Toy railway accessory
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Tinplate
Measurements
Each piece of track - 195 mm (length); 35 mm (depth), Each signal and telegraph poles - 30 mm (width); 55 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667718
Summary
Three pieces of tinplate model railway track, a railway signal and a telegraph pole. The railway track is curved and has metal rails with the sleepers moulded onto a raised metal base. The sleepers are painted brown with yellow underneath. The sides of the base is painted green with brown spots to simulate greenery. The tinplate signal is set onto a black metal base which can be attached to the railway track by a metal hook. The signal can be moved up and down by a lever at the bottom. The tinplate telegraph pole is also set onto a metal base the same way as the signal. The telegraph pole has four branches, in pairs of two with the white painted electrical cones. Total number of items is 5.