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

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

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circular, ex Southern Railway N15 Class 4-6-0 No 786 "Sir Lionel", subsequently British Railways No 30786, built 1925, withdrawn August 1959.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

Locomotive worksplate for 'No 1046 Gorton 1952'

Railways

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

hudswell clarke worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1876

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Eastern Railway Class J6 3595 from August 1926, 4244 from December 1946, British Railways 64244 from December 1948, withdrawn May 1958.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

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, "Electrical Equipment by Metropolitan Vickers, Manchester & Sheffield, England", brass, oval, painted blue, equipment plate from a Manchester-Sheffield-Wath OHW electric locomotive EM1 (Class 76) or EM2 (Class 77).

Electrical equiptment worksplate, Metropolitan-Vickers

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

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, 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, 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, S & MR, "Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Rly. Shrewsbury". Cast iron rectangle. 10"x6"

Worksplate, S & MR, "Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Rly"

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

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

Locomotive Worksplate, "The Hunslet Engine Co Ltd Leeds No 901 - 1906", brass, oval, 2-6-2T outside cylinder 1ft 11.5in gauge "Russell", to North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway, 1922 NWNGR became Welsh Highland Railway, loan to Festiniog Railway 1934-1937 as No. 12, to Brymbo Steel Co Hook Norton in 1942, to Pike Bros, Fayle & Co Ltd, Norden Clay Mines Dorset in 1948, preserved by Birmingham Railway Club (display at Talyllyn), Hunslet Engine Co rebuilt 1969, now at Portmadoc.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1906

Worksplate for Beyer-Peacock locomotive

Railways

Locomotive Worksplate, 0-8-0 outside cylinder (AW/48/Jan/1921), originally numbered North Eastern Railway 2300 Class T2, London & North Eastern Railway 2300 Class Q6, London & North Eastern 3457 (from 11/46), British Railways 63457 (from 9/49) withdrawn December 1961, made by Armstrong Whitworth 1920, cast brass oval.

Worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway 3457

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1920

Worksplate, crane plate, cast iron, oval, Craven Bros. Ltd, Manchester, 6 tons, 1902.

Craven Brothers crane plate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1092

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, "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, "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

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

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

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

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

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, "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

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, "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, "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

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

lilleshall & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1880

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, 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, "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, "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, 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, 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, "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, 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, "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, "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, "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, brass, Kerr Stuart & Co No 4451 of 1930, ex Great Western Railway "5700" class 0-6-0PT No 7716, withdrawn 12/1959.

kerr stuart worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1930

Locomotive Worksplate, "Henry Hughes & Co, Engineers Loughborough", brass, rectangular. [Similar to plates on North Staffordshire Railway]

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1865-1883

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, "Andrew Barclay Son & Co Engineers, Kilmarnock. N.B. No 686 - 1891", brass, rectangle, 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, outside cylinders, new to C F McLaren Ltd, who became part of Scottish Iron & Steel Ltd in 1914, locomotive was at Stentor Works, Wishaw No. 2, Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd, Coats Works, Coatbridge No. 8, to Shanks & McEwan c. 1920 No. 10, used on Shieldhall Dock contract 1924-1931, bought by J N Connell Ltd, Coatbridge in 1944 [possible for scrap].

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1891

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, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway 9291, 1894", cast metal, oval, N5 0-6-2 tank locomotive GCR 9, by Beyer Peacock (3624) November 1894, renumbered 5753 in 1924, 9291 in 1946, British Railways 69291, withdrawn November 1955.

Locomotive worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1894

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

1960

Locomotive worksplate, "Metropolitan Vickers, Manchester & Sheffield", cast iron, rectangular, rounded corners, equipment cover, marked on back G3253.

Worksplate, Metropolitan-Vickers

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, 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