Worksplate, Metropolitan-Vickers
- Made:
- 1950 in Manchester and Sheffield
Locomotive worksplate, "Designed & Built by Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd Manchester & Sheffield, England 1950", cast steel, oval, ex British Railways (Western Region) GT A1A-A1A Bo 18100 of 1950, worked from Old Oak Common from January 1952 to November 1953, rebuilt in January 1958 by Metropolitan-Vickers, Stockton as an electric locomotive and renumbered E1000, renumbered E2001 in October 1959 and used in wind-resistance tests, withdrawn April 1968, cut up January 1973 by John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridgeford.
Details
- Category:
- Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
- Object Number:
- 1978-8269
- Materials:
- steel (metal)
- Measurements:
-
5.9449 x 11.9685 in.; 151 x 304 mm
- type:
- works plate
- credit:
- British Rail, Historical Relics
