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

London Midland & Scottish Railway carriage key

1935

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

Furness Railway carriage key

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

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

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

Carriage key, Rhymney Railway

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

London & North Western carriage key

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

Carriage key, Great Central Railway

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

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

Carriage key, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Carriage key, no company markings, folding T-key type with loop handle.

Unidentified carriage key