as a working museum. It will be open to the public to come

00:29and see how the railway was signalled from 1895 until this date etc. And of course when

00:36this is decommissioned then signalling is going over into Basingstoke, into the rock. So it's

00:42not just a signal box we've taken over, we've taken over the surrounding land and we're actually

00:46placing it in a memorial garden and this is a picture of the signal box as it will look

00:50because the entrance of the signal box when we take it over will be at the back of the box it is now.

00:59So we're out of the box.

01:02So let it go, I think I'm going to go back to this point.

01:06Where are you?

01:08It's a delight, it really is an honour to be part of this fantastic piece of history.

01:16It's a delight, it really is an honour to be part of this fantastic piece of history and to get to

01:23take part and to cherish that for your memories going forward as I take that into my career. It's fantastic.

01:29I'm very, very, very proud.

01:30It's a delight, it really is an honour to be part of this fantastic piece of history and to get to

01:40take part and to cherish that for your memories going forward as I take that into my career. It's

01:44fantastic. Very, very proud.

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