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Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material
Rail section, bridge rail, Midland Counties Railway, marked 'Vignoles Rail (FB) [sic] laid on viaduct at Stanford M.C.R.', ex Crewe Collection.
Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material
Rail section, bridge rail, Midland Counties Railway, marked 'Vignoles Rail (FB) [sic] laid on viaduct at Stanford M.C.R.', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, flat-bottom rail, Midland Counties Railway, marked 'Vignoles rail laid on viaduct at Stanford M.C.R. 1838 No. 43', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, double headed rail, Midland Counties Railway, marked 'M.C.R. Vignoles and Woodhouse 78 lbs 1837', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, double headed rail, Midland Counties Railway, Vignoles and Woodhouse 78 lbs rail, unmarked, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, Midland Counties Railway, marked 'Midland Counties Railway AD 1839 ord chair for stone blocks', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, Midland Counties Railway, marked '1839 33 lbs 5 [catalogue number] Midland Counties joint chair for stone blocks', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, Midland Counties, marked 'M.C.R. ord[inary] chair A.D. 1839 for stone blocks', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, Midland Railway, marked '10 [catalogue number] weight 35 lbs AD 1853 ordinary', with cast initials MR, ex Crewe Collction.
Rail chair, Midland Counties Railway, marked 'M.C.R. ord[inary] chair for sleepers 1839', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, T-rail with one side of web grooved for key, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway, marked 'Derby & Birmingham Railway AD 1839', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, T-rail with one side of web grooved for key, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway, marked 'Derby & Birmingham ord, chair ball key 20 lbs W2 AD1839-49', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, for T-rail, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway, marked 'Derby & Birmingham', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, parallel rail, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway, marked 'Original rail used between Derby & Birmingham in 1842 65 lb per yard', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint, North Midland Railway, marked 'North Midland Jt chair W[rough]T iron 24 Ibs 1837 5 [catalogue number], ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, North Midland Railway, marked [North Midland ord[inary] chair 24 lbs W[rough]T iron AD 1837, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Vignoles, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway, marked 'Birmingham & Gloucester 1840', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Vignoles, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway, marked 'Birmingham & Gloucester 1840-49', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Vignoles flat bottom rail, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway, marked 'Improved Birmingham & Gloucester', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, Little North Western Railway, marked 'chair from Cattle Dock Siding Long Preston Little North West Rly', ex Crewe Collection.
Chair, Little North Western Railway, marked 'Little North Western 1848 78 lbs per yard found at Morecambe', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Little North Western Railway, double-headed rail, marked' Little North Western Ordinary Chair Vignoles', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Round top AD 1850 80 lbs per yard', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'New fishplates to suit worn 80 lbs M.R. rail', 1907, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Midland Rly C joint section M.R. 85 lb rail shewing ordinary end fishplates & bolts', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, bullhead rail embedded in wooden block, Midland Railway, marked 'Settle & Carlisle 1870 A512', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Settle & Carlisle 1870 81 lb per yard 24 ft long', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'M.R. 85 lb rail and clip fishplates & bolts', 1888, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Settle & Carlisle Impd 83 lb per yd 1875', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Midland Rly Co 1907 100 lb per yard 45 ft long' ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Midland Rly Co continuous ang[le] fishplate 85 lb', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Midland Rly Co continous angle fishplates 108 lb', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'M.R. Co 100 lb per yard Conduction Rail 110v 1921', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, flat-bottom rail, Midland Railway, marked 'Midland Rly Co 91 1/4 lb per yard for engine pits', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway, marked 'D&G Rly joint chair 85 lbs AD 1840', associated object 1991-7470/38, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Vignoles flat-bottom rail, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway, associated object 1991-7470/37, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, wooden model of chair for double-headed rail, Midland Counties Railway, marked '4 [exhibit number] Nth Midland Counties joint chair for sleepers', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked 'Tame Valley RD, found at Leeds, Stephenson 1842-6 joint chair 30lbs', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, for double-headed rail, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked 'Tame Valley imp ord chair', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, parallel rail, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked 'Tame Valley section 65 lbs per yard found at Calverley (1842)', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, for parallel rail, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked 'Tame Valley WT, 18 lbs, AD1846-49, ordinary chair outside key', associated objects 1991-7470/44 and /45, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked in chalk '12' [exhibit number], associated objects 1991-7470/43 and 45, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked in chalk '12', associated objects 1991-7470/43 and /44, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint chair for parallel rail, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked 'Tame Valley joint chair AD 1842-9 28 lbs, found at Newark', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked '6. [catalogue number] Tame Vly joint chair for fixing to sleepers found in siding at Newark 30 lbs', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, for parallel rail, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked 'Tame Valley improved chair 26 lbs AD 1856', associated objects 1991-7470/49 and /50, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked in chalk '12' [exhibit number], associated objects 1991-7470/48 and /50, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway [Tame Valley branch], marked in chalk '12' [exhibit number], associated objects 1991-7470/48 and /49, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint, marked 'Nottingham & Lincoln joint chair weight 30 lbs AD 1846 6' [catalogue number], possibly from exhibit 12, associated object 1991-7470/52, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, parallel rail, Nottingham & Lincoln, possibly from exhibit 12, associated object 1991-7471/51, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, parallel rail, North Midland Railway, marked 'Nth Midland Railway opened May 11th 1840', ex Crewe Collection.
Tramway plate rail, Penllwyn Tramway, marked 'Penllwyn Tramway AD 1805', ex Crewe Collection.
Tramway plate rail, Ashby & Ticknall Tramway, marked 'Ashby & Ticknall Tramway for use at Farmers Crossings', ex Crewe Collection.
Tramway plate rail, trough rail, Ashby & Ticknall Tramway, marked 'Trough rail Ashley & Ticknall Tramway AD 1799', ex Crewe Collection.
