Identification & quantity of components on fret:
1. GER 5ft11in tapered home arms (2)
2. NER 5ft6in home (4) and distant (1) arms with operating tails for
slotted posts (remove for standard posts)
3. GCR 4ft6in home (2) and distant (1) arms; cut 2 to produce more
4. NER & GCR subsidiary arms (4)
5. GNR corrugated steel home (2) and distant (1) somersault arms
GNR/TVR plain home somersault arms (4)
6. Somersault motion plates for 5 (3)
7. Spectacle plates for 1, 2 & 5 (7)
Spectacle plates for 13 (2)
8. Backlight blinder for 1 (1)
9. Spectacle plates for 3 (5)
10. Spectacle plates for 4 (4)
11. Backlight blinders for 2, 3 &5 (5)
12. Somersault arm J-brackets (7)
13. GNR subsidiary somersault arms (2)
14. GCR goods line ring
ST3 3mm scale McKenzie & Holland lower quadrant signal arm fret
McKenzie & Holland supplied signals to many British railway companies, including the Highland, Great Northern, North Eastern, Great Eastern, North Staffordshire, Great Central, Furness, Taff Vale, Barry, Rhymney, Brecon & Merthyr, and Cambrian Railways. They were used on the Northern Counties Committee in Ireland, and in Australia, New Zealand and many other countries. For companies listed above and not shown in the parts list opposite, check with photographs to establish the correct type to use.
The actual size of the fret is 63 x 41mm; it is etched in 0.010" brass. For clarity, the photo shows the equivalent 4mm scale fret.
To see exactly what is involved in using these parts, download the instruction sheet as an Adobe Acrobat® file (104kb).