Craig91 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 22:27
traffic-light-man wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 18:33
MotorwayGuy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:19That whole junction is somewhat of a relic from the past.
That was the site of the penultimate set of 'Tin' signals to be removed from service at the end of the '90s and the Mellors replaced them almost like-for-like.
I didn’t know that - I just thought the junction at Yewtree Road was the last Tin signals. Are there photographs anywhere?
Yes, Yewtree was the last set, removed in 2001 and replaced with Microsense MSH signals. Unlike Woolton Road, there were a few more changes made there, they gained some indicative arrows and there were some additional poles and lanterns installed.
They were likely to have been some of the last Tins to be installed, too, as they featured plastic lenses and no "STOP" lettering on the red lenses, though they were otherwise wearing the standard '60s attire.
By the time they were removed, the pedestrian equipment and poles for those had already been replaced with Mellors, as had the lanterns and poles for the southbound approach.
There were some great slide photographs kicking around that SABRE member A303Paul (IIRC) uploaded, having photographed them in the '90s before the aforementioned Mellors went in, along with the last surviving set of SGEs on Rewley Road in Oxford. Looking at the member list, they're no longer a member and the gallery where the photos were is unfortunately empty.