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Carriage key

1875-1890

London Midland & Scottish Railway carriage key

1925-1935

C R Fay's carriage key

Carriage key, iron carriage key, 1913, made by a Naval Cadet at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, for unlawful use with railway carriages.

Iron carriage key, Naval Cadet's - Royal Naval College

1913

Carriage key, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, T-key type, SECR stamped on each side of square head.

Carriage key, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

Carriage key , Stockton & Darlington Railway, T-key type, with shaped handle.

Carriage key, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Carriage key, British Railways (Eastern Region), T-key, square head, shaped like claw hammer, stamped "BR(E)", 1948-1960.

British Railways (Eastern) carriage key

1948-1960

Carriage Lamp Key, London & South Western Railway, brass, 1900-1923, stamped "L&S.W.R.C./G/E" "P.P.L. Co. Ltd".

Brass lamp key, London & South Western Railway

1900-1923

Carriage key, Furness Railway, square-headed key with loop handle.

Furness Railway carriage key

Carriage key, Great Western Railway, copper T-key type, square head with groove and two lamp sockets on handle.

Carriage key, Great Western Railway

Carriage key, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, T-key type, square head with protruding part on handle for resetting the button of the electrical passenger guard-driver communicator which was peculiar to the London Brighton & South Coast Railway.

London Brighton & South Coast Railway carriage key

Carriage lamp key, Great Eastern Railway, stamped "GER".

Carriage lamp key, Great Eastern Railway

Carriage key, Wrexham, Mold & Connah's Quay Railway, flat T-key stamped "W.M.Co."

WM&CQR carriage key

Carriage key, North Eastern Railway, T-key type with square head stamped "NER Co" on one side and "Thewlis & Co Warrington" on other.

Carriage key, North Eastern Railway

Carriage key, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, T-key type, square head with protruding part on handle for resetting the button of the electrical passenger guard-driver communicator, which was unique to the London Brighton & South Coast Railway.

London Brighton & South Coast Railway carriage key

Carriage lamp key, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, stamped "LYR" on handle.

Brass carriage key, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Carriage key, T-key type, square head, made from aluminium wreckage of a German Zeppelin brought down during WW1 at Potters Bar.

Aluminium carriage key

Carriage key, British Rail, T-key type, marked SC/ES 1155.

British Rail carriage key

Carriage key, stamped "C&W", (supposedly Cleator & Workington Junction Railway but probably denotes Carriage & Wagon), square headed key with loop handle.

Carriage key

Carriage key, Great Western Railway, steel T-key type, square head with groove and two lamp sockets on handle.

Great Western Railway carriage key

Carriage key, Great Central Railway, square-headed key with loop handle, stamped "GCR".

Carriage key, Great Central Railway

Carriage key, T-key type, square head with slightly shaped handle, unidentified.

Unidentified carriage key

Carriage lamp key, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, stamped "SE&CR".

Carriage key, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

Carriage key, Rhymney Railway, plain T-key type, square head, stamped "RRCo".

Carriage key, Rhymney Railway

Carriage key, Great Central Railway, steel square-headed key with loop handle. "GCR" engraved on handle.

Carriage key, Great Central Railway

Carriage key, T-type, nickel-plated steel, no company markings.

Unidentified carriage key

Carriage key, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, flat steel T-key type stamped "LYR 1907".

Carriage key, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1907

Carriage key, Great Western Railway, steel, 2 doors and lamp, uninscribed, c.1930.

Great Western Railway carriage key

1925-1935

Carriage key, Great Western Railway, special T-key type with square head.

Carriage key, Great Western Railway

Carriage key, Midland Railway, square key with loop handle stamped "Jones & Foster".

Carriage key, Midland Railway

Carriage key, loop handle, steel, Midland Railway, by Jones & Foster, England, c1900, stamped "Midland Railway / Jones & Foster"

Carriage key, Midland Railway

1895-1905

Carriage key, London & North Western Railway, T-shape, square head with hole in centre of handle and a lamp key at one end, stamped "LNWR", c.1900.

London & North Eastern Railway carriage key

1900

Carriage key, London Midland & Scottish Railway, T-key, square head, double stamped "LMSR", steel, c1935.

London Midland & Scottish Railway carriage key

1935

Carriage key, London & North Western Railway, LNWR WCJS Saloon & Corridor key, mortice type key, stamped "L&NWR SC1 WCJS"

London & North Western Railway carriage key

Carriage key, London & North Western Railway, T-key type, square head with sockets on the handle for carriage lamps, stamped "LNWR".

London & North Western Railway carriage key

Carriage key, London & North Western Railway, T-key, square head on all three ends, stamped "LNWR".

London & North Western Railway carriage key

Carriage key, London & North Eastern Railway, T-key type, square head with hammer and claw handle, stamped "LNER".

London & North Eastern Railway carriage key

1923-1948

Carriage key, London & North Western Railway, T-key with two lamp keys on handle.

London & North Western carriage key

Carriage key, Great Western Railway, large T-key type with square head.

Carriage key, Great Western Railway

Carriage key, Great Central Railway, T-key type. Overall: 74 mm x 98 mm x 12 mm.

Carriage key, Great Central Railway

Carriage Key, North Eastern Railway, T-shaped, square-headed key, made by Thewlis & Co, marked "N.E.R.Co".

Steel carriage key, North Eastern Railway

Carriage key, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, steel T-key with square head: 3 sides marked "LYRCo" 4th side "Thewlis & Co, Warrington".

Carriage key, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Carriage Key, Hull & Selby Railway, square-headed key with ribbed shaft and round handle. Belonged to Mr Woodcock who commenced work as a guard on the Hull & Selby line and subsequently became Station Master at Hull.

Hull & Selby Railway carriage key

Carriage key, Cheshire Lines Committee, square-headed key with loop handle, marked CLC.

CLC carriage key

Carriage key, British Rail, square-headed key marked "SC/ES 115", aluminium.

British Railways carriage key

Carriage lamp key, Great Eastern Railway, brass.

Carriage lamp key, Great Eastern Railway

Carriage key, Midland Railway, T-key, square head with hammer and claw handle, marked "MR Co Rd No 66394".

Carriage key, Midland Railway

Carriage lamp key, no company markings, brass.

Carriage lamp key

Carriage key, Great Eastern Railway, ex King's Lynn Station, T-key type later modified with square socket at one end of handle.

Carriage key, Great Eastern Railway

Carriage key , Stockton & Darlington Railway, T-key type, square head, with straight handle.

Carriage key, Stockton & Darlington Railway