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Facilities for milk trains 1960s


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Hello all,

 

I've been looking at photos of facilities for handling milk tanks in the 1960s and many (e.g. Torrington, Hemyok) have tanks both in the loading/unloading area and some others stored in a siding.

Do we know of a prototype with a single road to handle its tanks? i.e. only one train of tanks can be accommodated at any one time, no siding available, or would a siding always be required for operational reasons?

It appears that Moreton-in-Marsh might be such an example, but it's not obvious from the photos that I have seen.

 

Thanks,

Ed

 

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There is a good photograph of the facilities at Moreton-in-Marsh in the new book 'BR Parcels and Passenger-Rated Stock - Volume 3  Self propelled parcels vans, TPOs and car-carrying vehicles for motorail services'.  The reference on the photograph is Kidderminster Railway Museum ref 128203.  Presumably, the photograph is available from them, if you cannot get to see the book.

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I have only just stumbled across this thread (better late than never) and I can add a bit of information.

 

Several smaller dairies just had a single siding for holding tankers and Morteon-in-Marsh was indeed one of them. You can find some great shots of the creamery as well as the 1952 track plan on the Railways of Warwickshire site.

 

http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/moreton_marsh.htm

 

Other examples that might be of interest include the CWS Creamery at Wallingford which I believe only handled a single tanker at a time. This view is from the road-side of the building. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1016196

 

The creamery at Pont Llanio in Wales only had a single siding for filling the milk tankers although it had a couple more round the back.

 

This thread also has some good shots and information.

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/120441-branch-line-creameries/

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If you want a milk traffic without a dairy or creamery, how about Marshfield, on the SWML between Cardiff and Newport, where the milk depot was half a mile away and the milk delivered to the sidings (originally a normal goods yard when there was an open station here) by road to be loaded into the rail tanks.  There were 2 sidings here, though.

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If you want a milk traffic without a dairy or creamery, how about Marshfield, on the SWML between Cardiff and Newport, where the milk depot was half a mile away and the milk delivered to the sidings (originally a normal goods yard when there was an open station here) by road to be loaded into the rail tanks.  There were 2 sidings here, though.

A similar situation occurred at Penzance, Docoath and Saltash in Cornwall. This shot of Dolcoath shows the situation nicely with what looks like an MMB tanker parked up beside the siding. The tankers are open and awiting filling.

 

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