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Sleeper block from railway, Chapel Milton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, c 1980s
Image ref
DCHQ008535
Credit
D D Brumhead
photographer
Brumhead, D D
ImageDate
c 1980s
Location
Town
Chapel_Milton
About this image
Stone sleeper block about 2ft square x 10 inch thick, dressed top and bottom, and weighing 150-200 lbs. Standard track after 1832/37 used cast-iron rails, saddles and single hole fixing (seen here). An oak plug extended into hole in saddle.
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