bolier plate from London & North Eastern Railway W1 4-6-4, No. 10000
- Made:
- 1928
- maker:
- Yarrow and Co. Limited
Locomotive boiler plate, gunmetal, circular, embossed ‘Yarrow Gresley High Pressure Boiler Patent Reg No. 303284 1928’, ex London & North Eastern Railway W1 4-6-4, No. 10000, ‘Hush-Hush’ locomotive, the discarded boiler plate was rescued by Frank Heslop who was an apprentice at Doncaster Locomotive Works in 1936 when the locomotive was rebuilt with a conventional fire-tube boiler, thought to be the only surviving part of this experimental high pressure steam boiler that was eventually scrapped in 1965.
Details
- Category:
- Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
- Object Number:
- 2013-7138
- Materials:
- gunmetal
- Measurements:
-
overall: 5 mm, 93 mm,
- type:
- boiler plate
- credit:
- Heslop, Andrew
