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In 1899 the London & North Western Railway commissioned the first 'all electric' signalling installation at Gresty Lane, Crewe.

The semaphore signals were power operated, as were the points and detection.

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Waddington GN260 Great Northern News 2013 January.
Railway Archive 2012 issue 35.
Waddon Marsh LB064 Southern Way 2013 issue 23.
Railway Bylines 2012 January.
Wadebridge SW153 British Railways Illustrated 2013 March.
British Railways Illustrated 2010 February.
Backtrack 2008 December.
Backtrack 2008 November.
Southern Way 2008 issue 2.
Wainfleet GN112 Backtrack 2015 August.
Wakefield Westgate (GNR) Steam Days 2010 October.
Backtrack 2010 September.
Steam Days 2009 December.
Waldersea GE084 Steam World 1997 November.
Walnut Tree Junction (GWR) Backtrack 2009 November.
Walnut Tree Junction (TVR) Steam Days 2009 May.
Walsall NW380 Railway Magazine 1966 February.
Railway Bylines 2015 December pp38-39.
Steam World 1991 January.
Walton GN040 Great Northern News 2012 September.
British Railways Illustrated 2008 June.
Walton Junction LY160 L & Y Focus 2007 Winter.
Railway Magazine 1898 December.
Walton on Thames SW001 Southern Way 2012 issue 17.
Southern Way 2009 issue 5.
Southern Way 2008 issue 3.
Waltons Sidings LY100 Backtrack 2012 February.
Wandsworth Common LB001 Steam Days 2016 January.
Wandsworth Road LB022 Backtrack 2010 September.
Wansford NE070 Steam World 2000 December.
Wansford NW150 Railway Magazine 2016 October.
Railway Magazine 2013 Christmas.
Railway Magazine 2012 December.
Railway Magazine 2011 March.
Railway Magazine 2011 January.
Railway Magazine 2010 November.
Wantage Road (GWR) Railway Bylines 2010 November.
Wapping NW608 Railway Bylines 2013 October.
Warcop Cumbrian Railways Journal 2007 08.
Wareham SW100 Backtrack 2013 November.
British Railways Illustrated 2013 Year Book.
Heritage Railway 2013 March.
Warmley MR344 Backtrack 2016 January p33.
Warnham LB084 Steam World 1996 June.
Warrington Arpley NW730 See under 'Arpley'.
Warrington Bank Quay NW530 Backtrack 2013 April.
Warrington Bank Quay NW730 Steam World 2010 February.
Warrington Central CL060 Railway Magazine 2013 March.
Warrington PSB NW530 Rail 2008 December 3.
Warsop GC110 Steam Days 2013 March.
Washington NE370 British Railways Illustrated 2016 January.
Waterford Backtrack 2007 October.
Waterhouse Siding L & Y Focus 2007 Winter.
Waterloo GO002 Steam Days 2017 February.
Waterloo PSB Railway Magazine 2008 November.
Watermoor Railway Bylines 2009 March.
Waterside GS112 Steam Days 2011 November.
Watford (LNWR) British Railways Illustrated 2010 November.
Backtrack 2010 January.
Watford Junction NW001 Steam World 2013 February.
Steam World 2010 September.
Modern Railways 2009 October.
Steam World 2005 July.
Wath Road MR840 Backtrack 2020 November.
Wath Yard / Sidings GC270 Forward 2008 December.
Forward 2008 September.
British Railways Illustrated 1998 May.
Railway Magazine 1926 December.
Waverley (Edinburgh) See Edinburgh
Wavertree (LNWR) Backtrack 1999 September.
Waxdale (Winconsin) RSHS Bulletin Volume 40 Issue 5.
Weald Intermediate SE001 Steam Days 2011 May.
Southern Way 2010 issue 12.
Weardale Railway Bylines 2006 February.
Weaverthorpe (NER) Steam World 2011 January.
Wednesbury GW750 Steam Days 2012 June.
Wednesbury NW380 Backtrack 2016 December.
Weedon NW110 Steam Days 2014 January.
Weekday Cross GC020 British Railways Illustrated 2015 August.
Steam Days 2010 June.
Weeley GE230 Backtrack 2013 August.
Great Eastern Journal 2011 January.
Weetz (Germany) Railway Magazine 1966 August.
Welford & Kilworth NW160 Railway Magazine 1966 August.
Welford Park GW088 Steam Days 2016 February.
