As far as I was aware, most - if not all - semaphores on Network Rail lines are now electrically lit. However, on a recent visit to the Wherry lines, I noticed that the up platform starter at Somerleyton (and apologies if this nomenclature is wrong) has an original LNER lamp case behind the spectacle plate - see image. Now, it could be that this case contains an electric lamp, but given that standard electric lamps are in almost universal use elsewhere, why would anyone bother to carry out such a conversion? There does appear to be an electric cable going into the case, but this could presumably be for the lamp repeater in the box.
Can anyone with local knowledge shed any light (no pun intended) - is this signal still oil-lit, as it appears to be?
Colin
Can anyone with local knowledge shed any light (no pun intended) - is this signal still oil-lit, as it appears to be?
Colin