Vintage Railway Sleeper Bolts Set of x 5 1975 SAR A & B Sleeper bolts. Marked SAR (South African Railways) 75 NB A and B.
Also called Coachscrew Bolts Railway Africana / Memorabilia. There are 3x marked A which are slightly longer than the 2x marked B.
Set is ideal to use for a wall mounted coat rack.
Length of the A = 14 14,5cm and the B = 12 12,5 (depending on wear) and approx. 2 cm diam. Weight of 5x = 3kg unpackaged.
State of bolts: Not all bolts are the same, some are more rusted than others but all are authentic SAR or SAS marked bolts used on the railways.
These vintage Cast Iron Railway Sleeper Bolts look wonderful once the heads have been cleaned up and used in reclaimed wood as hooks or to fasten into cabinets or tables. Can also be used as door knobs or just to have a great unusual collection for your bar, braai area or man cave.
Railway Coach Bolts/Sleeper Bolts were all made from cast iron and dated for year of manufacture. They now have many uses such as door handles, paperweights and medieval decoration for doors and bars. Railway Coach Bolts hold down the railway track onto the railway sleeper.
Price: R280.00 (8 x sets of 5 available.) Collection possible Shipping would be extra. Product No: RS001
Description of the bolts as per the original tender documents dated June 1962.
Proprietary fastenings in the Sonneville fastening used on the Sonneville and Stupp sleepers - the rail rests on a grooved rubber pad and is held in position by a spring clip with two leaves, the upper leaf holds the rail down and the lower leaf positions the rail on the sleeper. With the Sonneville sleeper the dip is held down by a T-headed bolt the head of which engages in a slot in the vertical leg of the tie bar. With the early Stupp sleepers a bolt/coachscrew was used instead of a bolt, the lower portion being a coachscrew which engaged in a coil cast in the sleeper, followed by a square collar used to screw the coachscrew into position and which also engages in a square hole in the lower leaf of the clip to prevent the coachscrew slacking back. The upper portion is in the form of a bolt which enables a nut to be used to hold the upper leaf on the rail. As a normal bolt is more satisfactory the bolt/coachscrew was replaced in later orders by a T-headed bolt, the head engaging in a plate cast into the sleeper. These fastenings are non-insulated, but tests are proceeding on a method of conversion to an insulated fastening. The latest order for Sonneville sleepers is for a special form of insulated fastening which is still under test. 110 The fastening used on the early Vagneux sleeper is very similar to that used on the early Stupp sleepers except that, to achieve insulation, the steel sleeper envelope insulation is provided under one rail and the fastenings amended to suit. That used on the 1957 order is the standard S.A.R. fastening. SONNE.VILLE FIST COACI-15CCE.W. AL TEO NATIVE BOL T/COACI-I5CQEW BETON UNO MONIERBAU Fig. 14-Proprietary fastenings in use on concrete sleepers THE CIVIL ENGINEER in South Africa - June 1962
