RA 8007 G.W.R. SINGLE "PEGGING" SPAGNOLETTI BLOCK INDICATOR. ship-zone-c A brass Lancashire & Yorkshire

A  brass Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly key fob stamped up with " L & Y RPONTYFRACT & GOOLE DISTRICT" This item measures  2

This London Brighton & South coast Railway 20 lever frame was manufactured by Saxby & Farmer in the late 19th century

and the oil reservoir is stamped  G

4784 engraved on the rear

The key end was cut off by B

RA 8007 G.W.R. SINGLE "PEGGING" SPAGNOLETTI BLOCK INDICATOR. ship-zone-c A brass Lancashire & YorkshireA first class example of a Great Western Railway early pattern "single" pegging (sending) block indicator. Prior to the double Spagnoletti block indicators there were two individual instruments, this type and the non pegging(receiving) type, later the company combined the two separate instruments into the standard double block type which was eventually replaced by the G. W. R. 1947 pattern. This instrument is a real survivor and is in its original