RA 8314 G.W.R CAST IRON CABSIDE PLATE FROM 2-8-2 HEAVY TANK 7232 ship-zone-k Standard class 9F locomotive 92085

Standard class 9F locomotive 92085

This plate has the word COLLIERY which is quite rare and originated from a box in the Nottingham coal fields area

and has a brass plate "L

pattern small hand held single line key hoop

these metal boxes all seem to have been made in Grimsby in many small tinsmiths workshop

RA 8314 G.W.R CAST IRON CABSIDE PLATE FROM 2-8-2 HEAVY TANK 7232 ship-zone-k Standard class 9F locomotive 92085A Great Western Railway cast iron cab side from a 72xx heavy tank locomotive no 7232, this locomotive was designed by G J Churchward and was built in 1926 as a 2 8 0 tank numbered 5267. This locomotive was rebuilt in 1935 as a 2 8 2 by adding a radial axle box system and an extended coal bunker for the South Wales coal traffic. and numbered 7232. Shedded at a number of location including Pontypool road, Ebbw Junction and Severn Tunnel Junction to name