Former Falsgrave Signal Gantry

The Former Falsgrave Signal Gantry is a railway signal gantry designed by McKenzie and Holland for the North Eastern Railway, built in 1911 and located at the Falsgrave signal box in Scarborough, which operated from 1934 to 2010.

The gantry features riveted, steel lattice girder construction, with slightly tapering box frame uprights. It includes a linking bridge that supports simple timber boarding and tubular steel handrails. Above the gantry, there are three dolls, which are upright posts carrying semaphore signals, positioned slightly to the left of the railway lines they serve. These dolls are of British Rail pattern, characterized by their square section and short, oversailing pyramidal caps. As of 2015, the central doll carried three signal arms, while the other two dolls each had two signal arms. All signals are upper quadrant, inclined upwards to indicate a clear signal, and are square-ended with red and white stripes. The lower signals are smaller and indicate a change of track that requires a lower speed. The arrangement of these signals is directly related to the current trackwork on the operational line.