Great Clock

The Great Clock is a large clock that looms over the railways of Torfield, providing an exact time visible from both railway stations. In the past, there have been two different clocks.

Original clock
The original clock was produced in 2006 by Goodmans. It looks like a giant version of a standard Goodmans GCDR1950R radio- and CD-playing digital clock, but obviously only the clock face is operational and all the other details, such as the front buttons and CD tray, are just cosmetic and do not work. However, the CD tray does open, and provides access to the clock when it needs maintenance, which was a rather clever inclusion. It was originally stored until 2009 as the original orderer pulled out of the deal at the last minute. In 2009 it moved to Torfield, where it proved to be very reliable, only being turned off for maintenance twice, to correct the time which ended up lagging behind.

New clock
On 1 March 2012, the original Goodmans clock was turned off and in a few days it was gone. On it's site a smaller clock, built by Acctim as a giant-sized replica of the Acctim 13763 alarm clock. All features except the clock face, as with the previous clock, are mocked and do not have a use. The clock face is digital, although it is blue rather than green and has dot matrix rather than the usual way of display.

Introductory problems
On 6 March, a day after it's introduction, it was turned off for "essential maintenance" after the clock stopped and constantly displayed the time "11:28 AM". It was turned back on later that day, however it was dimmer and not visible from the railway stations, and ended up being turned off again for more maintenance on 7 March. It was finally turned back on 14 March after a lengthy interior overhaul and has not had a problem since.