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Slag which has spontaneously disintegrated

before 1889

Short piece of rail showing rolling contact fatigue. Reference H/188. Acquired by The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) after the Hatfield crash (2000-10-17). This rail section was kept by the HSE for test purposes. (ORR report July 2006, 3.12) The rail is MHT 113A FB manufactured at Workington (Corus) in 1995.

Short piece of rail showing rolling contact fatigue

1995-08-24

Pass, London & North Western Railway, for Workington Bridge and footpath, brass disc, No. 1686.

London & North Western Railway pass

Fishplate profile, working, side and two ends, for Ceylon Railway 88lb flat-bottomed rail, shallow fishplates, Requisition No.8641/1, Crown Agents No.5/12, with agency stamp, by US Co., Workington, 1920, in original envelope

Fishplate profile for Ceylon Railway

1920

Fishplate profile set, standard, end and side, for Federated Malay State Railway 60lb flat-bottomed rail, angle fishplates, Requisition No.8/60/6, with agency stamp, by Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Workington, 1908, in original captioned fitted mahogany case

Fishplate profile for Federated Malay States Railway

1908

Rail profile, working, side, for Mauritius Railway BS 80lb bull-head rail, Requisition No. 850/1, Crown Agents No.4/38A, with agency stamp, by US Co., Workington, September 1921, in original envelope.

Rail profile, Mauritius Railway

1921

Fishplate profile, working, end and side, for Kenya & Uganda Railway BS 50lb flat-bottomed rail, shallow fishplates, Requisition No.846/1A, Crown Agents No.2/26E, by US Co., Workington, March 1939, in original envelope

Fishplate profile for Kenya and Uganda Railway

1939

Track profile set, standard, comprising rail profile, end; shallow fishplate profile, end, and sleeper profile, end, for 16lb flat-bottomed rail, Crown Agents No.5/20, by Moss Bay Co., in original envelope

Track profile set made by Moss Bay Co.

Rail and fishplate profile set, standard, ends and sides, for Trinidad Government Railway 60lb flat-bottomed rail, shallow fishplates, Requisition No.369/1, file 2587, Crown Agents No.8/60/11, with agency stamp, by Moss Bay Co., August 1907, in original captioned fitted mahogany case.

Rail and fishplate profile set, Trinidad Governemnt Railway

1907

Rail profile, working, end and side, for Ceylon Railway 71lb guard rail, Requisition No. 8641/1, Crown Agents No.8/71/5, with agency stamp, by US Co., Workington, 1920, in replacement envelope.

Rail profile, Ceylon Railway

1920

Sleeper bearing plate profile, working, side, for Kenya & Uganda Railway BS 50lb flat-bottomed rail, Requisition No.9748/3, Crown Agents No.[6/19A], by US Co., Workington [28 July] 1936

Sleeper bearing plate profile for Kenya and Uganda Railway

1936

Fishplate profile, working, end and side, for Jamaica Railway ARA 80lb type B flat-bottomed rail, shallow fishplates, Requisition No.1645/1, Crown Agents No.4/26B, by US Co. Ltd., Workington, 1935, in original envelope, which states that this is a special set machined from an angle fishplate profile

Fishplate profile for Jamaica Railway

1935

Poster, Workington Harbour' with tonnage rates, towage rates, harbor boats and ballasts, ordered by the Harbour authority issued by Thomas Bell, Harbour Bell., 1872.

Workington Harbour

1872

"Workington", 1987 print from 1979 negative

Workington

1979 (1987)

Pass, London & North Western Railway, for Workington Bridge and footpath, brass disc, No. 1604.

London & North Western Railway pass

Pass, London & North Western Railway, for Workington Bridge and footpath, brass disc, No. 1060.

London & North Western Railway pass

Key profile, working, ends and sides, for Sierra Leone Railway flat-bottomed rail, Requisition No.2071/2, Crown Agents No.D5, with agency stamp, by US Co., Workington, 1921

Key profile for Sierra Leone Railway

1921

Fishplate profile, working, end and side, for Hong Kong Railway BS 85lb flat-bottomed rail, angle fishplates, Requisition NO.200/2, Crown Agents No.5/5, by US Co., Workington, October 1920, in original envelope

Fishplate Profile for Hong Kong Railway

1920

Rail profile, working, end and side,for British Guiana Railway BS 70lb flat-bottomed rail, Requisition No.484/1, Crown Agents No.3/35[B], by US Co., Workington, 1936.

Rail profile, British Guiana Railway

1936

Rail profile, working, end and side, for Gold Coast Railway BS 45lb flat-bottomed rail, file 4595, Requisition No.929/1, Crown Agents No.1/23, with agency stamp, by Moss Bay Co., 1908, in original envelope.

Rail profile, Gold Coast Railway

1908

Sleeper plate profile, standard, end, for Kenya & Uganda Railway BS 80lb flat-bottomed rail, 13 1/2", 117.6lb, Requisition No.5962/3A, Crown Agents No.6/2, with agency stamp, by US Co., Workington, June 1928, in replacement envelope

Sleeper plate profile for Kenya and Uganda Railway

1928

Rail profile, working, side, for Lagos Railway 50lb WAR flat-bottomed rail, file 1188, Crown Agents No.2/14, with unidentified WACR agency mark and number 11383, by Moss Bay Co. , 1906, in original envelope.

Rail profile, Lagos Railway

1906

Sleeper plate profile, standard, end, BS 12 S, Crown Agents No.10/3 (duplicate), made by Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd., Workington profile, 1934, in original fitted mahogany case

Sleeper plate profile made by Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd

1934

Fishplate profile, working, end and side, for Federated Malay States Railway 60lb flat-bottomed rail, angle fishplates, Requisition No.730/1, file 4639, Crown Agents No.3/ 10, with agency stamp, by Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Workington, 1908, in original envelope

Fishplate profile for Federated Malay States Railway

1908

Sleeper plate profile, working, end and side, BS 14S, flat, Crown Agents No.6/5A, with agency stamp, [by US Co.] Workington, in replacement envelope

Sleeper plate profile made by United Steel Companies Ltd.

Fishplate profile set, standard, end and side, for Federated Malay States Railway 60lb flat-bottomed rail, angle fishplates, Requisition No.730/1, file 4639, Crown Agents No.8/ 60/5, with agency stamp, by Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Workington, 1908, in original captioned fitted mahogany case

Fishplate profile for Federated Malay States Railway

1908

Rail and fishplate profile set, standard, ends and sides, for Northern Nigeria Railway BS 45lb flat-bottomed rail, angle fishplates, Requisition No.252/1, file 5758, Crown Agents No.7/45/2, with agency stamp, by Moss Bay Co., 1909, original captioned fitted mahogany case.

Rail and fishplate profile set, Northern Nigeria Railway

1909

Rail profile, working, end and side, for Gold Coast Railway 50lb WAG flat-bottomed rail, Crown Agents No.2/13, marked WHH, by Moss Bay Co., mounted on card in original envelope.

Rail profile, Gold Coast Railway

Key profile, working, ends and sides, for Gold Coast Railway [BS 55lb] flat-bottomed rail, Requisition No.9908/2, Crown Agents No.A/4A, with agency stamp, by US Co., Workington, August 1920, in original envelope

Key profile for Gold Coast Railway

1920

Fishplate profile, working, side, for Kenya & Uganda Railway NS 50lb flat-bottomed rail, shallow fishplates, Requisition No.9818/1, Crown Agents No.2/25C, by US Co., Workington, 1936

Fishplate profile for Kenya and Uganda Railways

1936