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Standard electro-pneumatic dwarf semaphore signal, as used on many railways, 1905.

Standard electro-pneumatic dwarf semaphore signal

Double banner signal worked by DC as used for less important work such as shunting.

Double banner signal

Standard electro-pneumatic disc signal, worked by AC current through rectifier and DC magnet switch on signal, c. 1937.

Standard electro-pneumatic disc signal

Signal post, with stop and distant, upper quadrant signal arms. Used as a teaching aid for classes at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Signalling School.

Stop and distant semaphore signals

1912

Banner signal, McKenzie & Holland, no provenance.

Banner signal

Capstan point lever and indicator, Great Northern Railway, used on the Stamford and Wansford Bridge, cast iron, fluted column.

Great Northern Railway capstan point lever and indicator

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

Stop and calling on semaphore signals

1912

Electro-pneumatic tunnel signal, as used on the Metropolitan & District Railway, 1905-35.

Electro-pneumatic tunnel signal, Metropolitan & District Railway

Four temporary speed restriction signals, portable, battery-operated, including one warning flasher unit, with selection of freight and main line panels, by Signal House Ltd, Leighton Buzzard, c1985.

Temporary speed restriction signals

1985

Banner signal, McKenzie & Holland, no provenance.

Banner signal

Signal arm, London & South Western Railway, lower quadrant elevated wrong road shunt , ex Dorchester South Station Up Main to Up Platform backing signal

Signal arm

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

Home and distant mechanical signal

1912

Home and calling on mechanical signal, from, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School.

Home and calling on mechanical signal

1912

Somersault signal, Great Northern Railway, with signal fittings complete with 12' lattice iron post, ladder, finial and bull's eye lamp, later modified with shortened wooden post for display purposes for The Land Transport Gallery, Science Museum, c.1974

Somersault signal, Great Northern Railway

Signal, distant, Great Western Railway, lattice post with hoisting gear and spectacle attached, from Bledlow, top section only.

Great Western Railway distant signal

Signal, hand-operated stop signal, Stockton & Darlington Railway, triangular board, c1845.

Signal, hand-operated stop signal

1845

Signal; North British Railway; Drop Front ("Flapping Billy") Ground Disc; Manufactured by Stevens & Sons

Drop Front ("Flapping Billy") Ground Disc Signal

Signal, Great Western Railway, early disc and crossbar type, white post with two bars and two discs.

Great Western Railway signal

Electro-pneumatic semaphore signal, District Line, 1905-53.

Electro-pneumatic semaphore signal

1905-1953

Railway signal, Midland Railway, double arm signal.

Double Arm Railway Signal

Distant signal repeater and model of distant signal for block system, part of a demonstration layout of signalling on the Victorian Railway, Australia. (see also 1909-9 and 1909-11)

Distant signal repeater and model of distant signal for block system

Signal; Great Western Railway; 8 ft section of timber signal doll with 2 incomplete signal motors, 1 lamp case and bracket; ex Newton Abbott

Signal; Great Western Railway

Signal, Great Western Railway, early disc and crossbar type, white post with large wooden arrow on top.

Great Western Railway signal

Ground Signal; London & North Eastern Railway; Pneumatic ground signal; Siding signal ( yellow rubber arm); Manufactured by British Power Railway Signal Co; ex Cambridge

Pneumatic Ground Signal for London & North Eastern Railway

Signal; Fogging Indicator; Manufactured by Railway Signal Ltd, Liverpool; Clayton's Design; To indicate position of detonators on the line

Signal, Fogging Indicator

Signal, Great Western Railway, early disc and crossbar type, white post with bar and disc with holes punched in.

Great Western Railway signal

4 aspect colour light signal, used as a teaching aid for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School.

Colour light signal

1912