Backtrack 2007 April.
Wellfield (NER) Railway Archive 2010 25.
Wellingborough London Road (LNWR) Backtrack 2013 May.
Steam Days 2009 September.
Wellingborough MR080 Modern Railways 2021 June.
Railway Magazine 2011 April.
Midland Railway Journal 2010 Summer.
Midland Railway Journal 2009 Winter.
Steam Days 2009 September.
Steam World 1993 June.
Wellowgate (GCR) Steam Days 2010 December.
Wells GW210 Backtrack 2016 January p36.
Steam Days 2012 April.
Wells SD014 Steam Days 2012 April.
Railway Bylines 2011 June.
Railway Bylines 2008 December.
Wells-next-the-Sea GE130 Great Eastern Journal 2008 October.
Steam Days 2008 June.
Steam World 1994 October.
Wells Tucker Street GW213 Backtrack 2012 May.
Steam World 1993 July.
Welsh Harp MR001 Steam Days 2020 September.
Midland Record 21 2005.
Archive 2001 June.
Welsh's Bridge HR001 Railway Magazine 2013 December.
Steam Days 2011 March.
Backtrack 2009 January.
Steam World 1994 July.
Welton NE040 Railway Magazine 2018 January.
Welwyn Garden City GN030 British Railways Illustrated 2010 January.
Great Northern News 2008 November-December.
Welwyn North GN030 Steam World 1997 January.
Wem NW225 Modern Railways 2013 November.
Wembley (GCR) Backtrack 2011 April.
Wembley Park MT030 Backtrack 2016 March p152.
Railway Magazine 2013 August.
Wemyss Private Railway Steam World 1991 August supplement.
Railway World 1970 June.
Wendling GE132 British Railways Illustrated 2013 October.
Wennington MR910 Backtrack 2008 April.
Midland Record 2008 28.
Steam World 1982 January.
Wensom Junction GE140 Great Eastern Journal 2011 July.
Werrington GN040 Great Northern News 2013 July.
Great Northern News 2013 January.
Steam Days 2009 May.
Rail 2008 March 26.
West Anglia route Rail 2008 August 13.
West Brompton Backtrack 2007 November.
West Bromwich GW750 Backtrack 2016 March p157.
West Byfleet (LSWR) Archive 2001 March.
West Calder (CR) Steam Days 2009 September.
West Cornwall Railway Modern Railways 2009 May.
West Croydon LB060 Railway Bylines 2016 March.
Backtrack 2009 June.
Railway Magazine 1927 March.
West Drayton GW060 Steam Days 2010 May.
Backtrack 2008 December.
West Ealing GW060 Backtrack 2010 April.
Steam World 2000 December.
Steam World 1994 August.
West Grinstead LB060 Railway Archive No.47 2015
West Ham MR030 Modern Railways 2012 March.
West Hampstead MR001 Midland Railway Journal 2012 Winter.
Modern Railways 2010 September.
Backtrack 2007 July.
West Hampstead (LUL) Modern Railways 2010 December.
West Holmes Rail 2008 September 10.
Rail 2008 August 27.
West Junction (Ohio) RSHS Bulletin Volume 40 Issue 2.
West Lynn MG001 M&GN Bulletin 2013 April.
West Midlands SC MR250 Rail 2013 Issue 727.
West Mill GF GE028 Railway Bylines 2012 August.
West Street Junction (Boston) GN090 Railway Bylines 2011 November.
West Wickham SE009 Southern Way 2016 issue 36.
Westbury GW190 Steam Days 2020 July. (North)
Steam Days 2020 June. (South)
British Railways Illustrated 2009 June.
Rail 2008 June 4.
Westerfield Junction GE260 Steam Days 2016 August.
Railway Bylines 2012 March.
Steam World 1991 August.
Westerham SE013 Southern Way issue 15.
Steam Days 2011 May.
Westerleigh Junction GW120 Steam Days 2019 December.
M&GN Bulletin 2012 June.
Steam World 1998 November.
Railway Magazine 1966 February.
Westerleigh Junction MR340 Steam Days 2015 November.
Railway Magazine 1966 February.
Steam World 1998 November.
Westmoreland GW150 Steam Days 2017 January.
Weston & Ingrestree NS001 Railway Archive 2013 issue 40.
Weston-super-Mare GW172 British Railways Illustrated 2010 March.
Steam World 1997 December.
