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Locomotive Worksplate, "The Baldwin Locomotive Works No 45172 - 1917. W ^ D . Philadelphia USA. Indent No. DRT 887. Mar 1st 1917", brass, oval, ex works February 1917, supplied new to British War Office (War Department light railways 1040), renumbered to 590 later in 1917, 1923 to Welsh Highland Railway No. 590, June 1934 to June 1937 Festiniog Railway No. 13, scrapped June 1942.

baldwin locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Locomotive Worksplate, "Societe Alsacienne de constructions mecaniques No. 5602, Belfort 1905", black, brass, oval, Great Western Railway 4-4-2 De Glehn Compound No. 104 "Alliance", superheated in 1915, withdrawn September 1928. [Also allocated Swindon Works No. 2127]

locomotive worksplates

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1905

Worsley Mesnes Ironworks company plate

Coal Mining

Locomotive Worksplate, Fox Walker & Co (Bristol) No. 410, ex works November 1878, 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive inside cylinder, new to North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway "Margaret", to Great Western Railway February 1898 No. 1378, sold to Gwendraeth Valley Railway as No. 2 in 1910, to Kidwelly Tinplate Co. Ltd in 1923, out of use from 1941, now preserved at Scolton Manor Museum, near Haverfordwest.

fox walker & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Locomotive Worksplate, Great Northern Railway, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1455, makers 1914, Doncaster", brass, oval, GNR 0-6-0 Class J22 No. 595, London & North Eastern Railway Class J6 3595 from August 1926, 4244 from December 1946, British Railways 64244 from December 1948, withdrawn May 1958.

Worksplate, Great Northern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1914

Locomotive Worksplate, "T.D. Ridley & Sons, Engineers, Middlesbrough", brass, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Maker's plate from buffer stops. "Supplied by thos W. Ward Ltd. Albion Works Sheffield". Cast iron, rectangular, c.1945. Dimensions 12 1/2"x8"

Supplied by thos W. Ward Ltd. Albion Works Sheffield

Railway Infrastructure

1940-1950

Locomotive worksplate, "Manning Wardle & Co No 517 BEM Leeds 1875", cast brass, oval, ex Class M 0-6-0ST "Stanley", built March 1875 for Scott & Edwards, Melmerby, contractors to the Brading-Bembridge Branch, Isle of Wight, worked Bembridge Branch under contract to Isle of Wight Railway until October 1898 when renamed "Bembridge", sold to War Department July 1916 and transferred to Fouant Military Railway, Wiltshire, scrapped 1920.

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1875

Locomotive worksplate, brass, Andrew Barclay Son & Co, No 659 of 1890, ex 0-4-0ST "Ffrwyd Furnaces" new to James Sparrow & Sons, Wrexham, to Distington Hematite Iron Co, c1910, to Workington Iron & Steel Co, c1929 (No 14), scrapped c1964.

andrew barclay worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1890

Locomotive Worksplate, North Eastern Railway, "No 281 Kitson Thompson & Hewitson Leeds 1851", brass, from 2-2-2 well tank locomotive "Aerolite", for Great Exhibition of 1851, purchased by Leeds Northern Railwayin 1852, to North Eastern Railway at Gateshead 1869, renumbered 1478 in 1883, renumbered 66 in 1885, rebuilt to 4-2-2T compound in 1892, rebuilt to 2-2-4T in 1902, to London & North Eastern Railway as No. 66 Class 11, withdrawn & put on display in 1934.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1851

Wagon Works plate, "Hurst, Neilson & Co. Ltd. Builders Motherwell". Cast brass oval. 8"x4 1/2"

Wagon Works plate, "Hurst, Neilson & Co

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Locomotive Worksplate, Peckett & Sons, Bristol No. 1282, 1912, brass, oval, 0-6-0ST inside cylinder No. 15, Swansea Harbour Railway Trust, Great Western Railway No. 1085, renumbered 1146 in 1949, withdrawn January 1951.

Worksplate, Peckett & Sons

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1912

Locomotive Worksplate, British Railways, "The English Electric Company Ltd. London No. 2907/D559, 1960, The Vulcan Foundry Ltd. Locomotive Works England", cast aluminium, rectangular from Deltic No. 55002, named "The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry" in March 1963, withdrawn January 1982.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1961

Worksplate, Neilson & Co., No. 387, Glasgow, part of a collection of locomotive components from Neilson locomotives shipwrecked off Islay, 1857.

