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Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway post plaque

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Monogram, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Notices of dismissal

1883-1910

Publicity poster "The Swedish National Railway Museum" showing 1 electric and 2 steam locos around a turntable

1984

Cheap excursions to York, Whitby, Bridlington, Scarborough. Filey & Harrogate

1856

Stone sculpture from Berry Brow Station

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912

North of Ireland via Fleetwood & Belfast

circa 1920

Lantern Lectures

Model railway carriage

1894

Southport for Mild Winters.

circa 1920

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Carriage and Wagon guard books

1880-1908

Beautiful Bray

the explosives act

1911

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway locomotive, Wren

1887

L&YR locomotive, number 1008

1889
Bell, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, embossed 'L&Y Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway', no provenance.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway bell

Home and distant mechanical signal from Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Signal lever frame board, originally 22 lever, wood with cast iron plates, by Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Horwich.

Signal lever frame board

Telegraph block bell, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, non-tapping No. 963.

Telegraph block bell

Telegraph instrument, two-needle absolute block instrument with mechanical train-waiting indicator, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, cabinet stamped 'L&YR 1103'.

Telegraph block instrument, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Telegraph instrument, two-needle absolute block instrument, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, cabinet stamped 'L&YR 595'.

Telegraph block instrument, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Telegraph instrument, non-tapping block bell, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, cabinet stamped 'L&YR 804'.

Telegraph instrument

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway three position block instrument, in wooden case, with brass fittings, marked 'inner circle'. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Framed section diagrame for box C. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Framed section diagrame for box A. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Framed section diagrame for box T. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Brown wooden cuboard, used to house signal relays.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Poster- S Type Miniature Staff Instrument, by Railway Signal Co.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Poster - key token instrument balancing magazine by Railway Signal Co.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Wooden model of clamp points lock, used to demonstate the key working parts. On passenger railways, facing points are always locked into postion, to prevent movment, under a train.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Wooden table, with two ex-DMU desk controls and wooden diagram, with switches, used to control train movments on layout.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Signal post, with stop and distant, upper quadrant signal arms.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Signal post, with stop and calling on, upper quadrant signal arms.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Signalmans locker, with hinged lid.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Block Instrument, (permissive - co -operative) used to allow more than one train to opertate in a section. This example controles the goods loop between box A and Box B . Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Black Bakelite track circuit repeaters, designed to indicate the location of a train at a specified (track circuited) section. A low electrical current passed through the rails is short-circuited by the train’s wheels, thus trigering the repeaters indication to change from 'track clear' to 'track occupied'. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Box A Block Switch, wood, with brass fittings, LMSR type, usec to switch box A out of section between box T and box B. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Black Bakelite lamp repeaters, used to indicate if signal lamps were lit or not.. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Black Bakelite Signal repeater, designed to indicate to the signaller the position of a semaphore signal that was not visible from the signal box. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Block Instrument box B, LNWR 'Fletchers' or 'Tombestone' design. Wooden case, brass fittings and integral bell. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Welwyn Control, grey , metal, designed which must be operated (wound) by a signaller before he can clear a section signal when he cannot be given 'line clea' by the box in advance. The object uis to make the signaller stop and think what he is doing and was introduced after a serious accident at Welwyn Garden City in 1935. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Train Waiting indicator in black metal case. Box C Fireman's Ccall plunger. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Black Bakelite track circuit repeaters, designed to indicate the location of a train at a specified (track circuited) section. A low electrical current passed through the rails is short-circuited by the train’s wheels, thus triggering the repeaters indication to change from 'track clear' to 'track occupied'. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Black Bakelite point indicator, designed indicate the postion of points to signallers. Points are indicated as N for normal postion or R when set out of normal postion for an an alternative rout. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Track circuit indicator from Box T . Shows when a specific track section (TC1 in this case) is 'occupied' by rail vehicle or vehicles.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Framed section diagrame for box C. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Home or stop signal. When the arm is 'off' or raised it incicates trains are clear to pass. When the arm is 'on' this indicates trains must stop at the signal. At night, Green and red lights inicate clear or danger to oncomming trains. This example is Box B inner home signal on the outer circle. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912
Framed section diagrame of signal box T. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR and Bassett-Lowke Ltd, with associated equipment.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School Model Railway Layout

1912