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Oakham Level Crossing signal box

The Midland Railway signal box at Oakham in Rutland achieved fame as the prototype for the Airfix plastic kit, now made by Dapol (catalogue no.C006). On 22 August 1999 I happened to be passing through Oakham, and I stopped off to take some photos of the signal box. Jim Filby has kindly supplied some photos of the interior, taken in 2004.

Built in 1899 to Midland Railway design 2b, the box is now a Grade II listed building.

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[front view]
[Dapol model kit]
The June 2001 issue of Railway Modeller magazine had an article on detailing the Airfix/Dapol 4mm/ft scale kit to resemble the real box more closely. (Model photo "borrowed" from the Dapol website).
[right hand end view] [back view] [left hand end view]

Inside

Some interior photos by Jim Filby, 2004.

[Inside view] [Inside view] [Inside view]

Church

The Airfix/Dapol village church kit (Dapol catalogue no.C029) is based on the Old Church at Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight. I'd be interested to know the locations of the prototypes (if any) which the other building kits were based on. Is the windmill based on a real one?

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