RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2015 I paid a visit to a railway location in the SW today, and took the following photograph of the above-mentioned artifact. It has a connection to the railways of Cornwall, but what is it, and what was it used for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 A finial of some sort? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I’m sorry I cannot write on RMWeb what it was really used for. It involves a Nun, a Bishop and a Rabbi. Good luck, Cap’n! Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2015 It is actually a well known variant of Cornish onion carefully covered in preservative and used for advertising purposes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Cornish Toffee Apple? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Some sort of signalling token perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 It's the back of Mr Brunel's shrunken head coated in the stuff he used to seal the vacuum on the Atmospheric railway atop a brass stand. The point was added by Collett so he could toss his hat onto it each morning when he arrived at Swindon works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2015 Is it a mould for pre moulding pasties which can then be filled later? Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 It's a grockle gooser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2015 Bedknob off a pixie bed? Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeeleyBridge Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 It's Rambling Syd Rumpo's swinging wangle diviner. It is of course missing it's cord, which was spun from the flaxen hair of the local village virgin. ... Well that's what it said on Mr Horne's Wikipedia page - Honest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Testing paint? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2015 You have got it upside down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted June 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2015 You are 90 degrees out, Martin. This is the head end of Brunels Tunneling machine which was for the proposed tunnel to the new terminus on the Scilly Isles Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 All wrong! Nope tiz the original Brunel plumb bob! For his line y'knows! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweasel Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Every one should know that it's the wotsit that fits on the thingamajig that goes on the howsyerfather. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 If I said what I thought it was I'd be banned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyA Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 If I said what I thought it was I'd be banned. By whom??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2015 By whom??? Boris !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Is it an essential component of a triple-lay overhead manifold sprocket??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 17, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2015 Here's another clue - here it is, the right way up: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted June 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2015 The nose of the Cornish fairy tale character Penoggyo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 One of the forgotten Pygmy tribe of Lostwithiel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 PLUMB WEIGHT! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Was it a key part of the Dawlish sea wall defences and the fact it was sat upside down on someone's desk was the reason the sea wall was breached. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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