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Section of broad gauge rail, c.1890.

Section of broad gauge rail, c.1890.

1890
Section of rail, short piece of rail from narrow gauge railway on Saudi-Arabian/Jordan border, site of train wrecked by Lawrence of Arabia. Dimensions 87x106x19mm

Section of rail

Section of rail, Lynton & Barnstaple Rly, Short section of flat-bottomed rail, 40lbs per yard. From a little used siding of the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Painted and mounted on wood. Dimensions 235x120x110mm overall

Section of rail

Section of rail, Lynton & Barnstaple Rly, Short section of flat-bottomed rail, 40lbs per yard with oval fish-bolt hole. From the main line of the narrow gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Painted and mounted on wood. Dimensions 120x120x105mm overall

Section of rail

Section of rail, NER. Small section of worn bullhead rail. "375 Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Loss per yard 5 15lbs. Taken up Oct.1904. In use 25 58 years. Hylton". Dimensions 128x64x25mm

Section of rail

Section of rail showing "Brogden" joint

Section of Rail Showing "Brogden" Joint

Section of rail and rail chair. Joint chair with 2 scarfed rails. Single bolt in each rail end. 3'9" long.

Section of rail and rail chair

Specimen cross-section of railway track, 5'6" gauge, 1001b rail, with cast iron sleepers, 2 chairs and tie bar

Specimen cross-section of railway track

Section of Railway Underbridge, to Fairbairn's patent 11401, 1846, Half Moon Lane Bridge, Gateshead, by Robert Stephenson & Co., 1848, demolished 1976, sectioned by Vickers, Scotswood, 1994. William Fairbairn (1789-1874) devised new techniques in bridge construction and is said to have built a thousand bridges, including collaboration with Stephenson on the Britannia Bridge. See also 1975-68

Section of Railway Underbridge

1848
Section of rail showing welded joint

Section of Rail Showing Welded Joint