[Bell Historians] Railway Bell

[Paul Marshall]

The Severn Valley Railway obtained a bell with a metal headstock and 
wheel from somewhere. I last saw it lying around at Bewdley station. 
I'll see if I can find out where it came from.

It was quite common for signal boxes to have bells hung outside but I 
don't remember hearing of a swung bell in a marshalling yard. It may 
have been worked by wire from the signal box and rung to tell the staff 
to stop shunting while a train was let into the sidings, or as a warning 
of a passing train.

Paul Marshall.

In message <5.1.0.14.0.20030922143018.04e39348 at 1...>, 
editor at r... writes
>There used to be (until the late 1980s, I think) quite a large bell in a
>marshalling yard on the way out of Waterloo station. From memory, it was
>hung atop a very substantial-looking metal column and appeared to be hung
>for swing-chiming (with an iron head-stock).
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>Does anyone know please a) what is was originally used for b) what
>happened to it?
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>Are there other examples of its type around?
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>RAL
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