Tramway plate rail, trough rail, Ashby & Ticknall Tramway, marked 'Ashby & Ticknall Tramway trough rail AD 1799', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Seaton's rail, incorrectly marked 'Barlow's saddle-back rail, Wrt Iron 125 lbs per yard AD 1840', c.1851, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, probably Midland Railway, marked 'Barlow's round top chair AD 1850 No. 10' [catalogue number], '16' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, probably Midland Railway, marked 'Barlow's round top chair 24 lbs AD 1850', '16' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, probably Midland Railway, marked 'Barlow's "round top" rail WI key & chair AD 1845' [? not clear], '16' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail keys, two D-section hollow keys, probably Midland Railway, marked 'joint chair wrought iron key 36 lb [refers to weight of rail] AD 1850', associated object 1991-7470/63, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint, probably Midland Railway, marked 'joint 36 lbs', '18' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, associated objects 1991-7470/62, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, for T-rail, possibly Liverpool & Manchester Railway, marked 'AD 1832', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint, with two iron wedges, for scarf jointed rail, marked 'joint rail', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, bridge rail, Bristol & Gloucester Railway, marked 'Bristol & Gloucester 62 lbs per yard 1844' and engraved on opposite side 'Hollow Bridge', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, mushroom joint, probably Midland Railway, marked 'sleeper uncreosoted chair 24 lbs weight 28 lbs AD 1857 mushroom joint chair', '18' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, probably Midland Railway, marked 'ordinary chair 24 lbs [actually 26 lbs] AD 1850' '18' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, Midland Railway, marked 'Leicester Hitchin line', '18' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, 18 lbs, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, parallel rail with heavy head, Midland Railway, marked 'IN 70 lbs', stamped 'Wilson Cammel Dronfield' and 'Midland 70 lbs per yd', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint chair for double-headed rail, Leeds & Bradford Railway, marked 'Leeds & Bradford joint chair for sleeper, found in Leeds Crge [carriage] Siding AD 1846', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, for double-headed rail, marked 'chair double headed rail AD 1850 25 lbs [actually 27 lbs], ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, for double-headed rail, marked 'chair for double-headed rail 28 lbs [actually 29 1/2 lbs] 1853', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail gauge, marked 'L&H' on one side and '80 lbs per yard' on the other side, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, Erewash Valley Railway, stamped 'A' on one end, 8 lb, '6' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, associated object 1991-7470/76, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint for double-headed rail, Erewash Valley Railway, marked 'Erewash Valley joint chair 6' [catalogue number], '6' marked in chalk [exhibit number], associated object 1991-7470/75, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, parallel rail, Erewash Valley Railway, marked in chalk '1847', 8 lb, associated object 1991-7470/78, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, for double-headed rail, Erewash Valley Railway, marked 'ordinary chair Erewash Valley Rly 1847', associated object 1991-7470/77, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, flat bottom rail, marked 'rail designed by Stevensons & Vignoles 1850', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, double-headed rail, marked 'Chesterfield & Sheffield 84 1/2 lbs per yard 1877', '18' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, double-headed rail, Leeds & Bradford Railway, marked 'Leeds & Bradford Rly. 1846 5, 79 lb per yard 20 ft long', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, mushroom-headed rail, Leicester & Rugby Railway, marked 'Les'ter and Rugby Rly Vignoles & Woodhouse 1840 top rail mushroom', '10' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, mushroom-headed rail, Leicester & Rugby Railway, marked 'Les'ter and Rugby Rly Vignoles & Woodhouse mushroom top rail 1840', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, mushroom-headed rail, Leicester & Rugby Railway, marked 'Les'ter and Rugby Rly Vignoles & Woodhouse mushroom top rail 1840', '10' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, mushroom-headed rail, marked 'SYS-UN [Syston Junction] Les'ter Rugby 65 lbs', ex Crewe Collection.
Tramway plate rail, Peak Forest Tramway, marked 'from old Gt Central Tramway near Peak Forest', ex Crewe Collection.
Saddle chair, for plate rail, marked 'from old G.C. Trams nr Peak Forest', ex Crewe Collection.
Fishplate, with four holes, marked 'from old G.C. Trams - near Peak Forest', ex Crewe Collection.
Saddle chair, for rail, no markings, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail, Barlow's saddle-back, marked 'Barlow's saddle-back rail wrt iron 125 lbs per yard AD 1849', 36 lbs, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail, Barlow's saddle-back, marked 'Barlow's saddle-back rail wrt iron 125 lbs per yard AD 1849', 38 lbs, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, double-headed rail and key, Midland Railway, marked on rail 'Barlow's rail 80 lbs per yard', marked on chair 'chair key inside chair 40 lbs AD 1870', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail chair, joint, Midland Railway, marked 'Markham Jt chair', embossed '1880 MR', ex Crewe Collection.
Pair of clip fishplates, Midland Railway, marked 'clip fishplates for 85 lb rail', 'Cammells mild steel', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail, Barlow's rail, 2 short lengths of rail on joint saddle, marked 'Barlow's saddle-back rail wrought iron, weight 125 lbs per yard 1868', 99 lbs, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail, Barlow's saddle-back rail, with four fastening holes, marked 'Barlow's saddle-back rail wrought iron 125 lbs per yard AD 1849', 80 lbs, ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, double-headed, marked 'Barlow's round top rail 80 lbs per yard 20 foot long', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, bull-headed, marked 'Gloucester & Berkeley Rail', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail, Jessops edge rail, marked 'Jessops edge rail Loughborough & Nanpantan AD 1789' and crudely marked 'A503', ex Crewe Collection.
Rail section, two chairs and tapered iron wedges, probably Birkinshaw, marked 'fishbelly rail', ex Crewe Collection.