Historic London Underground Signal Box

For many years there was a signal box located in a small room off the westbound Central Line platform at London Liverpool Street Station. As a teenager I used to change trains here every day on my way to school, and as I walked along the platform to the escalators (if the door was open) I would pause for a few moments and watch the signalman operating the levers, knobs and dials. Much to my delight I would sometimes be invited in and given a quick 'tour' of how the system worked. The signalmen also made sure I did not stay too long and become late for school! Years later, and shortly before the line was resignalled and the box closed, I was fortunate to be able to shoot a little video. Hence this film, which nowadays will be of historic interest. Also heard (but not seen) are some 1962 stock trains - probably the most interesting sounds from an enthusiasts point of view will be after 7 minutes, where we hear the compressor, the doors closing, etc. *You may wish to pause the film to read all the captions.* By way of experimentation I made all the on-screen text in Central line orange. Possibly people will say that I should have stuck with white, and maybe I will with future videos. The image quality is 'so so', hopefully people will find it to be acceptable. Because my video players no longer work I had to connect the camcorder to the computer to digitise the film.