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Ten historic English railway signal boxes: Severn Bridge Junction and Crewe Junction in Shrewsbury, relocated Exeter West at Crewe Heritage Centre, St Albans South, Oakham in Rutland, Settle Station, Garsdale, Blue Anchor, Wymondham South Junction and Princes Risborough North. An architectural selection, not a worldwide age or size ranking. Crewe Junction in Shrewsbury is not a box in the town of Crewe; Settle Station is not Settle Junction. Exeter West was built in Exeter and later moved to Crewe. Oakham is in Rutland despite an inaccurate location in the original photograph description. These are real buildings, not scale models or isolated lever frames. Garsdale appears in June2024, Wymondham in2008 and Princes Risborough in April2015. Archival photographs do not establish current operation, condition or unrestricted visitor access. Construction and opening dates may differ; disputed exact Severn Bridge and Oakham dates are avoided in narration. Authors and licenses are listed below. Severn Bridge Junction: The original uploader was Dpaajones at English Wikipedia .; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SevernBridgeJunction06.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Crewe Junction: Tim Marshall; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crewe_Junction_Signal_Box%2C_Shrewsbury_-_geograph.org.uk_-_962806.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Exeter West: Roger Cornfoot; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exeter_West_Signal_Box_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5488164.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. St Albans South: John Webb; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Albans_South_signal_box_geograph_2537493_by_John_Webb.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Oakham: Geof Sheppard; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018_at_Oakham_station_-_signal_box.JPG; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Settle Station: Rosser1954; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Settle_FoSCL_signalbox.JPG; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Garsdale: John Lucas; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garsdale_signal_box_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7798975.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Blue Anchor: Steve Daniels; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Anchor_Signal_Box_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2436401.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Wymondham South Junction: Ashley Dace; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wymondham_South_Junction_Signal_Box_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1920276.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Princes Risborough North: Geof Sheppard; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015_at_Princes_Risborough_station_-_North_Signal_Box.JPG; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.