Westport MI040 Modern Railways 2010 July.
Westwood GW300 Steam World 1998 October.
Westwood Junction GN040 Steam World 2013 February.
Steam World 1995 May.
Wetherby Steam Days 2021 April.
Backtrack 2009 January.
Wetmore Sidings MR210 British Railways Illustrated 2016 August.
British Railways Illustrated 2010 March.
Weybourne MG020 Joint Line 2012 Summer.
Joint Line 2012 Autumn.
Railway Magazine 2012 September.
Great Eastern Journal 2012 July.
Joint Line 2012 Summer.
Weybridge SW001 Backtrack 2020 June.
Steam World 1995 November.
Weymouth GW220 Southern Way 2011 issue 14.
Southern Way 2009 issue 7.
Wharf GW359 Great Western Railway Journal 2009 Summer.
Wheler Street Junction Steam World 2008 September.
Whifflet NB320 Steam Days 2016 July.
Whiley Hill Steam Days 2011 March.
Whisker Hill Junction Steam Days 2021 May.
Steam Days 2008 May.
Whitby (Town) NE221 Backtrack 2012 February.
Moors Line 2008 Spring.
Moors Line 2007 winter.
Backtrack 1999 September.
Whitchurch SW120 Southern Way 2012 19.
Steam Days 2011 September.
Southern Way 2011 issue 13.
Whiteball Siding GW230 Backtrack 2013 March.
Backtrack 2009 April.
Steam World 1981 September.
Whitechapel EL001 Modern Railways 2013 January.
Whitehall Junction MR890 Backtrack 2021 June.
Backtrack 2012 July.
Steam Days 2008 January.
Steam World 1995 November.
Whitehead NC001 Railway World 1970 June.
Whitehead NC010 Railway Magazine 2016 November.
Whitehouse Junction LY210 Steam World 1995 March.
Whitemoor GE082 British Railways Illustrated 2013 March.
Steam Days 2009 July.
Steam World 1998 March.
Railway Magazine 1933 August.
Whitland GW660 Railway Bylines 2012 October.
Steam Days 2009 December.
Whitley Bridge LY360 Railway Bylines 2010 05.
Whitlingham GE140 Backtrack 2021 April.
Whitrope Siding NB030 Steam Days 2010 August.
Steam World 1994 January.
Whittlesea GE080 Railway Magazine 2020 December.
Railway Magazine 2013 January.
Rail 2012 March 21.
Railway Magazine 2011 September.
Modern Railways 2010 August.
Railway Magazine 2008 January.
Whittlesford GE050 Great Eastern Journal 2011 April.
Whitwell & Reepham MG032 M&GN Bulletin 2011 May.
Joint Line 2007 Autumn.
Whixley Backtrack 2007 March.
Whyteleafe South SE071 Steam World 1996 June.
Wickford Steam World 2008 November.
Wickham Market & JunctionGE260 Steam Days 2013 February.
Railway Magazine 1966 March.
Wickwar (MR) Archive 2003 December.
Widmerpool MR100 The Wyvern 2012 Winter.
Midland Railway Journal 2012 Autumn.
Midland Record 21 2005.
Widnes NW730 Steam World 1997 October.
Widney Manor Steam Days 2008 May.
Wigan British Railways Illustrated 2009 January.
Wigan North Western NW550 British Railways Illustrated 2010 August.
Steam World 2009 August.
Wigan Wallgate Steam World 2009 August.
British Railways Illustrated 2009 May.
Wigston MR150 Railway Bylines: 2013 October.
Backtrack 2012 October.
Railway Magazine 1962 July.
Wigston Magna Backtrack 2011 January.
Wilby Crossing Backtrack 2008 October.
Willesden High Level NW060 Railway Magazine 2011 July.
Willesden Junction NW001 British Railways Illustrated 2016 June.
British Railways Illustrated 2015 November.
British Railways Illustrated 2013 October.
Railway Archive 2012 Issue 36.
Steam Days 2008 January.
Railway Magazine 1933 October.
Willesden Yards British Railways Illustrated 2016 June.
Backtrack 2007 June.
Williton GW239 Backtrack 2015 September.
Backtrack 2012 March.
Railway Magazine 2011 April.
British Railways Illustrated 2009 September.
Railway Magazine 2008 September.
Rail 2008 July 29.
Willoughby GN110 Railway Archive 2010 25.
