Above picture courtesy of Chris Booth.
West Burton signalbox was opened on the 11th of October 1964 to coincide with the building of the Retford dive-under and the upgrade of Thrumpton signalbox from lever frame to NX (electric switches) panel.
At the time of opening, the signalbox was controlling trains to Clarborough Jn signalbox, until the 12th of November 1967, when Clarborough Jn signalbox was abolished.
It controlled the signalling from Freemans Lane LC area to just short of Gainsborough Trent Jn and also the signalling inside the power station.
The signalbox was closed on the 20th of September 2013 following resignalling which saw control transferred to Thrumpton signalbox in Retford. The new 'main line' signals are prefixed 'TN' and the signals inside the power station still retain their old 'WB' prefix.
