Locomotive worksplate
- Made:
- 1883 in Kilmarnock
Locomotive Worksplate, "A. Barclay & Son Engineers Kilmarnock No 258, 1883", cast brass, oval, 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, outside cylinders, ordered by John Wallace & Co., Glasgow, but sent to Ireland & Co., for use on the Fairlie-Largs Line, 1883-85, line opened 1st June 1885, purchased by Glasgow & South Western Railwayin 1885 as No. 291, renumbered to 734, allocated London Midland & Scottish No. 6042 - never carried, from 1894 used as Kilmarnock Works shunter, rebuilt in 1889 & 1914, scrapped July 1925.
Details
- Category:
- Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
- Object Number:
- 1978-8258
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Measurements:
-
9.5 x 6 in.; 241.3 x 152.4 mm
- type:
- works plate
- credit:
- British Rail, Historical Relics