Railwayana, Block Indicators

. This instrument is near to the scene of a terrible rail disaster on 8 Oct 1952 in which the Perth bound Express ploughed into a stationary train at Harrow and Wealdstone station causing heavy fatalities.

This handsome G.W.R. wood cased signal arm repeater is of the earlier ornate case type and was converted from a "flag "slot" repeater by the G.W.R. at their Reading signal works. This instrument is in full working order and both coils have been tested on an Ohms meter.

Ramsgate railway station servers the town of Ramsgate in Thanet in Kent and is on the Chatham main line 79 miles down the line from London Victoria. This is a fully flanged totem which has received several small well executed repairs. There are some small scratches present but this hardly shows.

This fine instrument was introduced in 1947 by the G.W.R. and replaced the "Spagnoletti" block instrument was had been in use for more than 70 years. This early pattern dark case features comb joint and rounded top corners.

This single line key is from the long closed L.S.W.R. line to Bude. The key is in good condition and the pictures show. This is a first generation key retaining the original larger font and not a re-used example.