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Looking at the bottom left most wagon it appears to say FILTER CAKE on the bottom most plank, was somebody trying to be funny or do I need glasses?

Your eyes do not deceive you ; filter cake is the fine solid material that builds up on the filter elements in press filters at places like coal washeries. In this case, it would be a mixture of fine coal ('duff') and possibly the flotation oil from the washing process.

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The white or yellow-painted corner plates on the wagons remind me of some ex-NCB wagons that are at the Midland Railway, at Butterley. I was told that they came from somewhere local to there but I can't remember where but these wagons could be from the same colliery, or at least the same area.

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The twin arch bridge in the background in the original set of photos cannot be in the immediate vicinity of Moorgreen Colliery as the line crossed nearby roads etc on the level or on overbridges. The line to Langley Mill did go under the former Great Northern Erewash valley line, but I think that was a three arch metal girder bridge.

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HI all,

 

I said a couple of things to Mark when he sent me copies of the photos.

 

Bridge style appears to be Midland

 

One of the wagons - 720 appears to be an ex MR 7 plank with the MR markings faded but just visible.

 

On the general subject of collieries...

 

https://www.aditnow.co.uk

 

Has loads of information available with maps if you register for an account.

 

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Hi all,

 

A 'phone discussion with one of the guys who went round a lot of the colliery sites in the late 70's and early 80's with me may have been helpful.

 

Back then we came to the opinion that the yellow ended wagons were from/at Castle Donnington power station.

 

We did try at the time to do a site visit to Castle Donnington but were knocked back at the gate despite having CEGB letters confirming we could visit.

 

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One of the wagons - 720 appears to be an ex MR 7 plank with the MR markings faded but just visible. 

 

Intriguing. The nearest match seems to be Midland D673, of which 9,150 were built 1913-22, so reasonably numerous. The style of the side door is right. But it's been altered at both ends. As built, the fixed end didn't have a diagonal piece of ironwork but rather a vertical piece half-way along. (Although this example is a D663A five plank wagon with fixed ends both ends, it illustrates the arrangement.) The end door hinge and locking bar are of a different pattern, as are the buffers guides with the (RCH?) projection to hold the end floor boards in place. Replacement (LMS?) oil axleboxes. It's tempting to suggest that the only original Midland feature is the letter M but even that is one plank too high up the side compared to photos of D673 wagons in Essery's Midland Wagons!

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