6' 10" length of fish-belly rail

6' 10" length of fish-belly rail, chair, key and rail-lifter, 1829.

Details

Category:
Railway Infrastructure
Object Number:
1931-62
type:
permanent way
credit:
British Railways Board Records Office

Parts

Length of Fish-Belly Rail

Length of Fish-Belly Rail

6' 10" length of fish-belly rail, chair, key , 1829. Chair is corroded to the rail.

Measurements:
overall: 84 mm x 230 mm x 2100 mm,
Materials:
rolled iron and cast iron
Object Number:
1931-62/1
type:
permanent way
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Rail-Lifter

Rail-Lifter

Rail-lifter, 1829. Pierced plate with angled handle, 1/2 inch nut on end of handle may have secured a wooden sleeve (if so this is no longer extant), piercing matches shape of rail 1931-62/1.

Measurements:
overall: 270 mm x 97 mm x 90 mm,
Materials:
wrought iron
Object Number:
1931-62/2
type:
rail-lifter
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum