I was on tour of one of our railway projects this week, and in the underfloor wheel lathe workshop, I saw these beauties.
Way too big for cruiser use, but lovely bits of kit. They're used for winching locos in and out of the workshop.
The "1 . 1/4" in raised letters, signifies the diameter of the shackle steel in inches. I wished I'd put a fag packet next to them now, as there's no datum for scale in this photo...
Needless to say they're huge
Way too big for cruiser use, but lovely bits of kit. They're used for winching locos in and out of the workshop.
The "1 . 1/4" in raised letters, signifies the diameter of the shackle steel in inches. I wished I'd put a fag packet next to them now, as there's no datum for scale in this photo...
Needless to say they're huge