Welcome to Railway Clocks by Ian Lyman.
Ian Lyman has been restoring railway clocks for many years and is the author of RAILWAY CLOCKS, a hard back publication of some 350 pages. Click here for more information
The Railway Clock Record Archive
In our custody is by far the most extensive archive of railway clock records anywhere that refer to the largest number of different clocks that were in use on our railways from the early Victorian period to the present day. These many many thousands of original sources can be searched for you and the results provided in the form of a formal Certified Copy to go with your clock.
Many clocks pass through auctions accompanied by one of our formal Clock Records – trusted by London and provincial auction houses and collectors alike as they all know your clock will achieve its’ optimum value if accompanied by its’ Official Record that itself reveals all the information that has survived relating to your clock.
If we haven’t searched for you – then you won’t know.!
Some clocks for sale…
Great Eastern Railway/L.& N.E.R. 
(possibly Newmarket Railway later Eastern Counties Railway) 12” dial drop-case fusee clock No. 2018 (L & NER ivorine number plate affixed to dial) ex-Fulbourne {Booking Office} in mahogany case; c.1850. Dial written “L. N. E. R.” with “2018” engraved on L&NER plate. “GER” painted on back of dial. The clock has retained its’ L&NER Clock Record Card. More clocks
London & South Western Railway/S.R. 8” dial roundhead fusee clock No. 3981 ex-Bentley {Signal Box} then Bentley {Booking Office} in mahogany case; c.1870. Dial written “B.R. 3981” with arabic numerals and 24-hour number indicators. Case stamped “3981SW”.
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A bit of Railway clock history…
Railway time was the name given to the standardised time arrangement first applied by the Great Western Railway in England in November 1840. This was the first recorded occasion when a number of different local times were synchronised and a single standard time applied. Railway time was progressively … Read More