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Documents and images from the trust archives.

St Albans Railway Workers in the Great War - document
This document provides the background to the memorial plaque for railway workers at the signal box
A Chronological History concerning the 1892 St Albans South box
Compiled from various sources by members of the Signalling Record Society and by John Webb, Trustee, from Midland Railway records held at the National Railway Museum, York and from other sources. Edition 3 published in January 2023
St Albans Railway Workers in the Great War - plaque image
This document is the high resolution image used to produce the memorial plaque at the Signal Box.
History of Railways in St Albans Poster - images
This a printable version of the history poster at low resolution. Note that the full high resolutiom versions of the 6 original image files (as jpg files) are stored in its resources. These files must be stitched together to creat the master image for printing. (In this form they are too large for use in Paint Shop and hence are kept in 6 smaller files)
History of Railways in St Albans Poster - text and pictures
This is an HTML version of the poster that is linked to the QR code printed on the poster displayed in St Albans Station in the waiting area on Platform 1. (For the QR code to work, the web address of this file should not be changed).
Rail Chair collection
Covid Closure Notice 2020
Historical record of the closure of the signal box to visitors in 2020