Somersault signal, Great Northern Railway

Somersault signal, Great Northern Railway, with signal fittings complete with 12' lattice iron post, ladder, finial and bull's eye lamp, later modified with shortened wooden post for display purposes for The Land Transport Gallery, Science Museum, c.1974

Details

Category:
Signalling & Telecommunications
Object Number:
1972-138
type:
signal
credit:
British Rail, Signal & Telegraph Section

Parts

Somersault signal, Great Northern Railway

Somersault signal, Great Northern Railway

Somersault signal, Great Northern Railway, with signal fittings complete with 12' lattice iron post, ladder, finial and bull's eye lamp, later modified with shortened wooden post for display purposes for The Land Transport Gallery, Science Museum, c.1974

Object Number:
1972-138/1
type:
signal
Glass Lenses for Somersault Signal Lamp

Glass Lenses for Somersault Signal Lamp

Four bulls-eye glass lenses for lamp. From somersault signal, Great Northern Railway, with signal fittings complete with 12' lattice iron post, ladder, finial and bull's eye lamp, later modified with shortened wooden post for display purposes for The Land Transport Gallery, Science Museum, c.1974

Object Number:
1972-138/2
type:
lamp lenses
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Post fittings for Somersault Signal

Post fittings for Somersault Signal

Internal lamp components and post fittings from somersault signal, Great Northern Railway, later modified with shortened wooden post for display purposes for The Land Transport Gallery, Science Museum, c.1974.

Object Number:
1972-138/3
type:
signal post components
Signal lamp for Somersault Signal

Signal lamp for Somersault Signal

Signal lamp from somersault signal, Great Northern Railway, later modified with shortened wooden post for display purposes for The Land Transport Gallery, Science Museum, c.1974.

Measurements:
overall: 257 mm x 187 mm x 185 mm,
Object Number:
1972-138/4
type:
lamp