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Jan 6, 2019 · In practice, the lamps would be shaken about on the brackets and often let draughts in, and on side lamps in particular it was usually advisable to turn the wick up a little if the van was a bad rider (most were; you could tell by how loose the brackets had shaken) to stop the flame being shaken out every 5 minutes.
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RA 7301A BR (M) 2 ASPECT HANDLAMP EX CORFE MULLEN SIGNAL BOX. A standard pattern BR (M) 2 aspect handlamp in as found ex railway condition, this lamp cam in with a large collection of Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway signalling items from Corfe Mullen signal box.
607 North British Railway 3 aspect Handlamp by Bulpitt, Birmingham. Stamped on side INVERESK No 2196 S. Only the red aspect glass intact. Wrong reservoir and burner within. Auction: August 2024 Sold for: £50
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From the early days of railways, lamps have been used to describe the status of trains being hauled and, in the case of a red lamp at the rear of a rake, to denote that the train is complete. These lamps were there to assist the signalmen and operators of the railway. They were never bright enough to light the road ahead or warn track workers of an...
Some of the finest and most-accurate lamps are now made in 3D-printed resin by ModelU. Amazingly, these are already slotted to fix on to lamp brackets (which have to be very fine). They just need painting and the tiny jewels fixed in place. Some Springside white metal LNER locomotive lamps are shown for comparison. I’ve used many Springside lamps (...
This is a ModelU 7mm tail lamp fixed to a brake van on Graham Clark’s Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electrification depiction. The same ModelU product, this time in 4mm:1ft scale, fixed to a Tom Foster-weathered RTR brake van. Note the side lamps as well – usually fixed (one each side) to denote an un-fitted train, where the locomotive crew could look ...
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Every locomotive and train movement on the railways involved having a lamp or lamps fitted as a means of identifying the type of train, be it an express, a goods, a parcels or even a light engine movement.
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803 British Railways Western Region slip coach lamp. Chimneys embossed BR-W and brass plated RETURN TO GENERAL STORES. In good condition but missing reservoir and burners, which look like standard tail lamp ones would fit. Measures 20in wide. Auction: November 2022 Sold for: £320
