Train tablet catcher

maker:: Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway

Train tablet catcher, Whitaker's, ground apparatus, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.

Details

Category:: Signalling & Telecommunications

Object Number:: 2003-9207

type:: tablet catcher

credit:: British Rail, Clapham

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Tablet catcher base

Cast iron base to train tablet catcher. Rectangular base with vertical stalk rising from centre. Attachments at top. From Whitaker's, ground apparatus, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.

Materials:: iron

Object Number:: 2003-9207/1

type:: tablet catcher

Tablet catcher arm

Cast iron L-shaped arm to train tablet catcher. Gear system at top of arm. Long, thin iron attachments attached to springs to horizontal arm. From Whitaker's, ground apparatus, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.