Railway Lamp Servicing Kit

Railway Lamp Servicing Kit is a mobile application for railway equipment collectors, signalling historians and custodians of depot artefacts. It is dedicated to cataloguing the tools, spare parts and accessories used to service oil and kerosene railway signal lamps before their widespread replacement by electric systems. Organise a collection of equipment used by railway lamp tenders—the workers who made their rounds of signals, points and semaphores, cleaning soot from lenses, filling fuel reservoirs, trimming wicks and maintaining the correct flame height and shape. Catalogue single-day and long-burning burners, oil reservoirs, flat cotton and round felt wicks, glass chimneys, coloured signal lenses, replacement gaskets, mounting hardware and surviving servicing kits. Build a digital archive of the railway lamp tender’s vanished trade. Document each item’s construction, the type of signal it served, its railway company, manufacturer, period of use and surviving service markings. Item record details Each servicing accessory can be documented using fields such as: Service Identifier: A unique item code, for example RSLK-WICK-1930-BORR-041. Object Type: Burner, oil reservoir, wick, glass chimney, signal lens, gasket, mounting hardware, oil can, cleaning tool or servicing kit. Lamp Purpose: Switch signal, semaphore, block signal, trackside signal, marker lamp or handheld signal lantern. Servicing Operation: Cleaning, refuelling, wick trimming, flame adjustment, burner replacement, lens replacement or ventilation inspection. Fuel Type: Kerosene, signal oil, other petroleum fuel or unknown. Wick Type: Flat cotton, round felt, long-burning wick or unknown. Burner Type: Single-day, long-burning, lamp-specific or unknown. Reservoir Type: Removable oil reservoir, built-in reservoir or spare reservoir. Reservoir Shape: Cylindrical, rectangular, oval or specially shaped. Glass Type: Open lens, protective glass, glass chimney or globe. Signal Lens Colour: Clear, red, green, blue or yellow. Railway System: The railway company or network for which the item was intended. Manufacturer: Lovell-Dressel, Adams & Westlake / Adlake, Armspear or another railway signalling equipment manufacturer. Country of Manufacture: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia/USSR or another country. Estimated Era: 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s or 1950s. Body Material: Steel, brass, copper, tinned steel or cast iron. Wick Material: Cotton, felt or an unidentified fibrous material. Mounting Type: Threaded, slip-fit, clamp or special mounting. Compatibility: A specific lantern model or family of signal lamps. Working Position: Vertical, suspended, mounted on a signal bracket or mounted on a switch mechanism. Ventilation Condition: Vents clear, partially blocked by soot, damaged or missing components. Wick Condition: New, used, charred, deformed or partially preserved. Wear Traces: Soot, oil residue, heat discolouration, corrosion or marks from regular cleaning. Stamps and Markings: Manufacturer’s name, railway company, lamp number, inventory number or part number. Service Markings: Identification of a switch, signal, station, railway section or post. Completeness: A single part, part of a kit or a complete servicing kit. Provenance: Signal box, switch post, railway depot, repair workshop, closed station, museum deaccession or private collection. Related Object: The specific signal lantern, semaphore or switch signal with which the accessory was used. Collector’s Notes: Discovery history, construction details, possible compatibility and restoration observations.