The railway signal box at New Mills South has been supported by scaffolding for a couple of years, due to subsidence.
A couple of months of restoration work are now complete - underpinning, new drains and septic tank.
In a few months from now, the scarred earth around it will have greened up again, leaving little trace.

Great shot Mr. B.    Will be nice when mother nature reclaims the scarred earth and turns it green once again.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 09:16
Great shot Mr. B.    Will be nice when mother nature reclaims the scarred earth and turns it green once again.

I got some bo-nus footage whilst I was flying around the box.
One for @Montfrooij to watch later when I post it   

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 09:27
I got some bo-nus footage whilst I was flying around the box.
One for @Montfrooij to watch later when I post it

You got to love when you can pick up some bo-nus footage during an outing.  I'll keep an eye out for your posting.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 09:43
You got to love when you can pick up some bo-nus footage during an outing.  I'll keep an eye out for your posting.

Another glitch in the software scanning for offensive language.
Apparently B0nus is vulgar

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 09:46
Another glitch in the software scanning for offensive language.
Apparently B0nus is vulgar

     I think the setting is on "very strict" vice "moderate".  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 10:04
I think the setting is on "very strict" vice "moderate".

Video is posted now - I hope Peter sees it

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 09:27
I got some bo-nus footage whilst I was flying around the box.
One for @Montfrooij to watch later when I post it

That sounds good

Nice capture. Is there still staff in there?

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 10:36
That sounds good

Seek and you shall find

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 10:36
Nice capture. Is there still staff in there?

Yes it's still manned - they all are.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 10:40
Yes it's still manned - they all are.

Oh wow. We have abandoned these a long time ago.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 10:40
Seek and you shall find

I think you already mentioned me

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 10:48
Oh wow. We have abandoned these a long time ago.

I guess there are some around the country that are automated by now, but all three around here are manned.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 10:48
I think you already mentioned me

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 10:31
Video is posted now - I hope Peter sees it

Dang, Peter was all over that 17 minutes after you posted it.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 11:21
Dang, Peter was all over that 17 minutes after you posted it.

He can't resist anything train-related

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 11:28
He can't resist anything train-related

Well you fed his appetite for trains, at least for today anyway.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 11:36
Well you fed his appetite for trains, at least for today anyway.

It would seem so

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 11:21
Dang, Peter was all over that 17 minutes after you posted it.

That was a coincidence.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 11:28
He can't resist anything train-related

Being online helped too.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 11:36
Well you fed his appetite for trains, at least for today anyway.

I'd love to see some from over your place.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 11:00
I guess there are some around the country that are automated by now, but all three around here are manned.

We have some modern ones, but they are clustered and replace a lot of the old ones.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 11:42
It would seem so

Have you seen this video? FPV vs Train?

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 11:47
That was a coincidence.

You just had great timing, a little luck and perhaps a bit of a coincidence.  

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 11:47
Being online helped too.

It's like a magnet to you, isn't it

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 11:48
We have some modern ones, but they are clustered and replace a lot of the old ones.

I think the electrified lines are the ones with automated boxes.
The lines through here are all diesel.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 11:54
Have you seen this video? FPV vs Train?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fIzfQJhj86Q

Not that particular one. But I saw one a while ago where the guy actually flew THROUGH open box cars as the train was hurtling along. Astonishing acrobatics.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 11:57
I think the electrified lines are the ones with automated boxes.
The lines through here are all diesel.

We have central control everywhere.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 11:56
It's like a magnet to you, isn't it

Hahahahahahahahahaha. 100%

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 11:47
I'd love to see some from over your place.

I don't live anywhere near a train track but I guess I could try and check the schedule and see when they run.  Closest place would be about 55 miles away.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 11:55
You just had great timing, a little luck and perhaps a bit of a coincidence.

All at once

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 12:02
Not that particular one. But I saw one a while ago where the guy actually flew THROUGH open box cars as the train was hurtling along. Astonishing acrobatics.

Wow, he must have been a master pilot to pull that off.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 12:04
I don't live anywhere near a train track but I guess I could try and check the schedule and see when they run.  Closest place would be about 55 miles away.

From what I have seen (and experienced) there is still a lot of good freight trains around there (ok, that is a big big big country, so big chance not where you live).
Which area do you live in?

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 12:05
Wow, he must have been a master pilot to pull that off.

This was it.....

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 12:04
All at once

And maybe a rabbit's foot in your pocket or did you rind a 4 leaf clover recently.  

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 12:06
From what I have seen (and experienced) there is still a lot of good freight trains around there (ok, that is a big big big country, so big chance not where you live).
Which area do you live in?

Southern Florida near the Everglades.  Trains don't run through or near the Everglades.  Probably think they sink or never return.  The Everglades have a somewhat Bermuda Triangle mystique about them.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 12:12
And maybe a rabbit's foot in your pocket or did you rind a 4 leaf clover recently.

Not at all.
It's just my big nose for trains I guess.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 12:14
Southern Florida near the Everglades.  Trains don't run through or near the Everglades.  Probably think they sink or never return.  The Everglades have a somewhat Bermuda Triangle mystique about them.

Oh I see.
This must have been a nice site once.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25. ... 84!8i8192?entry=ttu

So was this
https://www.google.com/maps/@25. ... 84!8i8192?entry=ttu

Seems they stopped using rail around 2019 here
https://www.google.com/maps/@25. ... 84!8i8192?entry=ttu

However, this site seems to be in use.
https://www.google.com/maps/sear ... =!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

And this one too
https://www.google.com/maps/sear ... =!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

But a lot was removed already. Too bad.
Not even sure if this is anywhere near you.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-14 12:11
This was it.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQDcDZ6rmGE

OMG, that was some epic, exhilarating and crazy flying.  I loved it when the train's engineer peekd out and saw the drone and then shut his window.  Flying under the train was spectacular.  That's is one of the longest trains I've seen.  No doubt he used up a whole battery on that flight.