Although remote ceiling and wall-mounted countershafts would have been offered, at least one late-model could be had with a drive system consisting of a motor carried on a plate between the legs of the headstock-end support, its clutch operated by a full-length bar strung above a line between the headstock and tailstock.

A fine example of a Worcester still in use and - wonderfully - still using the original remote countershaft system that provides an instant change from forward to reverse drive