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Refurb of world’s largest working mechanical signal box completes
25 May 2021 | 4 min read
The largest working mechanical signal box in the world has just had its biggest refurbishment in more than a decade….
![Newly laid track](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/520-metres-of-new-track-at-Llangennech.jpg)
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Why the end of the gauge war didn’t standardise Britain’s railway
20 May 2021 | 7 min read
The battle to establish a standard gauge between the rails across Britain ended 129 years ago. So why do we…
![Blea Moor signal box with train passing](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/LNE-EM-Blea-Moor-signal-box-Yorkshire-2008.jpg)
Meet Britain’s most remote signal box
18 May 2021 | 3 min read
![The Jacobite steam train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands, daytime](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Harry-Potter-Glenfinnan-Viaduct-film-2.jpg)
Caring for our heritage for the future
7 May 2021 | 4 min read
![Last Windrush Generation arrivals at London Waterloo by photographer Howard Grey - men collect luggage](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Windrush.SquareSpace.20-scaled.jpg)
Artist shortlist for national Windrush Monument revealed
30 April 2021 | 4 min read
Railway Day – meet some of our Railway Heroes
30 April 2021 | 4 min read