Lochty no more Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Giving the Permenent way types a hand at the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society ( KFRPS ) we had to move a shed load of these the destinctive G & SWR chair ( two trackbolts two spikes ) stamped 1916, I belive the LNWR used this arrangement. My question is this how the blazes did they find there way to Fife - G & SWR was absorbed by the LMS ( never anyplace near Fife ) would BR have dragged them from one side of Scotland to another just to relay a siding? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Was the siding, originaly private or railway owned? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochty no more Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Was the siding, originaly private or railway owned? Not sure Mick, most of this stuff was aquired in the 1970`s by the Lochty railway - from memory we lifted sidings from Kirkcaldy harbour ( owned by the toon council ) some ex WPR lines ( owned by the NCB ) Methil docks ( ex NBR/LNER/BR ) the most recent was Markinch station ( ex NBR/LNER/BR/Network Rail ). My guess would be Wemyss Private Railway, but to be honest it could be any of them ( we did not document such things - with hindsight we should have ). Cheers Lochty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 On the face of it, I suggest your chairs are from sidings laid in by a "Trackwork" contractor, who had previously bought in a "Job Lot" from the G&SWRly. There was a similar example not far from Hull at Melton, East Yorks, c1930, a company built a smelting works and had private sidings laid, these were ex SE&CRly recovered materal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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