tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post8721091996552939249..comments2023-09-25T11:40:37.840+01:00Comments on Steaming to Broadway!: Monday SpecialBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01318720512739905663noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-40553630150422624832013-05-20T18:40:56.282+01:002013-05-20T18:40:56.282+01:00Remember seeing similar chairs on old sidings at R...Remember seeing similar chairs on old sidings at Radstock GWR in early 1980'speternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-73078090406447719092013-05-09T15:06:34.753+01:002013-05-09T15:06:34.753+01:00Thanks, Richard.
That was an interesting site. Cer...Thanks, Richard.<br />That was an interesting site. Certainly the lip around the end with the letters corresponds, and the letter A on mine, with the A-D on the one in the article. Early chairs do not seem to be dated. We have found two of these, so I think they are worth keeping for their rarity. The embankment opposite the goods shed has thrown up several such items. Either this is because the siding there was laid with pre 1904 redundant track, or because scrap steel was dumped there, accompanied by a lot of ash and foundry waste that we have found. I am now cleaning up the very rusty signal / point lever that I found, and will post a picture when more recognisable.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-27704053435688287772013-05-09T14:47:03.183+01:002013-05-09T14:47:03.183+01:00Sorry, I need to correct part of that last comment...Sorry, I need to correct part of that last comment. The narrow end of the wedge, would be on the "outside" of the rail.Jim Boylesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-18077469679448386802013-05-09T14:38:32.630+01:002013-05-09T14:38:32.630+01:00I believe the chair was used at switches (points),...I believe the chair was used at switches (points), near the frog, between the diverging rails. It needed to be narrower on the "inside" to enable adjoining chairs to fit together.<br />Hope you all understand this! It's difficult to explain.....<br />Jim BoylesJim Boylesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-48283105774556265402013-05-09T09:05:29.537+01:002013-05-09T09:05:29.537+01:00Reference the rail chair the website blow might he...Reference the rail chair the website blow might help http://basilicafields.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/quirky-query-2-great-western-permanent-way-in-victorian-times/richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157985161146613288noreply@blogger.com