View of Dyce signal box, built in 1880 for the 
Great North of Scotland Railway. Dyce, about 6 miles 
north east of Aberdeen, was once an important junction 
but is now just a passing loop.  Dyce is surprisingly 
busy: quite a few trains from Edinburgh and Glasgow reverse here, 
as well as trains passing through on their way to/from Inverness.  
The signal box was refurbished, repainted and reroofed a couple of years ago. 
The upper-quadrant semaphore signals were installed 
around 1970.  The left-hand signal is "off" to allow
an Aberdeen-bound train to depart. 

20 August 2005

Photo by Bill Harrison (bill.harrison@dsl.pipex.com)