Rail / length

Description

Short length of fish-bellied rail from the Halbeath Tram Way, constructed in 1780 to Inverkeithing and used for coal traffic, one of a collection of specimens illustrating the early history of railway permanent way in Scotland

Museum reference

T.1908.14.2

Collection

Transport

Object name

Rail / length

Date

1780

Materials

Iron

Associations

Halbeath Tram Way, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe