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Signalling Record Society

Research Notes

As the name implies, these are notes which set out the state of the contributor’s research on a particular topic at the present time. They may be no more than a list of, or index to, items of information thought to be useful to other members; perhaps dates, places or document references. They can be regularly updated and may be in manuscript form.

Qty No. Detail Price
1Indexes to signalling articles, Railway Gazette 1925-34 and Railway Engineer 1925-35 hand-written, compiled by M.R.L. Instone£1.10
2 Indexes to the Railway Signal Company Locking Books No.3 1885-86, No.6 1890-91, No.13 1900-03, compiled by R.Parkinson & P.Mereszczuk £3.85
3 Index to Somerset & Dorset Joint Signalling Instructions held in Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust archives, compiled by C.Osment £2.00
4 A Guide to Signalling Research. A5 booklet, P.Kay £1.00
5 Great Western box Classification 1914; a list of boxes by class, L.Crosier £2.40
6 Marks awarded for all boxes on Great Western 1923; a list of boxes including those of absorbed companies, compiled by L.W.Crosier £3.30
9SRS annual lists of signalling alterations, 1980-1986 £1.40
XXX 10 SRS lists of box opening/closure dates (compiled in 1981; those sections since rendered obsolete by other, more comprehensive works are not now available); in parts below  
10A Great Eastern, Great Northern, Midland & Great Northern, Hull & Barnsley, North Eastern£1.00
10BLondon North Western, minor LMS constituents£1.00
11 Headlamp codes of British railway companies; mostly photocopied extracts from selected appendices £3.60
12 Indexes to the Railway Signal Company Locking Book No.16 1908-24, and Order Book for 1933-1945, compiled by M.J.Addison & J.Dixon £1.80
13 Index to the T.S. Lascelles collection, Science Museum Library £2.25
14 Railway Signal Company Catalogue, Section B1, miniature staff Instruments £3.25
15 SRS annual list of signalling alterations 1987-1991 £1.35
16 Railway Executive Committee Telegraph Code Words Book 1950 (photocopy) £2.70
17 Chapter 9ff of Burtt -"Control on the Railways" (1926) £6.00
18 Index to PRO Class MT114; Railway Inspectorate files since 1952£1.00
19 Board of Trade - Returns of the Railway Companies on Interlocking, 1881 £4.50
20 Index to British Patents (Railway Signalling) 1855-1935 manuscript £3.50
21 SRS annual lists of Signal Box alterations 1977-1979 £0.80
22 Index to the Inspecting Officers' Reports on New Works (PRO Class MT29) 1918-1964
Part 1 London North Eeastern, London Midland & Scottish, British Railways Eastern, North Eastern, London Midland, and Scottish Regions
£2.35
23Index to the Inspecting Officers' Reports on New Works (PRO Class MT29) 1918-1964
Part 2 Great Western, Southern, British Railways Western and Southern Regions, London Transport, non-grouped companies
£2.60
24 Index to Signalling Items in the PRO, compiled by P.Kay £2.25
25 SRS annual lists of Signal Box alterations 1992-1995 £0.80
27 Signalling articles in the Railway Magazine 1897-1957 £0.60
28 Index to MT6 1902-1919 £11.75
29 British Railways, Southern Region, Croydon S&T Index at National Railway Museum £2.90
30 Richard Rapiers 1874 Paper "On the Fixed Signals of Railways" £4.40
31 1874 Tyer's Catalogue £1.80
32 Preston Area Signalling Diagrams £8.50
33 Preston Area Signal Sketches £8.50
34 London Midland & Scottish (Northern Division) List of Signal Boxes & Hours of Attendance £2.30
35 SRS annual lists of Signal Box alterations 1996-2000 £2.50
36 Index to collections of weekly notices. (Enclose an SAE to cover postage) £0.20
37 Southern & British Railways, Southern Region Signal Instructions 1923-1959 on CD-Rom (Price includes postage) £11.00
38 British Railways, Southern Region Weekly Signal Alterations (the Section C items) 1949-1968 on CD-Rom (Price includes postage) £11.00
XXX -- Andy Overton's British Power Signalling Register is a free listing and historical analysis of all power signalling equipment installations ever commissioned in Britain. The database presents a spreadsheet listing of all signalbox, local control and ground switch panels of any kind utilising button or switch control, associated interlockings and a list of power frames. Follow the link to download a copy and please note that this is not an SRS publication. free

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