RA 8797 RARE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 6 BAR BLOCK CLOSING SWITCH trader-pitch Single line steel Webb-Thompson miniature

Single line steel Webb-Thompson miniature staff BALLYCAR - LONG PAVEMENT from the former Irish Great Southern and Western Railway section

SWINDON making  it a company manufactured example

Even better is the fixing studs on the back are still present

the domensions is 8" long and a diameter of  3 1/2"

An ex railway service condition Railway Passengers Assurance Company "TICKETS ISSUED HERE" tin printed sign

RA 8797 RARE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 6 BAR BLOCK CLOSING SWITCH trader-pitch Single line steel Webb-Thompson miniatureA very rare Great Western Railway 6 bar block closing switch, these switches were fitted to the block shelf and allowed a signal box to switch out of circuit during times when the service allowed. All the block indicators and bells were effectively taken out of circuit and the instruments in the adjacent boxes were connected. This instrument is in superb condition and is very rare being a 10 bar example.