Hi Michael You may or may not be aware that Saxby and Farmer became part of the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co. The company had premises in Chippenham in Wiltshire and a lot of info may be held at the Wiltshire records office again located in Chippenham. Their address etc will no on the Internet. Regards Chris Longdon Sent from my iPod On 10 Oct 2012, at 10:01, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to trace anybody who had ancestors who work for the Saxby & > Farmer Signal Works. > > John Saxby worked for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway which > began in 1852. In 1856 Saxby took out a patent for a signal lamp that > was linked to the railways point and manufactured his new signals in > Brighton but left the railway in 1862, moved to Kilburn in London where > he joined forces with John Stinson Farmer and opened a factory in what > was then Kilburn Lane and later became Canterbury Road. > > The company was amalgamated with others in 1920 to form Westinghouse > Brake and Saxby Signal Company. > > My Gt. Gt Grandfather was pattern maker until his death in May 1871 > > > Michael > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in CAPITAL letters** > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message