Wilmcote GW733 Steam Days 2016 September.
Steam World 2003 May.
Wilmslow Backtrack 2021 April.
Wilpshire LY273 Backtrack 2011 August.
Wilsontown CA044 Steam Days 2016 November.
Wilton SW140 Backtrack 102 June.
Steam Days 2010 September.
Southern Way 2008 issue 2.
Steam World 1998 November.
Wimbledon LB025 Steam World 2012 July.
Wimbledon SW001 Railway Magazine 2012 October.
Railway Bylines 2012 January.
Steam World 2011 November.
British Railways Illustrated 2011 May.
Steam Days 2010 February.
Backtrack 2009 July.
Backtrack 2009 June.
Wimblehurst Lane LB080 Steam World 1996 June.
Wimborne SW106 Backtrack 2016 February.
Wincanton (SDR) Railway Bylines 2009 May.
Winchcombe Steam Railway 2008 Feb-Mar.
Railway Magazine 2008 February.
Steam Days 2007 December.
Backtrack 2000 May.
Winchester (City) SW070 Southern Way 2016 05 issue 35.
Railway Magazine 2016 February.
Steam Days 2011 November.
Southern Way 2010 issue 12.
Winchester Cheeshill / Chesil GW089 Steam Days 2011 November.
Steam World 2008 October.
Winchester Junction SW070 Steam Days 2011 November.
Winchfield SW060 Steam Days 2010 November.
Modern Railways 2010 February.
Steam World 2004 December.
Wincobank Junction Steam Railway 2008 Feb-Mar.
Wind Street GW610 Steam Days 2013 September.
Windmill Lane GE020 Great Eastern Journal 2011 January.
Windsor & Eton GW069 Steam World 1994 January.
Windsor Passing Siding (TVR) Backtrack 2010 June.
Wing Crossing Backtrack 2009 February.
Winklebury SW060 Southern Way 2013 issue 21.
Winnington Junction NE708 Rail 2012 May 16.
Winslow NW130 Steam Days 2012 March.
Winwick Junction NW530 Steam Days 2021 February.
Backtrack 2009 June.
Steam World 1993 June.
Winwick Quay NW530 Backtrack 2009 June.
Steam World 1993 July.
Steam World 1993 June.
Wirksworth HMRS Journal 2007 July-September.
Wisbech GE084 Steam World 1997 November.
Wisbech MG001 Railway Magazine 2012 (Best of 1).
Steam World 1997 November.
Wisbech St Mary MG001 Backtrack 2011 September.
Wishaw CA160 Steam Days 2016 July.
Wishford GW195 Steam Days 2020 July.
Witham (GER) Railway Bylines 2011 January.
Steam Days 2008 October.
Steam World 2008 August.
Backtrack 2007 December.
Witham GW190 Steam World 1998 December.
Withyham LB103 Southern Way 2015 Issue 31.
Witney (GWR) Archive 2001 June.
Wittersham Road KE001 Railway Magazine 2013 February.
Wiveliscombe Railway Bylines 2008 February.
Wivenhoe GE230 Great Eastern Journal 2011 January.
Woking SW001 Backtrack 2015 November.
Steam World 2012 November.
Modern Railways 2012 October.
Steam Days 2010 November.
Southern Way 2009 issue 7.
Steam World 2009 August.
Steam World 2009 June.
Southern Way 2007 issue 1.
Steam World 2001 June.
Steam World 1995 February.
Wokingham (SER) Backtrack 2010 October.
Railway Bylines 2010 September.
Wolferton GE114 North Norfolk Society 2011 November.
Wolsztyn Steam Railway 2008 Feb-Mar.
Wolvercot Junction Steam Days 2008 April.
Wolverhampton Low Level Backtrack 2009 October.
British Railways Illustrated 2008 July.
Wolverhampton NW360 British Railways Illustrated 2013 April.
Steam Days 2012 June.
Wood Green GN001 Railway World 1970 September.
Steam Days 2015 October.
Railway Magazine 2013 December.
Steam Days 2013 June.
Steam World 1990 October.
Wood Green LE020 Railway Magazine 1933 July.
Woodborough GW180 Steam World 1998 November.
Woodbridge GE260 Steam Days 2016 July.
Woodburn NB045 Backtrack 2016 February. Steam World 2013 January.
Woodfidley SW100 Backtrack 2012 February.
Woodford British Railways Illustrated 2009 April.
