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Railway timepieces

Running to a timetable has meant that railways have always needed timepieces for their staff and passengers. Investigate objects ranging from the earliest guards’ watches to large station clocks, from watches inspired by railways to the commemorative clocks and watches awarded to staff on retirement.

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Pocket watch

1904

Pocket watch, Superior Railway Timekeeper

Time event clock, North Eastern Railway

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Station clock

Clock, London & North Western Railway

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

London & Birmingham Railway Guard's Clock, 1837-1839

1838

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

'Railway Time' clock

1840-1880

Pocket Watch, Caledonian Railway

Clock Case from Quintinshill Signal Box

1915-1916

Windsor mantle clock

1845-1855

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Guard's timepiece, Barber & North, York No.19985

Cawood, Wistow & Selby Light Railway clock

Presentation pocket watch, 45 years service - British Railways (Southern Region)

Presentation pocket watch, 45 years service - Etherley Station

1920

Euston clock

c.1837

Farmers Stockton & Darlington Railway clock

1825

Pocket watch, Great Western Railway

Stop watch

Pocket watch

British Railways Zeon wristwatch

Clock, 9" dial, fusee movement, British Railways, No. 6611, Roman face with red arabic numerals for 24 hour use, ex York Yard North signing-on point.

Dial clock, British Railways

Clocking-in clock, British Railways (Eastern Region), clocking-in clock, no. 51 by Stockall, Marples & Co Ltd, London EC1 with 24 hour face (roman), wooden case with in/out slot and lever punch.

Clocking-in clock - British Railways (Eastern Region)

Clock, Great Western Railway, drop case clock, "GWR" No. 1059, 14'' dial.

Drop case clock, Great Western Railway

Wall clock, Midland Rly, 12" dial. Dropcase Fusee movement with glazed drop. Dial marked " John Smith & Sons, Midland Clockworks, Queen St. Derby". LMS No 11625. 15 1/2"x25 1/2"

Wall clock

Wall clock, Neath & Brecon Railway, Drop-case wall clock with Roman face, 14" dial, with glass front missing. Face marked "Neath and Brecon Railway. Davis & Sons, Neath".

Wall clock, Neath & Brecon Railway

Clock, made by Jno Walker, 250 Regent Street, metal face/Roman numerals, carved wooden square case, from South Eastern Railway boardroom at Waterloo.

Clock, made by Jno Walker

Wall Clock, BR(NER), "BR (NE) 13246". Circular, Roman face, wooden case. 12 1/2" diam.

Wall Clock, British Rail (North-Eastern Region)

Bracket clock, LMS, large station clock from Beeston Station (Notts), double sided, roman faces unmarked, hanging bracket still attched. 30" x 37".

Bracket clock, London Midland & Scottish Railway - 'Beeston Station'

Wall/Ledge Clock, London & North Eastern Railway, "LNER 6689" Roman face, circular bezel on ornate stand. Pendulum present but not attached. Overall: 540 mm x 725 mm x 180 mm.

Wall/Ledge Clock, "LNER 6689"

Wall Clock, London & North Western Railway, Jno Walker Ltd, 63 New Bond St & 27 Fenchurch St., London. No 1732. 10" diam.

London & North Western Railway wall clock

Mantel clock, London Midland & Scottish Railway, made by Joyce of Whitchurch, pendulum clock in wooden and glass case with brass plate. "LMS 9795".

Mantel clock no. 9795, London Midland & Scottish Railway

Wall Clock, Great Western Railway, rectangular case, bezel superimposed on top, from Newport Passenger Station, Monmouthshire Railway Company. 78"x15"x10"

Wall clock, Great Western Railway

Pocket Watch, "D.A & CO The Giant Lever. Swiss Made". On reverse "Railway Regulator Swiss made". Silver, Roman face. Formerly the property of Guard Jones, of Indian State Railways.

Pocket watch, Railway Regulator

Wall Clock, North Eastern Railway, "Darling York", metal, Roman face, wooden case ex British Rail (HQ) York.

Wall clock, North Eastern Railway

Guard's watch South Eastern & Chatham Railway, No 1337[A], nickel silver case, movement by the American Waltham Watch Co, USA, movement number 21471317, case by the Dennison Watch Case Co, England, case number 217020, c1905.

Guard's watch, South Eastern Railway

1905

Clock, London & North Western Railway, No. 6409 by 'JNo Walker, London', long-case clock with Roman face, ex Wolverton Works Offices.

Clock, London & North Western Railway - Wolverton Works Offices

Stopwatch, steel, by J H Steward, 457, Strand, London, showing miles per hour from 1/4 mile distances, used by Rev W J Scott in timing the Railway Races to the North in 1895 and ''City of Truro" record breaking run in 1904.

W J Scott's stopwatch, 1890

1890

Wall clock, Midland Railway, 18" Dial Fusee movement. Dial marked "John Smith & Sons, Midland Clockworks, Queen St. Derby". LMS No 11583. Overall: 615 mm x 190 mm, 615 mm.

Wall clock, Midland Railway

Wall Clock, Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway, "H.B & W.R.JN Ry B. Cooke & Son Hull", No 13, circular, Roman face, wooden case.

Wall Clock, Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway

Clock, domestic type eight day longcase clock, painted arch dial depicting a train of passenger coaches hauled by a 'patentee' or similar type locomotive and inscribed 'the Liverpool line', made by 'Robson of Sheldon', c.1840. The mispelling of Shildon is believed to have been made while at the conservators.

Longcase clock

circa 1840

Mantel clock, Stockton & Darlington Railway, Boardroom Clock, by Sherwood, Stockton. Brass, ornate gothic style.

Mantel clock, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Clock, London & North Eastern Railway, ex Shildon Works, with brass plaque engraved 'Original clock from the time keepers office Stockton & Darlington Railway Works Shildon 1840'. Pendulum and key present.

Clock, Shildon Works

Wall Clock, North Staffordshire Railway, 12" dial Fusee movement. Dial marked "NSR Thomas Armstrong and Brother Manchester LMS No 11579". Pendulum present but not attached.

Wall clock, North Staffordshire Railway

Wall Clock, Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Jcn Rly, "H.B & W.R Jn Ry 23, B. Cooke & Son, Hull" Circular, roman face, ex South Cave Station. 15" diam.

Wall Clock, Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Jcn Rly

Mantel clock, ornate black marble case, arabic numerals, brass plate inscribed "Presented to Mr. R. Dawson by the Gentleman Farmers and others in the neighbourhood of Shipton on his retiring as Stationmaster which he has filled so satisfactorily for a period of 32 years. February 27th 1894".

Mantel clock, presented to retiring stationmaster of Shipton

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