RA 8908 G.W.R. SINGLE SPAGNOLETTI PEGGING BLOCK INDICATOR ship-zone-k Sadly most of these signal

Sadly most of these signal have now gone but some canal bridges still have theirs and hopefully they remain

S on the reservoir

a pressed steel sign with a special dual designed bracket for fixing on the boiler back head reminding firelighters to fill the locomotive boiler with before lighting up

When the new 4" center frames required repeaters fixed next to each other they didn't match the spacings of the levers and hence the later  3 7/8" diameter ones

the light engines set off in front of the express into the same block section

RA 8908 G.W.R. SINGLE SPAGNOLETTI PEGGING BLOCK INDICATOR ship-zone-k Sadly most of these signalA fine example of a Great Western Railway singe deck Spagnoletti pegging block indicator, these instruments were fitted in pairs of which one being a pegger like this and the non pegger which would be at the sending end of the block section. This instrument has G. W. R stamped into the case, supplied in tested working order.