NINETEEN SIXTY TWO – PART 80
Signalling Contractors
Michael L. Roach
I said earlier that the GWR did a lot of its own signalling but it also engaged contractors for resignalling some of the largest stations and some of the schemes seem remarkably advanced for the time. I have attached a photograph of a Dutton & Co. signal box – the firm were signalling contractors to many small-to-medium railway companies like the Cambrian and their signals were so distinctive they were instantly recognisable. Although the Dutton signals and signal boxes dated back to the early years of mechanical signalling, on many lines, like the Mid-Wales, those early boxes and signals remained in use until the line closed. The remainder of the images are scans of news reports and adverts from the early years of the last century, courtesy of the GWR Magazine.
By sheer co-incidence, the content in todays article from Michael leads us nicely into our next piece below..