Model railway train

Model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Details

Category:
Railway Models
Object Number:
1995-7130
type:
model (representation)
credit:
Bush, M.

Parts

Model Railway Carriage

Model Railway Carriage

Wooden carriage, box shaped, with roof composed of two longitudinal, slightly sloping panels which meet down the midline. One of the panels can be lifted away to expose the inside, which is plain. The outside of the carriage has incised and painted/stained decoration showing carriage doors and windows. The distal ends of the carriage are closed. There are small sockets for four buffers, with one wooden buffer loose inside the carriage. Four wooden wheels on two axles are suspended from the underside of the carriage. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/1
type:
model (representation)
Model Railway Carriage

Model Railway Carriage

Wooden carriage, box shaped, with roof composed of two longitudinal, slightly sloping panels which meet down the midline. Both panels are fixed. There are four wooden buffers at the distal ends of the carriage; at one end, both buffers are in the form of removable wooden pegs. This end is also open, giving access to the carriage interior. Three small wooden shutters or panels with metal fastenings were found inside, and may have closed this carriage opening. See 1995-7130/4 for survival of mechanism. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/2
type:
model (representation)
Model Railway Carriage

Model Railway Carriage

Long wooden carriage, box shaped. Roof is slightly pitched down the midline, but formed of one piece of wood which is fixed in place. Four wooden wheels on two axles are suspended from the underside of the carriage. Both distal ends and one side are crudely decorated with incision and staining. The other side has a centrally positioned shutter which folds downwards and outwards, although the hinge part is stiff and fragile, being constituted of a sticky strip. There is a small metal ring at one distal end which retains a thread of string, possibly for joining two carriages. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/3
type:
model (representation)
Model Railway Carriage

Model Railway Carriage

Long wooden carriage, box shaped, with roof composed of two longitudinal, slightly sloping panels which meet in the midline. One of the panels lifts away, revealing a tripartite division of the carriage into compartments. A metal rod runs between the compartments, close to the roof. Four wooden wheels on two axles are suspended from the underside of the carriage. The outside of the carriage has incised and painted/stained decoration showing doors and windows. One distal end has an elaborate mechanism or arrangement by which it opens: four thin wooden panels (two shutter doors, a bottom flap, and a roof/awning flap) connected to one another by small metal fastenings and loops. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/4
type:
model (representation)
Model Frame for Carriage

Model Frame for Carriage

Wooden frame, as if to be inserted within a model carriage and compartments panels to be laid over it. Domed top, otherwise cuboid in shape. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/5
type:
model (representation)
Components of Model Railway Train

Components of Model Railway Train

Various components of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865. Parts comprise: four small, chunky rectangular metal frames; ridged wooden panel with numbering marked in ink; four wooden axles or spindles (two pairs, of different woods); four circular wooden discs with central hole; seven smaller circular wooden discs with central hole, black in colour, one broken; twelve pieces of wooden dowel, various lengths, some broken; thirteen small screws (rusty); wooden luggage rack with ten 'parcels' inside it, wrapped with paper and string; four additional 'parcels' wrapped in red paper, one retains only a short strip of paper; one tube shaped parcel wrapped in brown paper; miscellaneous small bits which include 31 wooden pieces, one wooden 'peg' buffer, a piece of metal wire, a short length of plastic coated wire, a brass hook, a piece of paper, a strip of cloth/sandpaper, and a stub of a pencil.

Object Number:
1995-7130/6
type:
model (representation)
Track for Model Railway Train

Track for Model Railway Train

Twelve curved and straight pieces of wooden track, which are hinged. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/7
type:
model (representation)
Track for Model Railway Train

Track for Model Railway Train

Eight curved and straight pieces of wooden track, unhinged. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/8
type:
model (representation)
Track for Model Railway Train

Track for Model Railway Train

Three pieces of track with switch/points mechanism. One piece is hinged. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/9
type:
model (representation)
Points for Model Railway Train

Points for Model Railway Train

Eight points, labelled A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H. A piece of card found with model parts shows a sketch of the track layout: "STATION A TO H" is marked; presumably these components were part of the station. They fit together. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/10
type:
model (representation)
Pieces of Track for Model Railway Train

Pieces of Track for Model Railway Train

Two triangular wooden pieces, track. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/11
type:
model (representation)
Pieces of Track for Model Railway Train

Pieces of Track for Model Railway Train

Seven small wooden pieces, various shapes with fittings and cut outs; track. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/12
type:
model (representation)
Components for Model Railway Train

Components for Model Railway Train

Four plain rectangular wooden panels, with small wooden tab at one distal end and shallow rectangular slot for tab at the other end. Tabs are marked: VI, XVII, XVII and VII. Track. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/13
type:
model (representation)
Component for Model Railway Train

Component for Model Railway Train

Plain rectangular panel with small wooden block attachment along the edge of one side. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/14
type:
model (representation)
Component for Model Railway Train

Component for Model Railway Train

Rectangular panel with two sets of wooden shutters which open inwards. Hinge is made of a sticky fabric material. The front of the panel has wooden inlaid decoration: the borders of the shutters and in four vertical lines between the two shutter pairs, which are not aligned symmetrically to one another. Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/15
type:
model (representation)
Component for Model Railway Train

Component for Model Railway Train

Two rectangular wooden panels, hinged together by a sticky fabric strip. Wooden blocks are attached to the edge of one side of each panel (two blocks on one panel. one block on the other). Part of model railway train, nominal 1/16 scale, carriages, track and accessories, wooden, to illustrate Morley's lineside bag exchange apparatus, c1865.

Object Number:
1995-7130/16
type:
model (representation)