More railway stuff

There were some interesting items in the museum building including the actual chairs used by Queen Elizabeth when she visited Nairobi, and we were allowed to sit in them 😊

Some of the really old looking stuff was still on use in the 1980’s

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I bet Jim can work this one out

A picture containing wall, weapon  Description automatically generatedBut what were these wooden tools used for??

Answer at the bottom of the page

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A picture containing text, floor, indoor  Description automatically generatedthis chair was used on what was called the lunatic line, read the note, it was bolted on front of the train so important people could see the view..

The wooden tool, was split , then emery paper added, then bolted around crank journals to resize/ repair them for new bearings.

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2 thoughts on “More railway stuff

  1. mum

    You must have felt right at home amongst all that crap.. sorry machinery!

    1. Beady

      maybe 😉

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