The Southern Region illuminated diagram at Gillingham. The basic crossing loop came into operation on 02 April 1967, the Shell Star Siding added on 12 January 1969 and finally on the 29 February 1976 the Engineers Siding G.F was brought into use. 17 August 2009.

Gillingham box working Tokenless Block with Salisbury and Templecombe. The box can be switched out of circuit, the single line section then lengthened to Templecombe from Wilton Junction. Templecombe also has the facility to switch out effectively creating an incredibly long single line section from Wilton Junction to Yeovil Junction, a distance of some 36 miles with one passing point at Tisbury. 17 August 2009.

The 30 lever Westinghouse A3 frame at Gillingham (Dorset). 17 August 2009.

Opened on 15 May 1938 is this Southern Railway Type 13 box at Templecombe measuring 31' x 12' and elevated 9' with an overall length of 54' including relay room. Templecombe has had a chequered history but the signalbox has remained now serving a dual purpose as a ticket office as well as a signalbox. 29 September 2008.

The blockshelf and illuminated diagram in Templecombe box. Three Tokenless Block instruments cn be seen on the shelf below the diagram, to the right the Gillingham instrument, centre is to Yeovil Junction along the down main and to the right the up reversible to Yeovil Junction. The present layout was introduced on 02 April 1967 as part of the singling of the route. 29 September 2009.

Looking quite spruce is the 16 lever Westinghouse A2 frame, block shelf and diagram at Templecombe. 29 September 2009.

Originally opened with a 60 lever Westinghouse A2 frame Templecombe has seen significant rationalisation over the years, so much so the frame was reduced to just 16 levers in the 1960's. 29 September 2008.

One of the Tokenless Block instruments in Templecombe signalbox, this is for the 'Up Reversible' to Yeovil Junction. 29 September 2008.

Opened in 1909 as part of a remodelling scheme the LSWR Type 4A box at Yeovil Junction is still in use with Network Rail a century later. 08 August 2009.

A rear view of Yeovil Junction box, the signalmen having an excellent all round view of the area they control. 08 September 2009.

The impressive signalbox at Yeovil Junction, like other locations on the line the Western Region influence still remains such as the 'three plus two' design of the windows, a classic feature of all (G)WR boxes. 08 September 2009.

Typical of most LSWR signalling schemes Yeovil Junction was no exception being fitted with a Stevens frame of 60 levers in total. Today the former LSWR box looks more like a Western Region box with a 45 lever 5-Bar VT frame and all the other fittings of Western Region standard. 08 September 2009.

Yeovil Junction signalbox. Under the original Western Region scheme to single the line from Salisbury to Exeter the single line was from Sherborne to Chard Junction, this being introduced from 07 May 1967. However this section of single line was short lived following an incident at Sherborne with an overnight down paper train and from 10 October 1967 the down line was re-instated at Sherborne through to Yeovil Junction, however Yeovil Junction was still to only have a single through platform face until 26 March 1973 when the now 'Up Passenger Loop' was introduced, this previously being used as a bay platform from Yeovil Pen Mill. 08 September 2009.

Yeovil Junction signalbox interior. The layout and signalling here has seen many changes and alterations over the years, the box even being temporarily closed on 10 September 1967 to allow the new 5-Bar VT frame to be fitted, the box being re-opened on 01 October 1967. The present layout and signalling arrangements were brought into use on 26 March 1975 with minor alterations two years later when the connection into the down sidings was altered. 08 September 2009.

The neat interior of Yeovil Junction box. 08 September 2009.

The Western Region style illuminated diagram in Yeovil Junction signalbox. This layout was introduced from 12 December 1977. 08 September 2009.

The branch from Yeovil Junction to Yeovil South Junction was formerly double track. However with the abolition of Yeovil South Junction and singalling of the line from Yeovil Junction now to Yeovil Pen Mill this Electric Key Token (EKT) instrument was brought into use on 26 May 1968. 08 September 2009.

The block bell in Yeovil Junction to Yeovil Pen Mill. 08 September 2009.

Chard Junction signalbox. The panel here was introduced from 11 December 1982 when this new box opened to replace the 1875 built LSWR Type 1 box which closed on 11 September 1982. 17 August 2009.

Chard Junction signalbox and adjacent crossing. 15 November 2009.

Chard Junction panel, the white paper overlay shows the points for the new loop at Axminster. These are installed but clipped and padlocked out of use pending full commissioning in the first week of December when they will be controlled from the new panel at Chard. 15 November 2009.

The small panel at Chard Junction in the twilight of its working life. Less than two weeks left before replacement with a new and larger panel that will also control the loop at Axminster and monitor the crossing at Axminster by CCTV. 15 November 2009.

The panel at Chard Junction. During November 2009 this is due for complete replacement with a new NX panel as part of the new Axminster Loop which will be controlled from here. 17 August 2009.

Part of the small panel at Chard Junction showing the Yeovil end of the panel. 17 August 2009.