RA 9048 RARE EXAMPLE OF UNMODIFED G.W.R. SLOT REPEATER WITH SWITCH event Withdrawn 29th May 1963 and

Withdrawn 29th May 1963 and scrapped  March 1964

The overall height is 3

with the makers name and 1945

mushroom dome bell

Many copper tops like this had plain lenses on the front and some had G

RA 9048 RARE EXAMPLE OF UNMODIFED G.W.R. SLOT REPEATER WITH SWITCH event Withdrawn 29th May 1963 andWe have had several examples of the beautifully made Great Western Railway wood cased "slot" repeaters but none as early as this, most were up graded at the signal works over their working lige and had their wooded "bobbin" type lightning arresters replaced with carbon versions. Battery switches and internal brass thumbscrews wire connections were also replaced, this example is as original as they come and the instrument bar is also stamped G. W. R.