PAGE 7 SIGNALS

Bewdley down home Moving on to bracket signals, and if you think this picture is washed out, well you are right, i have increased the brightness to accentuate the cranks that operate the arms. This is a detail I could never find when I looked at published sources. Note the separate cranks used to get the movement up to the arm.

Bewdley down home, Severn Valley

Arley down home An older style of bracket, using a counterbalance armeach side. Against the light, so we can't see what is going on.

Arley down home, Sever Valley.

bracket at Didcot I hope you can just about make out how the pivot is fixed on to the underside of the deck.

Didcot Railway Centre.

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