hclewis Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Hi all! Happy new year. I'm seeking speed restriction tables for the western region, preferably from before the end of steam. I have found similar documents on eBay for my SR and BR (S) projects, but nothing for the GWR or BR (W). I am prepared to pay for photocopies or scans of this data if someone has it. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help or point me in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted January 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1 Mike the station master is your best bet for such information. The GW were pretty parsimonious in providing permanent speed restriction signs, there's were circular mostly black, with a white circle and the speed within. Newer BR signs are to the standard of the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innerhome Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I think there was a reprint of the Great Western Railway sectional appendix for 1945 (?) done by OPC at some point. IIRC - this contained line speed limits and speed limits over junctions. That said I can't see it listed anywhere on the second hand book sites. Signalling Record Society website might be worth looking at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innerhome Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 This is what I was thinking of: Great Western Railway Service Timetable Appendices, 1945 Hardcover – 1 Dec. 1980 Available on Amazon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hclewis Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 Thank you both. I will try and get a copy of that reprint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2 There are various sources - 1. the Bradford Barton book mentioned above which is not actually what inner Home' initially described it as although it is titled - 'GWR Service Timetable Appendices 1945'. What it actually contains are various pages from the back part of the STTs which is where Permanent Restrictions of Speed were at that time listed on the GWR. This book includes all sections of the GWR STTs for that year The 'Appendix to Section X of the Service Timetable' - the approximate GWR equivalent of the Sectional Appendix of the BR era - did not list permanent restrictions of speed and neither did the 1960 editions of the WR Sectional Appendices. 2 Your best online source, or more correctly the best I know of, is this one - https://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk You will see down the left hand side of that pahge a list of various subjects including Working Timetables. When yo follow that link yo will find a lot of GWR/Wr STTs/WTTs all available to download. Unlike the Bradford Barton book there is not a complete set for any particular year and there some gaps overall but it is a worthwhile site to visit if you are searching for any particular area or information and I use it quite often. Depending pn your bandwidth etc downloads are quick and easy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hclewis Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 Thanks all. The book contained the information that I needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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