Welcome to Railway Clocks

You have reached the website for British Railway Clocks, as you explore the site you will learn how we adopted Railway Time across the country, advice I can offer on railway clock restoration, railway clock collecting and railway clock research and also a railway clocks fakes page showing what some sellers are trying to pass off to the unsuspecting ! You can drop me an email or telephone to ask about any of the above.

Currently offered for sale or exchange are the following genuine railway clocks: London & North Eastern Railway dial clock, Southern Railway dial clock, British Railways mantle clock, London, Midland and Scottish railway wall clock, Great Eastern Railway Bracket clock, Great Western Railway Brass drum clock and many others.

Thanks for looking. Simon Turner Railway Clocks .Net

Welcome to Railway Clocks by Simon Turner

This website hopefully helps to piece together many areas on collecting, restoring, buying and selling genuine British railway clocks, whether they are humble mantle clocks, fusee wall clocks, or railway regulator clock's.

I have included many pictures of clocks that I have managed to collect and also a page dedicated to the fakers black art ! I hope you enjoy sharing my passion with you.

What's Within

Railway Clock Information Record's

In my custody are one of the most extensive archives of British Railway clock records that exist, these have been painstakingly formatted into a modern database and I can email a certified copy of many clocks as a pdf file, for this there is no charge, my motto is information is for sharing, and at the touch of a button I can even tell you how many clocks were in use at your local station, this free service offers you all the information that remains that relates to your British railway clock.

Railway Time

What was Railway Time ?

In The years before 1840 there were different local times in use all over the United Kingdom, but in November 1840 the Great Western Railway first adopted Railway Time thus enabling a number of different local times to be synchronised and a single standard time applied. This practice soon caught on and over the next few years was adopted by all of the other railway companies in Great Britain. If you would like to know more then go to my History page.

Services

Advice on restoring your railway clock.
Advice on fakes.
Free research of your clock.

LBSCR 10 inch in poor condition

This Clock spent the last 30 years in a damp garden shed, but is worthy of restoration.

Wanted

I am always interested in purchasing original Railway Clocks, especially John Walker, Southern Railway and Great Western Railway examples, I also offer exchanges not only for clocks but also other items of Railway memorabilia and enamel advertising signage.

I have a collection of British Railway signs and am always interested in purchasing British Railway Totems and Southern Railway Target signs.

York Totem Railway station sign