The Signalling Record Society
London Midland & Scottish Railway Digital Archive
The railways have frequently issued notices of instruction that have operational significance but which don't fall readily into the main categories of the archive. These include notices of electrification, loading of trains, safety, local and more general instructions. Many of these items would today be included in Section 'D' of the weekly notices.
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Headquarters Instructions
| Number | Issue Date | Description |
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| E.R.O. 6918/3 | November 1939 | Air Raid Precautions. Members' Download |
| E.R.O. 6811/21 | May 1943 | Supplement 2 to Alterations & Additions For Working of Railways, 1 September 1941. Members' Download |
Local Instructions
| Number | Issue Date | Description |
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| E.R.O. 46436/ | undated | Tunnel Alarm Apparatus and Telephonic Communication. Template 'master' for completion in respect of locations and then issue to the relevant signal boxes as a local box instruction. Members' Download |
| September 1929 | Cross Lane Cattle Dock: Shunting Horn Code. Members' Download |
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| September 1929 | Glasson Dock: Instructions to Signalmen at Station Box. Members' Download |
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| September 1929 | Harrington Junction: Gong Code & Instructions for working between signal box and South End ground frame. Members' Download |
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| September 1929 | Hoddlesden Junction: Shunting Horn Code. Members' Download |
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| September 1929 | Holland Arms: Instructions to Signalmen at Station Box; instructions for working staff controller. Members' Download |
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| September 1929 | Milnthorpe: Bell code between signal box and Fogsignalman's Cottage at Woodhouse. Members' Download |
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| E.R.O. 46467 CK 1093 |
April 1930 | Widnes: Mechanical Gong Communication between Pointsman at No.5 Canal Bridge Box and Signalman at No.4 Dock Junction Box. Members' Download |
Electrified Lines Instructions
| Number | Issue Date | Description |
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| ERO 51987 | 1 March 1937 | Working of Trains over Electrified Lines: Local Lines, Campbell Road Junction to Upminster. Members' Download |
| ERO 51987 | 1 August 1938 | Supplement No.1 to Working of Trains over Electrified Lines: Local Lines, Campbell Road Junction to Upminster. Recreated from amendments stuck in - may be incomplete. Members' Download |
Distance Diagrams
| Number | Issue Date | Description |
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| 48 | August 1938 | Sheet 48 covering Water Orton - Birmingham - Camp Hill / Church Road Junction. On the back is an undated pencilled sketch depicting changes to Lawley Street Goods shed. Members' Download |
Other Items
| LineCode | Issue Date | Description |
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| MR820 | Signalling notes relevant to the Brightside area (Sheffield to Wincobank). They are undated and may be from the LMSR or BR era. Found typed up on the back of withdrawn local instruction notice dated 1930 and the handwritten parts are in fountain pen rather than biro. Members' Download |