RA 8856 L.N.W.R WOODEN SIGNAL BOX NAMEPLATE "KELMARSH" Staffs & Tablets This line was a 3

This line was a 3 foot narrow gauge line  connecting Halesworth to the costal resort of Southwold the line opened in1879  and closed 1929

It served the village of Guestwick

used in signal boxes to indicate to the signalman the lever of water in the large elevated tanks which supplied a number of water cranes around the station site such as Kemble or Pilning High Level

Without doubt this O P C publication GREAT WESTERN SIGNALLING by my dear friend Adrian Vaughan is without doubt the finest work on the Great Western Railway companies signalling system

this system allowed for a locomotive to collect the token without stopping

RA 8856 L.N.W.R WOODEN SIGNAL BOX NAMEPLATE "KELMARSH" Staffs & Tablets This line was a 3This signal box nameboard was recovered from Kelmarsh signal box upon closure by the vendors father who was a relief signalman and who worked many boxes in the Northampton area. The backboard is made from heavy wood with cast iron letters, this plate was restored many years ago and the are two small areas where the wood has decayed a little but not noticeable from the front. The plate measures approximately 48" x 9". In the picture of the box you can