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fishplate
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fishplate
a flat piece of metal joining one rail, stanchion, or beam to another

fishplate
fishplates
A wood or metal piece used to fasten together the ends of two members with nails or bolts.


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Sources said the accident took place in an area where the tracks were under repair and some fishplates could have been left loose.
Other small parts for your Hornby Thomas collection include track rubbers to clean the train rail surfaces, and a set of 12 backup fishplates.
Looking back when I was a stationmaster in the 1950s and 60s, every morning the head ganger would walk the line in both directions checking on the state of the rails and points with particular attention to the fishplates, stretcher bars, points etc forming the whole of the permanent way in his section.
 
 
 
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