Halterworth crossing 1950's
Photo 2
Standard class 5 4-6-0 steam
loco heads towards Eastleigh with a
freight from Salisbury.
It has just passed Halterworth Crossing and is
parallel with Crampmoor
Bungalows - photographed passing an empty
building plot near No. 9.
Photo 3
Battle of Britain class
loco no 34086 - 219 Squadron passes the bottom
of No 5 Crampmoor Bungalows
just past Halterworth crossing with
a Salisbury - Eastleigh
freight - before the trees grew up & hid the railway.
Photo 4
We have Hampshire DEMU passing
Halterworth Crossing with a Romsey -
Eastleigh service. Caravans
in the foreground were at the back of Wells Garage
in Halterworth Lane .
Photo 5
Crompton type 3 ( class
33) waits at the down home signal at Halterworth
Crossing heading light engine
to Salisbury
Photo 6
Standard class 4 No 75075 heads past Halterworth with
a Salisbury -
Eastleigh freight . dated around 1964
Photo 7
BR standard class 5 No 73087
'Lynette" passes Halterworth Crossing
with a Portsmouth - Cardiff
cross country service, diverted via Eastleigh.
The mirror on the l/h side
was to see cars coming down the hill of Halterworth
lane & the hut on the
r/h side was the lamp room where the signal
lamps were serviced .
Photo 8
Halterworth crossing 1960's
?
Photo 9
During a rainstorm 4REP
unit No 3004 leads a diverted
Waterloo - Bournemouth /
Weymouth train past Halterworth signal box
during diversions from the
mainline.
Photo 10
An engineers train from
Eastleigh passes Halterworth box headed by a
Crompton type 3 diesel -
the crossing house to the right was occupied by
Bill Steele a porter at
Romsey station.
Photo 11
Hampshire Demu 1124 passes Halterworth Crossing en route
to Eastleigh
a few months before passenger service was withdrawn.
The signal WBV2
works in conjunction with WBW1 at Romsey signal box.
Photo 12
Hampshire DEMU 1128 passes Halterworth Crossing with
a service
from Eastleigh to Romsey
Photo 13
Hampshire 3 car DEMU passes
Halterworth's down home signal WBV2
with a service from Eastleigh
. Crampmoor Bungalows are situated behind
the train to the left .
Photo 14
Western hauled stone train
in the snow - Merehead to Fareham road stone
train heads towards Eastleigh
past Halterworth box - 1971. --& yes I had
permission to be there on
the track
Photo 15
Halterworth Crossing
taken from Romsey side looking east when it was
still 2 tracks.
Photo 16
Early 1970's
Photo 17
Looking west out of Halterworth
signal box finds a Crompton type 3 heading
towards Eastleigh. In the
background is the train register desk where
all train times & movements
are recorded.
Photo 18
Diversion weekend again
at Halterworth, we have a Weymouth-Waterloo
fast service (91) held at
the up home signal as it awaits clearance
onward to Eastleigh, as
a Waterloo-Bournemouth service (92) approaches
Romsey outer home signal
in the distance
Photo 19
Brush type 4 heads a returning excursion from the South
Coast to
South Wales on the down road past Halterworth signal
box. This was the
second to last train to use the down road , as it was
closed later that
Saturday night for singling
Photo 20
Brush type 4 - D1666 'Odin' passes Halterworth Crossing
with a return
excursion to the Western region & becomes the last
train to run over
the down line from Eastleigh to Romsey - later that
evening it was
closed & singling was started
Photo 21
Halterworth up home signal
- photo taken after the line was singled -
this was quite a high signal
as the lamp man had to climb the
ladder to the top to change
the paraffin lamp - every week. In
early days there was also
a duplicate at the down home -
same height, till replaced
by the electric signal .
Photo 22
Halterworth Signal Box:-
The block shelf & lever frame at Halterworth
Crossing - taken 1971. The
two instruments are Preece s 1 wire -
the L/H to Eastleigh &
the R/H to Romsey , yellow levers are distants &
red
home signals - the others
are gate levers & locks
Photo 23
Diversions again, this time
at Halterworth box, a Waterloo - Bournemouth
semi fast (92) passes the
box en-route from Eastleigh - Romsey & then
back via Redbridge to Southampton.
Seen from inside the box with the
gate wheel to the left,
frame on the right. This wheel manually controlled
the wooden gates & took
some effort to move. .
Photo 24
Taken in 1971 - shows the
block shelf at Halterworth signal box, simple up &
down
line with no points. The
black box in the centre allows the box to be shut out
of service. The bell push
on the left still says Chandlers Ford, but in fact went
to Eastleigh.
Photo 25
Halterworth Signal Box.
Another shot of the box in action , we have the
signals pulled off for a
down train from Eastleigh , gate stops, gate lock ,
down home & down distant
, if you look at the round signal indicators ,
one black , one white they
show the signals in the 'off 'or clear position .
Photo 26
The 92203 passing Halterworth
in April 1975
Photo 27
Diverted Weymouth Quay -
Waterloo, Channel Islands Boat train passes
Halterworth on a sunny Sunday
morning. It was diverted via Romsey
& Eastleigh due to engineering
works on the main line. Early 70 s
Photo 28
Here is the signaling diagram
from Halterworth signal box showing the
layout of the tracks &
signals. This is when it was double track , so taken
in 1970 or so
Photo 29
Halterworth Crossing 1973
There were diversions for a week or two as they
dug up the crossing as well
as putting in a new bridge over the stream.
The crossing box became
just a gate post, only opening the gates when
the warning buzzer went
off as the train approached - then it went to
fully
automatic & the box
was demolished.
Photo 30
Halterworth Crossing:-
Photo taken mid way through the conversion to
half barriers -1973 , Western
class loco heads to Eastleigh with a Merehead
to Fareham stone train.
Photo 31
The final day - the signal box at Halterworth is closed
- the nameplate has been
removed & the technicians are disconnecting the
circuits. Signalman
Ken Freemantle has just signed off duty & heading
home. The nameplate
was purchased from British Rail & now resides in
West Moors in good hands.
Photo 32
The brochure that was handed
out locally when the barriers were put in at
Halterworth inside it gave
readers an idea of what they are & how they worked
Photo 33
Halterworth signal diagram
after the line was singled - it was just to give train
positions , as here, we
have a train in the section from Eastleigh - the
diagram is lit up PA/PB/PC/PD
- The old instruments were taken out - it was
basically a gate post .
- 1973 before it went automatic & the box closed
.
