WORKSPLATES

Below are a selection of different worksplates from Ruston narrow gauge locos. These were usually made of brass but a plastic material was substituted for some time during the war 1939-45.

Above: from a loco that worked at the Derbyshire Silica Firebrick Co works at Friden, Derbyshire, England.

Above: from a loco that was new to the Ruabon Brick & Terracotta Co, North Wales and later at the Maen Offeren slate mine near Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Above: from a loco that was new to the Oakeley slate quarries, Blaenau Ffestiniog and later at Maen Offeren slate mines.