Railroad shovel

[Clonloum123]

I found this antique railroad shovel in a scrap pile.

there is a make and name on it Any idea of the date of it

 

[trdking]

There is shockingly very little info about shovels on line. What I know about English shovels is that they are very well made. This one is worth restoring. you can buy new handles online.
If you are inclined to return it to the scrap pile I would gladly take it off your hands

 

[A2coins]

Thats a cool piece of History I love RR related stuff

 

[Sunny53]

This is too much precious.These types of shovels are very rare.But i dont know about its date.

 

[trdking]

I agree English shovels in this country are quite rare. England has completely stopped producing shovels They are now made in India with the forges sent from England. It is a very cool shovel. Not sure how to date it because I can't find anything like it on line. Nice Save BTW

 

[Clonloum123]

Thanks for the fantastic info. Im delighted And am Going restoring it . it Could of came from the local railroad

 

[newnan man]

Maybe for shoveling the coal into the steam engine?

 

[Clonloum123]

From what I researched it is for sure a railroad coal shovel. No doubt about that

 

[Clonloum123]

I live in ireland. In your professional opinions would this extremely rare English made railroad coal shovel of been used in my local railroad . It was found in a scrap pile in my locality

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool relic, congrats!

 

[Duckshot]

I live in ireland. In your professional opinions would this extremely rare English made railroad coal shovel of been used in my local railroad . It was found in a scrap pile in my locality

Maybe it got shipwrecked on Ireland by a hobo.

 

[Clonloum123]

The local museum curator regoines it probably came from local railway

 

[Clonloum123]

I was cleaning it with wire wool and the metal appeared