madannie77 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I don't normally photograph buffers, but as I was photographing various parts of a locomotive for identification purposes it seemed churlish not to, especially as one of them seemed a little odd! Should anyone be interested the loco was built in 1945 at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows In the rather limited time I have at the moment I have not found a great deal about the manufacturer other than the entry in Grace's Guide: George Turton, Platts & Co Hopefully I will now be bombarded with information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 George Turton Platts is now, I believe,a part of Woodhouse and Rixson. They were a medium sized forgemaster and produced a whole range of products including aircraft parts and forgings for jet-turbines as well as railway forgings. They also engaged in the manufacture of mainly railway springs, as well as producing, literally millions, of rail clips( the device which holds a bull-head rail in place on a rail chair) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjj Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I worked there for a while in the early seventies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Checking with Companies House it would seem that the company was incorporated on 31/10/1910 and only dissolved on 04/01/2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 From The Permanent Way Institution Journal for August 1931: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soaks Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 On 12/09/2013 at 16:00, mickjj said: I worked there for a while in the early seventies I worked there 74/75 in the test house mainly - brilliant people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Was George any relation to Thomas Turton, who had a steel works on Maltravers Street in the 1960's and 1970's as shown in the recent directories thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 As an old rolling mill buff it might interest those with a bent for recycling to know that Tinsley Rolling Mills produced thousands of tons of 3”x 3/16” rail key strip for both Turton Platts and their competitors in this market …Toledo Woodhead. All of this was rolled out of old scrap bullhead rail which was slit into 3 parts with the centre portion being rolled into small flats…especially for “rat traps”and the rest being rolled in a 12”double duo mill into key steel. As bullhead rail began being replaced by flat bottom rail the clip was redesigned into the “Pandrol” fixing using round silico-manganese spring steel bars….as used in most modern car coil springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 The Locomotive Magazine, December 1925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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