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Cracked boiler plate showing caustic cracking at rivet hole, with photographs

Cracked boiler plate showing caustic cracking at rivet hole

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.

bolier plate from London & North Eastern Railway W1 4-6-4, No. 10000

1928
Locomotive boiler plate, brass, Midland & Great Northern Railway, M&GN Renewal 1916 (4070).

Locomotive boiler plate

1916
Locomotive boiler plate, brass, Midland & Great Northern Railway, "M&GN 1919".

Brass boiler plate, Midland & Great Northern Railway

1919
Locomotive boiler plate, brass, Midland & Great Northern Railway, "M&GN 1919".

Brass boiler plate, Midland & Great Northern Railway

1919