5041 1950s Hatton
Landore’s No.5041 Tiverton Castle roars through Hatton heading for Birmingham Snow Hill in the mid-1950s. The signals seen above are, on the left the up home starter whilst on the right is a bracket signal with two arms controlling access from the branch platform either on to the up main line for Warwick (the left hand signal) or onto the down goods line (the right hand signal). In the distance next to the small hut is a single post carrying three signal arms. These control access from the down goods loop as follows: the top arm is for the siding on the extreme right, the middle arm for accessing the branch platform and the bottom arm for passage onto the down main line. Prior to 1937 the original Hatton South Signal Box was located near to this signal. In the background are more signals controlling the down refuge siding and goods loop line that extended all the way from Budbrook.