• About polunnio.co.uk

    Founded in 2010 in the Chippenham, Wiltshire, area of the UK, polunnio was created to publish relevant history books, and to make relevant resources available to a wider audience. To learn more click on ‘About us’ on the menu at the top of the page.

    Chippenham site from the air, 1973
  • Current Publications

    So far two books associated with the polunnio project have been published, both on the subject of Chippenham’s Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company. Click on ‘Current Publications’ in the menu above to learn more.

    WB&S in Chippenham in Photos
  • New Projects

    polunnio is always open to new publishing ideas that are relevant to our particular area of interest. Click on ‘New Projects’ in the menu above to learn more.    

    Building the Painting and Plating Shop
  • Research Resources

    This site is home to links, photo galleries, documents other information relevant to the social and industrial history – and some more general railway signalling information. Click on ’Research Resource’ in the menu above, or on the links on the left of the page.

    Research Lab, 1950s
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Polunnio Publication at Siemens ‘Day One’

Gordon Wakeford, Managing Director of Siemens plc Infrastructure & Cities division uses a copy of ‘WB&S in Chippenham in Photos’ during his speech welcoming Invensys Rail employees at Chippenham into the Siemens fold on May 2nd. Gordon was making a point about the history of innovation within both companies and the proud …

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Signalling Record Society Link Added

Whilst many of our readers are probably familiar with the Signalling Record Society, some of you may not have found this wonderful resource for information specifically related to Railway Signalling and Operation. We are delighted to have added a link to the SRS this month, and hope that this will …

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March News: New McKenzie & Holland Index Available

Following a quiet start to 2013, www.polunnio.co.uk is delighted to announce that Nick Smith has now finished his cataloguing of the McKenzie & Holland drawing scans within the Invensys / Westinghouse archive. This can be found here. As with all drawings held within the archive collection, you may apply to …

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IRSE Publish Centenary Textbook

The great signalling engineers of Westinghouse and its Constituent Companies have had a long involvement with the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers …

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Westinghouse Power Frame List Added

Three new pages have been added today, giving the ‘complete’ (subject to the vagaries of WB&S numbering) list of Electropneumatic, Electric and …

Chippenham site from the air, 1973

About polunnio.co.uk

Founded in 2010 in the Chippenham, Wiltshire, area of the UK, polunnio was created to publish relevant history books, and to make relevant …

WB&S in Chippenham in Photos

Current Publications

So far two books associated with the polunnio project have been published, both on the subject of Chippenham’s Westinghouse Brake & Signal …

Building the Painting and Plating Shop

New Projects

polunnio is always open to new publishing ideas that are relevant to our particular area of interest. Click on ‘New Projects’ in …

Research Lab, 1950s

Research Resources

This site is home to links, photo galleries, documents other information relevant to the social and industrial history – and some more …

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