Rail made in UK

[Sunbird24]

Hope this is OK as it was made in UK. Assuming it was made in Workington, UK. Would just like to clarify the meaning. BS British Standard, 45 is it the number of the standard or the weight of the rail? 9-22 September 1922? SAR is South African Railways and the location is the Sandstone Railway.

 

[themiller]

I don’t think that you can assume that it’s a product from British Steel Workington as it has the rolling date of September 1922. Ive been told of a visit to a high speed train depot in China where someone noticed that the serial numbers on several of the bogies were identical leading to speculation that they’d been copied to the finest detail from a European made original. In the case of the photo in post #1, the rail looks considerably younger than 100 years old. I’m only commenting on the basis of observations of rail markings seen in the UK so I may be way off track on this but would be interested in others’ views.

 

[Dunfanaghy Rd]

When did the kite mark come into use?
45 could be pounds per yard, or, kilograms per metre. I think I favour the latter from the photo. (Network Rail use 54 and 60 kg/m.)
1922 is a poser, admittedly. An error in making the roll, perhaps.
Pat

 

[najaB]

When did the kite mark come into use?

1903 according to Wikipedia.

 

[trebor79]

I don't think that's a kitemark. If you look closely it appears to be some other kind of symbol.

 

[Bryson]

It's not British Standard #45 - that standard is for spark plugs.

I think other are correct that is is 45 kg/m rail. It looks like this one:



I will have been rolled at Workington but I expect that the 9-1922 is probably a contract reference or batch number not a date.

 

[Sunbird24]

Just to clarify a couple of points, for those quoting everything in the metric system, prior to 1965 virtually everyone used the Imperial system and secondly the Sandstone railway is not Standard Gauge or Cape gauge but 2 foot gauge, so please bear that in mind.

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It's not British Standard #45 - that standard is for spark plugs.

I think other are correct that is is 45 kg/m rail. It looks like this one:

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I will have been rolled at Workington but I expect that the 9-1922 is probably a contract reference or batch number not a date.

According to this https://www.en-standard.eu/bs-standards/ BS 45 is Railway Engineering. Rails come under 45.080