The Last Midland Railway Signal

Two railway tracks curve through a lush green forest with a Midland Railway lower quadrant signal.

At 22:56 on Thursday 12th March 2026, the last surviving  Midland Railway signal on the national network (by an incredibly long margin), Ketton Down Starter – No.14 – was finally abolished. While a few miniature arm MR yard signals survived into the 1980s and 90s, few if any main line signals did so – other […]