RA 8108 G.W.R. PATTERN FLAT TOP BLOCK BELL BY R.E.THOMPSON & C0. Staffs & Tablets the overall condition is very

the overall condition is very good considering it well over 100 years old however the spout has received some restoration work where it joins the body

the bell has been tested

A Bakelite track circuit indicator manufactured by R

this company supplied railway companies with a departure board with an advertising area too

RA 8108 G.W.R. PATTERN FLAT TOP BLOCK BELL BY R.E.THOMPSON & C0. Staffs & Tablets the overall condition is veryA G. W. R. pattern block bell manufactured by R . E. Thompson & Co, this is one of the later pattern instruments with "comb" joints and was made at the company's Hersham works, Walton on Thames. The case work is in very good condition and is fitted with a Flat top bell mounted on a cruciform pedestal. The instrument is in working order.