RA 8777 BR WR PARSONS WELWYN BLOCK RELEASE WINDER INSTRUMENT booking this type and the non-pegging(receiving)

this type and the non-pegging(receiving) type

All In all a really nice block bell well over 100 years old in tested working order

Its purpose was to illuminate the gauge glass at night time to  allow the firemen to see the boiler water level

These North Eastern Railway crossing indicators are seldom turn up for sale

This item has been through our workshops as cleaning and freeing off of seized parts

RA 8777 BR WR PARSONS WELWYN BLOCK RELEASE WINDER INSTRUMENT booking this type and the non-pegging(receiving)On 15 June 1935, a train from London King`s Cross to Leeds collided with the rear of a train from Kings Cross to Newcastle at night. Fourteen people were killed and 81 injured, 29 seriously. The accident was a caused by a Signalman`s error: the signalman at Welwyn Garden City, who had been fairly recently appointed to the box, became confused and accepted a second train into a block section that was already occupied. The Newcastle train, arriving