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Stone rail from the Hay Tor Tramway

Railway Infrastructure

Mason's Arms Crossing signal box nameboard

Railway Infrastructure
Enamel sign, British Rail (North Eastern Region), Platform 5, double-sided, white on orange, ex York Station.

enamel sign - platform 5

Railway Infrastructure

Sign, "Railway Street" - ex York City

Railway Infrastructure

1930 - 1960

Managers plaque, Shildon works

Railway Infrastructure

1835-1984

shrub hill road level crossing notice

Railway Infrastructure

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

Railway Infrastructure

1849

Passenger safety notice, line crossing

Railway Infrastructure

Cast iron sign, England/Scotland border

Railway Infrastructure

Weather vane from Chester & Birkenhead Railway

Railway Infrastructure

Notice, Engine Ashes Only

Railway Infrastructure

Railway bridge section, portion of rivetted girder from Britannia Bridge

Railway Infrastructure

1850

london midland & scottish railway car park sign

Railway Infrastructure

Cheshire Lines Committee notice, public conveniences

Railway Infrastructure

Enamel notice, Dinorwic Quarries Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1895

'None but Company's horses' notice

Railway Infrastructure
Three Dowty Retarders, exploded to show mechanisms, 5 foot/second retarder, 4 and 12 foot/second booster retarders, in display case, British Railways, c1967, fitted to track in marshalling yard and used to speed or slow wagons during marshalling.

Demonstration "Dowty" retarder

Railway Infrastructure

1967
Footbridge; North Eastern Railway; Cast Iron; ex Percy Main station

Railway footbridge from Percy Main Colliery station

Railway Infrastructure

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

Railway Infrastructure

1888; 1984
Notice, enamel, Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway, Trespass, H F Stephens.

Enamel notice, Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Bridge plate, London & North Western Railway & Great Western Railway Joint Lines, L&NWR & GW Joint Lines 1, cast iron, oval.

London & North Western & Great Western Railway bridge plate

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron notice, Great Southern & Western Railway, Pursuant to section 38 of the Great Southern & Western Railway Act 1903 the public are hereby warned not to Trespass upon this railway.

Cast iron notice, Great Southern & Western Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron notice, Any person who omits to shut and fasten this gate is liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings, black letters on white background

Cast iron notice, shut and fasten the gate

Railway Infrastructure
Enamel station sign, British Railways (London Midland Region), Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (the longest station name in the world) white letters on maroon, in 3 pieces, each piece 77"x12".

World's longest station sign, Llanfair PG...

Railway Infrastructure

1948-1970
Barton & Stanfords Patent Fog Signalling Apparatus, rotary detonator placer, patented 1892.

Rotary detonator placer, Barton & Stanfords Patent Fog Signalling Apparatus

Railway Infrastructure
Totem, aluminium, British Rail (London Midland Railway), Leeds City, Dimensions: overall: 460 mm x 1217 mm x 15 mm.

Totem, aluminium, BR (LMR), Leeds City, Dimensions: 48"x18"

Railway Infrastructure
Enamel sign, "Wills Capstan Navy Cut Tobacco & Cigarettes" Red & black letters on white, Dimensions: 72"x15"

Wills Capstan Navy Cut Tobacco & Cigarettes

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron sign, Great Eastern Railway, Caution regarding bridge limitations, white letters (faded) on red background.

Cast iron sign, Great Eastern Railway

Railway Infrastructure

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

Railway Infrastructure

1823-1825
Station Gates, London & Birmingham Railway. Gates from 'Doric Arch' of Euston Station. Heavy wrought iron with ornamental locks bearing L & BR crest.

Euston Station gates

Railway Infrastructure

1838
Bridge plate, London & North Western Railway, No 20, oval, cast iron.

London & North Western Railway bridge plate

Railway Infrastructure
Notice, enamel, Kent & East Sussex Railway, 'Public Notice not to trespass', black letters on white background

Trespass notice, Kent & East Sussex Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Trackside sign, cast iron, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Public Notice, 'All persons are warned not to trespass', white on black, c1900.

Cast iron trackside sign, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1900
Notice, enamel, British Transport Commission, trespass notice, black letters on white background.

British Transport Commission trespass notice

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron notice, Rhymney Railway, Notice regarding trespassing, in both English & Welsh, white letters on black background.

Cast iron notice, Rhymney Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron sign, LNW & LYR, Notice regarding mechanically driven capstans, white letters on black background

Notice, London & North Western and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railways

Railway Infrastructure
Signal box nameboard, Coal Road, Dimensions: 40"x9"

Coal Road

Railway Infrastructure
Section of bridge, Newcastle & North Shields Railway, laminated timber, designed by John and Benjamin Green, Engineers, from bridge over the Borough Road, North Shields, built 1839, demolished 1937.

Section of laminated timber bridge from Newcastle & North shields Railway, 1839

Railway Infrastructure

1839
Signal box nameboard, York Yard South.

'York Yard South' - Nameboard

Railway Infrastructure
Maker's plate from buffer stops. "Supplied by thos W. Ward Ltd. Albion Works Sheffield". Cast iron, rectangular, c.1945. Dimensions 12 1/2"x8"

Supplied by thos W. Ward Ltd. Albion Works Sheffield

Railway Infrastructure

1940-1950

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

Short and long piece of fish-belly rail, with 4 chairs

Railway Infrastructure

1829

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure
Signal box nameboard, Warmsworth Jc.

Signal box nameboard, Warmsworth Jc.

Railway Infrastructure
3ft length of rail from the Pen-y-darren tramway, Near Abercynon

Length of rail from the Pen-y-darren tramway, Near Abercynon

Railway Infrastructure

1804
Enamel sign, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, S&D Jt. RLY., white lettering on gunmetal colour, from Shepton Mallet..

Enamel sign, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway

Railway Infrastructure

c.1930