Flat-bottom knuckle-nose detail

[Martin Wynne]

I'm trying to get thousands of images from the old club forum into some sort of accessible order (without having to deal with every one separately. )

But of course I keep being waylaid by fascinating stuff that I no longer remember seeing before. Such as this:

Nor can I remember where it came from or who owns the copyright on it. However, I think I recognise that weed as matching others in photos from Mick Nicholson.

With 1957 helpfully cast on the "A" baseplate, someone will know all about this design -- FB track went through numerous designs in the 1950s and 1960s.

1957 was also the year the Pandrol clip was invented, but it was many years before they reached widespread use in the UK.

Notice that the fish washers bear against the fishing faces of the rail, not against the rail web.

Martin.

 

[Tony W]

Hi Martin.

For 1957 that would be 109lb rail, and I think I can see 1956 rolled into the rail to the right of the picture. The fish washers also appear to be marked 109. 110A rail did not come into use until 1959 and was in turn superseded by 113A rail around 10 years later.
Regards
Tony.