Steam Days 2009 January.
Railway Bylines 2008 March.
Woodford Halse GC020 British Railways Illustrated 2013.
Backtrack 2011 January.
Railway Magazine 2010 October.
Steam World 1993 January.
Woodford West MJ001 Steam Days 2010 June.
Steam World 1993 April.
Railway Magazine 1933 November.
Woodgrange Park MR034 British Railways Illustrated 2013 June.
Woodhall Spa Backtrack 2007 May.
Woodhall Junction GN100 Raiway Magazine 2012 June.
Woodham Ferrers GE202 Great Eastern Journal 2012 January.
Railway Magazine 1962 October.
Woodhead GC370 Modern Railways 2010 September.
Rail 2008 July 29.
Railway Magazine 1966 July.
Woodhead route (GCR) British Railways Illustrated 2009 October.
Woodhorn NE707 Steam World 2007 June.
Woodlesford MR880 Midland Railway Journal 2012 Autumn.
Midland Railway Journal 2011 Autumn.
Woody Bay LA001 Southern Way Issue 20.
Wool SW100 Rail 2013 March 6.
Wooler Backtrack 2008 February.
Woolmar (LMR) Railway Bylines 2010 May.
Woolwich Arsenal SE020 Backtrack 2013 December.
Wootton IC001 Southern Way 2016 02 issue 34.
Wootton Bassett Incline (GWR) Backtrack 2009 September.
Worcester Foregate Street GW712 Steam Days 2011 December.
Worcester Shrub Hill GW710 Railway Magazine, 2021 May.
Cotswold & Malvern News 2016 summer.
Steam Days 2012 November.
Steam World 2010 February.
Backtrack 2009 May.
Railway Magazine 2007 December.
British Railways Illustrated 1997 November.
Worcester Tunnel Junction GW710 Backtrack 2013 April.
Railway Magazine 2012 May.
Railway Magazine 2012 April.
Steam Days 2011 December.
Modern Railways 2011 June.
Steam World 1995 November.
Worgret Junction SW100 British Railways Illustrated 2013 Year Book.
Steam Days 2011 March.
Backtrack 2009 February. Steam World 1998 September.
Workington NW940 Railway Magazine 2013 December.
Steam Days 2008 June.
Worksop Railway Magazine 2020 July.
Steam Days 2007 November.
Worle Junction GW170 Backtrack 1999 September.
Wormit NB517 Steam World 2010 April.
Railway Magazine 1966 October.
Worsboro Bridge Crossing GC330 Backtrack 2012 September.
Worthy Down GW089 Steam World 2008 October.
Worting Junction SW060 Railway Magazine 2017 December.
Southern Way 2010 issue 9.
Steam Days 2008 May.
Steam World 1993 July.
Railway Magazine 1962 November.
Wortley Junction MR890 Steam Days 2008 January.
Steam World 1995 March.
Wragby (GNR) Backtrack 2010 December.
Wrawby Junction GC170 Backtrack 2017 January.
Railway Magazine 2016 August.
Modern Railways 2016 March.
Modern Railways 2016 January.
Railway Magazine 2015 December.
Railway Observer 2013 November.
Railway Magazine 2013 May.
Steam Days 2012 April.
Backtrack 2010 September.
Today's Railways 2007 August.
Wrenthorpe (GNR) Steam Days 2010 October.
Wrexham Central GC490 Backtrack 2021 June.
Wrexham Exchange & General Railway Bylines 2006 April.
Wrexham GW861 British Railways Illustrated 2015 August.
Railway Bylines 2010 August.
Railway Bylines 2010 March.
Wroxhall Steam Days 2007 November.
Wroxham (GER) Steam Days 2011 February.
Wybourne Siding Signals SE031 Southern Way issue 18.
Steam World 1994 October.
Wycombe Junction GN155 MR106 Railway Magazine 2011 August.
Wye (SER) Railway Magazine 2009 November.
Steam Days 2009 September.
Wylam NE430 Railway Magazine 2020 January.
Railway Magazine 2012 October.
Railway Observer 2010 November.
Railway Magazine 2010 January.
RSHS Bulletin 2001 34-5.
Wymondham GE120 Modern Railways 2013 June.
Great Eastern Journal 2013 January.
Modern Railways 2013 April.
Modern Railways 2011 June.
Blastpipe 2011 Spring.
Blastpipe 2009 Winter.

 





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