Islay shipwreck components

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1857

Brass plate of London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive inscribed "Brighton Works 1878"

Brass plate of London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Locomotive worksplate for 'No 1046 Gorton 1952'

Railways

Worksplate, "Cowans Sheldon & Co Limited, Engineers Carlisle, 2676 1904". Cast iron. 16" x6"

Worksplate, "Cowans Sheldon & Co Limited, Engineers Carlisle

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Locomotive worksplate, "Nasmyth Wilson & Co Limited No 1247 1917 Patricroft, Manchester", brass, painted red, triangle, ex War Office 2-8-0 No 1704, on loan to Great Western Railway September 1920 to September 1921 and renumbered 6001, sent to store at Stratton September 1921, purchased by Great Western Railway May 1925 and renumbered 3027, withdrawn May 1948.

Worksplate, Nasmyth Wilson & Co.

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Locomotive worksplate, brass, Manning Wardle & Co, No 1982 of 1920, ex Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway 0-6-0T "Victory", Great Western Railway No 704, withdrawn December 1943.

Brass worksplate, Manning Wardle & Co

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1920

Locomotive Worksplate, Kerr Stuart & Co. London & Stoke-on-Trent No. 3067, 1917, brass, oval, 0-6-0T outside cylinder, KS Victory Type ROD 602, Inland Waterways & Docks No. 11, to East Kent Railway 1919 as No. 4, allocated British Railways 30948 but not carried, withdrawn February 1949.

kerr stuart worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Tender worksplate, J27 (3038 gallons), London & North Eastern Railway, "London & North Eastern Railway 8550, Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd. 1908 BP5120/8/08", brass, oval, North Eastern Railway 0-6-0 inside cylinders, Class P3, renumbered North Eastern Railway 1228, London & North Eastern Railway 1228, 5850 April 1946, British Railways 65856 November 1948, withdrawn August 1959.

Tender worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1908

Locomotive Worksplate, "The Hunslet Engine Co Ltd. Leeds No. 2893, 1943", brass, oval, 0-6-0 saddle tank inside cylinder locomotive, to Longmoor Military Railway WD 75044, converted to oil burning July 1944, sold to Hunslet 1961& rebuilt as HE3881/1962, as NCB No. 3 supplied to Treorchy Colliery, to Hafodyrynys Colliery Pontypool May 1970, scrapped Jul7 1976.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1943

Worsley Mesnes Ironworks company plate

Coal Mining

Locomotive Worksplate, cast iron, oval, Baldwin Locomotive Works No 44695 of 1917, ex War Department Light Railway Baldwin Class 10-12-D 4-6-0 tank locomotive No. 790, to Ashover Light Railway 1925 "Guy" (note locomotive 1'22½" gauge, ALR 2'0" gauge), withdrawn 1941, scrapped 1943.

Baldwin worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Locomotive worksplate, "North British Locomotive Coy Ltd 1925 No 23282 Hyde Park Works Glasgow", brass, circular, ex Southern Railway N15 Class 4-6-0 No 786 "Sir Lionel", subsequently British Railways No 30786, built 1925, withdrawn August 1959.

worksplate, North British Locomotive Company

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1925

Worksplate, North Sunderland Railway, D25 "The Lady Armstrong", aluminium, 0-4-0 diesel electric 85 HP, scrapped by W. H. Arnott Young & Co Ltd 10/49, built by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd.

Locomotive worksplate, The Lady Armstrong

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Wagon works plate, Midland Railway, "Midland Ry Carriage & Wagon Co Limited 36893. Owners Birmingham". Cast iron oval with 8-pointed star. 15 1/2"x13 1/2"

Wagon works plate, Midland Railway, "Midland Ry Carriage & W

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Locomotive Worksplate, "The Weardale Steel Coal & Coke Co. Limited, Tudhoe Iron Works, rebuilt 1909", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0ST OC originally built by Black Hawthorn (704/1882) No. 19, scrapped at Easington.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1882

Worksplate, Kent & East Sussex Railway, "Kent and East Sussex Railway Company", brass & chrome, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Locomotive Worksplate, "The Avonside Engine Co Limited Rebuilt by - 1924 Bristol", red, brass, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1924

Locomotive Worksplate, "Avonside Engine Co. Limited, 1589, 1910 Bristol", 0-4-0 tank outside cylinder, AE Special Tank, new to Cadbury Brothers, Bournville, Birmingham, No.4, scrapped February 1954, black, brass, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1910

Locomotive worksplate, Australian Railways, "North British Locomotive Company Ltd Glasgow 1950 No 26778", brass diamond, mounted on wood with photograph and numberplate, ex Victorian Railway 2-8-2 No 468, 5ft 3in gauge.

worksplate, North British Locomotive Company - Australian Railways

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1950

Locomotive Worksplate, "Kerr, Stuart & Co Ltd No.692, London Works, Stoke on Trent", brass, oval, 0-4-2T outside cylinders locomotive, Corringham Light Railway "Kynite", scrapped March 1952.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1900

