Railway trackwork
Category
Technological items
Date
1912 - 1920
Materials
Steel, cast iron, wood and stone.
Measurements
190 x 7300 x 2400 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1700976
Summary
Railway track. A section of standard gauge (1435mm.) track with bullhead rails carried in cast iron chairs on nine wooden sleepers. The rails are held in the chairs by external wooden keys. Each of the rails is in two sections joined by fishplates. The track is ballasted with granite chippings and the sleepers are sunken to be level with the floor.
Marks and inscriptions
On cast iron chairs: BS95 / 1919 On cast iron chairs: LNWR