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Block and Bell Instruments
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402 |
 | Midland Railway pegging block instrument in mahogany case. In pretty good original condition with a couple of minor dinks. Original enamel faceplate in perfect condition. Fitted with traffolite 'Up Line' plate. Guide: £120-150 | ||
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403 |
 | G.W.R Spagnoletti double-line block instrument in nice original condition complete with both coloured pegging buttons. This is an intermediate pattern instrument with the later, less ornate style of mahogany case but with early pattern flags and separate brass castings for the reminder flaps. Guide: £150-200 | ||
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404 |
 | G.W.R 1947 pattern double-line block instrument. Probably the best designed block instrument ever used on a British railway. Good, original condition with free-swinging needles and both reminder flaps present. Dials are undamaged but could do with a wipe over with a damp cloth. Guide: £120-150 | ||
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405 |
 | Midland Railway Rotary Block Instrument. Nice original condition with all the cast brass description plates in place. Looks like a later 'train waiting' warning light has been subsequently removed and the hole neatly plugged with a small brass plate. The sealed-release label is still present over the 'Train On Line Cancel' button. Guide: £150-200 | ||
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406 |
 | LNER double-line block instrument with Tyers rotary commutator and cast-brass description plate. Pretty good overall condition both needles appear to swing OK. These instruments are always popular. Guide: £100-150 | ||
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407 |
 | Great Central Railway single-needle pegging block instrument in superb condition. Lovely mahogany case with brass fittings. Unusually, the completely original dial is lettered 'G.C.R' in ornate serif characters. Guide: £150-180 | ||
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408 |
 | LNER double-line block instrument with Tyers rotary commutator and cast brass description plate. This is a particularly nice, clean example with dials in excellent condition and free-swinging needles. Guide: £120-150 | ||
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409 |
 | Midland Railway single-needle pegging block instrument in mahogany case with brass fittings. Well marked with the company initials. Pretty good overall condition except that the white dial could do with a clean. Guide: £100-150 | ||
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410 |
 | North Eastern Railway Tyers rotary tell-tale block instrument. The original dial, with its attractive shadowed lettering is in nice condition. This is a very early example with wood, rather than brass, beading around the tell-tale window. The glass over the tell-tale is cracked but is easily replaced should you wish to. Guide: £150-180 | ||
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411 |
 | Midland Railway non-tapper block bell, fitted with a small sheep-dome. The case is in fairly good condition with both brass knurled securing screws in place. Guide: £80-120 | ||
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412 |
 | Tyers block bell in very nice original condition with lots of patina. These large-cased relay bells were usually used with the various types of Tyers one-wire block instruments. A particularly nice example. Guide: £100-150 | ||
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413 |
 | North Eastern Railway split-case pattern tapper block bell. Excellent condition with unusual, small church-bell pattern dome. Guide: £100-150 | ||
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414 |
 | G.W.R tapper block bell in a very unusual oak and plywood case with nickel plated cow-bell dome and cast cruciform stand. Quite a rare wartime production. Guide: £120-150 | ||
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416 |
 | North Eastern Railway split-case tapper block gong, with spiral steel gong instead of the usual bell dome. In excellent, totally ex-service condition. Guide: £60-80 | ||
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417 |
 | Tyers mahogany-cased gong in excellent, untouched original condition. This is one of the smaller-cased Tyers bells and was probably used in conjunction with a single line tablet instrument. Guide: £60-80 | ||
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418 |
 | North British Railway split-cased block bell with small brass mushroom bell dome. In good original condition with all the case fittings present. North British bells have a very distinctive brass stop beneath the front of the tapper key. Guide: £120-150 | ||
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422 |
 | Midland Railway Rotary Block Instrument. Nice mahogany cased instrument in original, well-patinated condition. All the cast brass description plates are present, the enamel dial is in excellent order and it still has its glazed sealed release label over the 'Train On Line Cancel' plunger. Guide: £150-200 | ||
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423 |
 | Midland Railway pegging block instrument in excellent original condition, in mahogany case with nickel-plated brass fittings. A bit special in that it is fitted with an engraved brass plaque, obviously fitted when the instrument was presented to a signalman on his retirement from Beeston signalbox. Guide: £100-150 | ||
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424 |
 | Midland Railway non-pegging block instrument with enamel dial. Typically, this instrument has been converted from an earlier telegraph instrument or peg & chain block instrument. (Probably the latter as the screw-hole where the chain was attached to the case can be seen on the right-hand front of the instrument). Guide: £80-120 | ||
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425 |
 | G.W.R 1947 pattern double-line block instrument. Probably the best designed block instrument ever used on a British railway. Good, original condition with free-swinging needles and both reminder flaps present. Dials are undamaged but could do with a wipe over with a damp cloth. A slightly later example than the other example in this auction, in a comb-jointed case with a single screw securing the lid. Guide: £120-150 | ||
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427 |
 | G.W.R later pattern Thompson block bell in oak case. Original, grubby but perfectly intact condition. Just needs a good clean. Nickel-plated mushroom pattern bell dome. One knurled side screw is missing. Guide: £80-120 | ||
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428 |
 | Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway tapper block bell in a typically austere LYR pattern mahogany case. Quite unusual in that most LYR bells were non-tapper, the bell codes being given by plungers on the block instruments. Condition appears to be pretty good but may need a little fettling to get everything to fit together again properly. Guide: £60-80 | ||
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430 |
 | L&NWR Double-line block instrument with Traffolite label to front 'MAIN'. Good condition. Guide: £100-150 | ||
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431 |
 | G.W.R Block instrument with separate brass castings for the lower reminder flaps. Dymo labels CHESTER NO. 6 in two places. Guide: £120-180 | ||
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