a mini-break away revealed a couple of survivors from the past of interest in County Durham.
Firstly, a handful of rare
Eleco GR102s exist at this location on lovely curvy brackets on wood poles. There were perhaps four or five left. Secondly, a deep bowled
Thorn Alpha 9. Only one remains.
When I have been to County Durham on previous occasions years ago, the lighting stock was relatively modern. Previously, I remember seeing lots of CosmoPolis installations, though now there is a significant amount of LED as well. So, to see some old SOX still surviving is really quite something in 2020, but I reckon it will only be a year or two before some of the rare installations I saw are phased out. The original style pole mount brackets which go above the overhead wires are being phased out for lower down mounted lanterns on control box brackets it seems.