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Platform 9 and 4/4: A New Railway Appreciation Thread

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  • mark_in_manchestermark_in_manchester Shipmate
    A very long shot here, railway people - but a spanner (large for home, small for certain kinds of workshop!) has come into my posession. Stamped 3/4 and 7/8 (not AF, so presumably WW), about a foot long, no makers mark but stamped roughly with hand stamps '200 LYR'. Funny initials for an owner - I wondered about Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
  • Baptist TrainfanBaptist Trainfan Shipmate
    No idea!
  • Stercus TauriStercus Tauri Shipmate
    I've cracked it! I asked a friend who is knowledgeable on all things L&Y, and drew a blank. Stretching the imagination could make you believe that LYR refers to the abandoned Longyearbyen mine railway in Spitzbergen. Possibly not... but that is an appealing story.

    I have a caliper rescued from scrap at the Inverness locomotive depot, similarly stamped RMK. I was told it had belonged to one Roddy McKenzie. Perhaps your spanner is something similar.
  • DardaDarda Shipmate
    Talking of colour schemes, I've seen this on BBC news. Red, white & blue not very imaginative for Great British Railways but perhaps inevitable?
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    Inevitable, yes, but IMHO not too awful...
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