Product Description
88nA very nice railwayana set-up is this Great Western Railway early pattern E.T.S (electric token system) tapperless block bell on its shelf with 3 Ivorine plates and a porcelian switch .This came from the small box at Braunton and Woolacombe station on the LSWR Ilfracombe to Barnstaple line. This location had 2 level crossings,one controlled from a signalbox at the station and a second controlled from a ground frame. The line was jointly signalled by the LSWR and the GWR, this instrument was in the crossing box where the crossing keeper lived next in the house adjacent to it. This instrument has a switch with a pair of Ivorine plates SIGNAL BOX and COTTAGE. When on duty the resident crossing keeper or a releif signalman would have the bell switch set to signal box, when the resident keeper was their they could be in their house and have the switch set to divert to another bell in the house.
This is a super instrument and in excellent condition and in full working order.