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15ft length of wrought iron fish-belly rail from the Leicester & Swannington Railway.

Fish-Belly Rail Track

Rectangular plank with small blocks mounted at each distal end. The blocks have two wing nuts screwed through them, parallel to the plank. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Bottomless and topless box, with three narrow pieces of rectangular dowel running lengthways down the middle. One end panel has cracked horizontally in two. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Thin rectangular plank with identical bow-shaped recess to those on /42 and /43, and 8 screw holes. 6 screw holes surround the recess. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden block, upon which has been mounted a wheel switch mechanism within a bow-shaped recess. The switch itself is comprised of a metal frame with two wheels connected by two springs. Another wheel switch (a spare?) has been tied to the fixed switch with string. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Switch Mechanism; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden block, upon which has been mounted a wheel switch mechanism within a bow-shaped recess. The switch itself is comprised of a metal frame with two wheels connected by two springs. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Switch Mechanism; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Long 'pallet', with two short central and two distal crossbars (blocks) underneath two over lying bars. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Subsquare frame with chunky top bar. Curved metal strips reinforce top corners; bottom corners are reinforced by large scalene-triangular pieces of wood. Two wing nuts at bottom. Additional mounted bar at top, which projects either side of the frame, and creates a smaller frame. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Subsquare frame with chunky top bar. Curved metal strips reinforce top corners; bottom corners are reinforced by large scalene-triangular pieces of wood. Two wing nuts at bottom. Additional mounted bar at top, which projects either side of the frame, and creates a smaller frame. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Subsquare frame with chunky top bar. Curved metal strips reinforce top corners; bottom corners are reinforced by large scalene-triangular pieces of wood. Two wing nuts at bottom. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Box; thin plank base. No top. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Subsquare frame with chunky top bar. Curved metal strips reinforce top corners; bottom corners are reinforced by large scalene-triangular pieces of wood. Two wing nuts at bottom. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Two small pieces of board with two metal fixings on each. Part of track work for model Kearney high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Eight assorted strips of wood from frames and scaffolding. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Twelve strips of wood, of various lengths, with a thin strip of rubber nailed centrally to the top surface. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts to a smaller rectangular structure with triangular wooden reinforcements at corners Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Short length of wood, with rectangular piece of rubber screwed onto one side. At one distal end is a thin rod with two small metal wheels at either side. This passes through the wood. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Subsquare frame, only 3 sides. Missing top. Reinforced at bottom corners with triangular pieces of wood. In the 'joining' side are two screw holes in the centre. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts to a smaller rectangular structure with triangular wooden reinforcements at corners Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, subsquare structure, reinforced at corners with curved strips of metal. At top is a wooden bar which overhangs the frame slightly at each side. At bottom are two wing nuts protruding either side of a screw. There are two 'cut-outs' opposite one another in the centre of the top wooden bar. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts to a smaller rectangular structure with triangular wooden reinforcements at corners Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, subsquare structure, reinforced at corners with curved strips of metal. At top is a wooden bar which overhangs the frame slightly at each side. Missing wing nuts at bottom. There are two 'cut-outs' opposite one another in the centre of the top wooden bar. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts to a smaller rectangular structure with triangular wooden reinforcements at corners Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, subsquare structure, reinforced at corners with curved strips of metal. At top is a wooden bar which overhangs the frame slightly at each side. At bottom are two wing nuts protruding either side of a screw. There are two 'cut-outs' opposite one another in the centre of the top wooden bar. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts to a smaller rectangular structure with triangular wooden reinforcements at corners Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, subsquare structure, reinforced at corners with curved strips of metal. At top is a wooden bar which overhangs the frame slightly at each side. At bottom are two wing nuts protruding either side of a screw. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, subsquare structure, reinforced at corners with curved strips of metal. At top is a wooden bar which overhangs the frame slightly at each side. At bottom are two wing nuts protruding either side of a screw. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

15ft length of wrought iron fish-belly rail from the Leicester & Swannington Railway

Fish-Belly Rail Track

Two 25' length, TML construction track, c.1990

Two 25' length, TML construction track

1990
Section of British standard steel rails with four cast iron chairs and two wooden sleepers taken from main line track of London & North Eastern Railway, 1924.

Section of London & North Eastern Railway main line track

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Rectangular plank with small blocks mounted at each distal end. The blocks have two wing nuts screwed through them, parallel to the plank. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

'Box' resembling a ladder, with two crossbars. The bottom of the box comprises two thin pieces of wood in the shape of elongated trapeziums, which overlap one another down the midline. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Rectangular frame, missing one 'long' side. Present long side has four wing nuts arranged in two pairs along it. Each of the four corners is reinforced by two triangular pieces of wood, fixed to the outside of the frame. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Subsquare frame with chunky top bar. Curved metal strips reinforce top corners; bottom corners are reinforced by large scalene-triangular pieces of wood. Two wing nuts at bottom. Additional mounted bar at top, which projects either side of the frame, and creates a smaller frame. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Subsquare frame with chunky top bar. Curved metal strips reinforce top corners; bottom corners are reinforced by large scalene-triangular pieces of wood. Two wing nuts at bottom. Additional mounted bar at top, which projects either side of the frame, and creates a smaller frame. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Rectangular frame, missing one 'long' side. Present long side has four wing nuts arranged in two pairs along it. Each of the four corners is reinforced by two triangular pieces of wood, fixed to the outside of the frame. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden scaffolding; part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Rectangular frame, missing one 'long' side. Present long side has four wing nuts arranged in two pairs along it. Each of the four corners is reinforced by two triangular pieces of wood, fixed to the outside of the frame. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Box; thin plank base. No top. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Subsquare frame, only 3 sides. Reinforced at bottom corners with triangular pieces of wood. At top are metal reinforcements at corners (curved strips). Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts to a smaller rectangular structure with triangular wooden reinforcements at corners Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts to a smaller rectangular structure with triangular wooden reinforcements at corners Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Wooden piece of scaffolding, rectangular structure reinforced at corners with triangular strips of wood. At top, there are holes for three wooden blocks attached with bolts and wing nuts to a smaller rectangular structure with triangular wooden reinforcements at corners Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Thin rectangular block, on which is affixed a cuboid block with a slight recess and groove at the top. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Small wooden block, with 7 holes drilled deep (but not entirely) longitudinally. There is a further hole drilled at each of the four corners. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars

Short length of wood, with rectangular piece of rubber screwed onto one side. At one distal end is a thin rod with two small metal wheels at either side. This passes through the wood. Part of track work for model Kearney type high speed monorail cars.

Wooden Scaffolding; Part of Track Work for Model Kearney Type High Speed Monorail Cars