Lewis
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Railway LampI bought this last year and i am going to restore it
firstly i need to know of some sort of rust converter as it is just made of rust inside it 
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James
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Wait forwards to seeing how it turns out Lewis!
Will you use it??
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Lewis
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| James wrote: | Wait forwards to seeing how it turns out Lewis!
Will you use it?? |
i may do if i can find a burner for inside
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James
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O aye!
I just bought a storm lantern to use outside as a torch!
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Lewis
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| James wrote: | O aye!
I just bought a storm lantern to use outside as a torch! |
a parafin one ?
good things for outdoor use
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James
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Aye lad!
For a torch for when I'm doing the sheep and that!
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Mamodman123
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Rust remedy? 
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johnreid
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That is a real nice one with the red lens and all to boot!
I used to have a collection but had to sell a lot of my collections when my health went bad. I did manage to keep one as it did not sell because the base was bent, it is from the New York Central Railroad
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tmuir
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Lewis you can use chemical rust convertors but you will have to manually remove all the flaking rust first or you can use electrolysis to remove the rust which will work on all the tricky parts without you having to scrape off the falking bits first.
Electrolysis is easy to do, all you need is a battery charger, some scrap iron, a big plastic buket and some washing soda.
If you want to try electrolysis send me a PM and I will give you a link to a good website about it.
Tony
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Lewis
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cheers guys 
nice lamp john
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bessytractor
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my grandad has a BR tail lamp like that mounted to his house. He took out the burner and put in a 240 volt bulb. It looks very nice at night.
hope it goes ok for you!
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Lewis
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| bessytractor wrote: | my grandad has a BR tail lamp like that mounted to his house. He took out the burner and put in a 240 volt bulb. It looks very nice at night.
hope it goes ok for you! |
thanks mate
the ones in good condition were too expensive so i bought that knackered one for a tenner 
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bessytractor
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| Lewis wrote: | | bessytractor wrote: | my grandad has a BR tail lamp like that mounted to his house. He took out the burner and put in a 240 volt bulb. It looks very nice at night.
hope it goes ok for you! |
thanks mate
the ones in good condition were too expensive so i bought that knackered one for a tenner |
my grandads one was from my uncle as a present (this was when said uncle was a fireman at Swanage). It was a bit of a state but like you will, Grandad sorted it out. It needs a repaint now though.
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Nick
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Just think though Lewis, fix it up and it'll be worth just as much. 
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MTA
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| bessytractor wrote: | my grandad has a BR tail lamp like that mounted to his house. He took out the burner and put in a 240 volt bulb. It looks very nice at night.
hope it goes ok for you! |
Before he moved, a man in the next village had a stop and distant signal mounted on the front wall of his house  I believe he was the secretary of the 42968 society
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Andy
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is that the one you got at berrow hill steam gala
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Lewis
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| andypt677 wrote: | | is that the one you got at berrow hill steam gala |
aye
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rough-shunter
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what region is it it looks allmost western
it should be stamped on the top BR(W) ect
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