... piece of very old rail (possibly narrow gauge) or just some sort of heavy angle iron used for such purposes. It does seem pretty hefty for simply supporting a sign. I haven't had time to find out much about the line yet but I do know that it was a single line branch of the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Joint Railway and the principal traffic was lead from the mines at Snailbeach which was brought down to Pontesbury station on a 2ft 4 1/2in narrow gauge line. Any ideas? Regards Geoff Attachment: attach_331_520_railsection.png 274 posted: 11 Aug 2008 03:09 from: John Lewis It looks a bit like a Barlow rail. posted: 11 Aug 2008 22:51 from: Richard Spratt Looks similar to a piece of rail that I have that has a GWR boundary boss cast on one end. The same width, total height 80mm. Looking in GW Way, Slinn, my rail looks like 68 or 72lb Bridge rail. The main difference to your example is that the sides are near vertical. Barlow rail was nearly 12 ...