Locomotive Worksplate, "Sharp, Stewart & Co Limited Atlas Works 4316, 1897 Glasgow", cast brass, oval, Class 0 0-6-0, Southern Railway No. 439, rebuilt to Class 01 in 1913 as SR A439/1439, withdrawn May 1949.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Locomotive Worksplate, "Sharp, Stewart & Co Limited Atlas Works, 4698, 1901 Glasgow", cast iron, oval, Class D 4-4-0 South Eastern & Chatham Railway No. 726, renumbered Southern Railway 1726, withdrawn November 1947.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1901

Locomotive Worksplate, "Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, No. 3392, Darlington 1910", red, brass, elongated hexagon, ex Rhymney Railway 0-6-2T No. 115, renumbered Great Western Railway No. 71, withdrawn December 1948.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1910

Locomotive worksplate, "Neilson & Co 4518 Glasgow 1892", cast brass, oval, ex London & South Western Railway 0-4-2 A12 "Jubilee" class No 619, built December 1892, withdrawn May 1937.

Worksplate, Neilson & Co.

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1892

Locomotive worksplate, "Gas Turbine locomotive designed and built by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, 1950, Power 3,000 HP from Turbine 2,500 HP at Rail Speed 90 mph maximum service tractive effort 60,000 lb maximum 30,000 LA Continuous", bakelite, rectangular, rounded corners, ex British Railways (Western Region) GT A1A-A1A Bo 18100 of 1950, worked from Old Oak Common from January 1952 to November 1953, rebuilt in January 1958 by Metropolitan-Vickers, Stockton as an electric locomotive and renumbered E1000, renumbered E2001 in October 1959 and used in wind-resistance tests, withdrawn April 1968, cut up January 1973 by John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridgeford.

Worksplate, Metropolitan-Vickers

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1950

Locomotive worksplate, brass, oval, Lilleshall Co, Engineers, 1880, Shropshire.

lilleshall & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1880

Locomotive Worksplate, British Railways, "built 1960 Swindon", cast iron, oval, standard 2-10-0 Class 9F 92220 "Evening Star", built March 1960, last steam locomotive built for BR, withdrawn March 1965, restored & repainted for preservation at Crewe Works.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1960

Locomotive Worksplate, "R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd. Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 2420, 1899", brass, oval, 2-4-0T outside cylinder locomotive, to Rother Valley Railway No. 1 "Tenterden", RVR renamed Kent & East Sussex Railway 5 May 1905.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1899

Locomotive worksplate, Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Newcastle, No. 2697 of 1907, 0-6-0T outside cylinders, ex Plymouth Devonport & South West Junction Railway locomotive "A S Harris", to Southern Railway No. 756 in January 1923, British Railways 30756, withdrawn October 1951.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1907

Locomotive worksplate, "Manning Wardle & Co No 917 Leeds England 1884", brass, oval, ex Jersey Railways & Tramways 2-4-0T, 3'6" gauge, "St Aubyns", built 1884, scrapped 1937.

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & co

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1884

Locomotive worksplate, brass, Kitson & Co, 1918, possibly ex Royal Ordnance Dept 2-8-0 No 1913, works No 5199, 2-8-0, Great Western Railway No 3035, withdrawn August 1948.

kitson & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1918

Locomotive Worksplate, Hudswell Clarke & Rodgers (Leeds), 1876, brass, rectangular.

hudswell clarke worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1876

Locomotive Worksplate, Southern Railway, "Southern Railway 1441", cast brass, oval, ex South Eastern Railway Class B1 4-4-0 built by Neilson Reid (5326/7/1898), rebuilt to B1 in 1927, renumbered SR A441/1441, withdrawn August 1947.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Locomotive Worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway, "London & North Eastern Railway 6036, 1902", cast brass, oval, 4-4-0 Class D9 Great Central Railway No. 1036, Class 11B No. 6036 in July 1926, withdrawn January 1946.

Locomotive worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1902

Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No.1276 makers 1910 Doncaster Works", brass, oval, GNR 4-4-2 C1 Atlantic No. 1452, London & North Eastern Railway 4452 from December 1924 (2882 allocated 1946 but not carried), withdrawn February 1946.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1910

Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1359 makers 1912 Doncaster", cast brass, oval, GNR 0-6-0 Class J21 78, London & North Eastern Railway Class J2 3078 from November 1925, renumbered LNER 5022 from October 1946, British Railways 65022 from June 1961, withdrawn December 1953.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1912

Worksplate, GNR(1), "GNR (1) 1930 Dundalk". Cast brass oval. 8 1/4"x4 1/4"

Worksplate, GNR(1), "GNR (1) 1930 Dundalk"

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components