RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted May 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone, Our Onllwyn Colliery internal user pack of HUOs are now available for pre-order on our site. The Onllwyn Colliery pack features three individually numbered models in their private owner livery of dark grey. They were used after their retirement from BR service in their open cast mine near Port Talbot in Wales, where they were deployed on an internal railway system under the stewardship of NCB Opencast Executive. These remained in service on the private railway with 16 and 21-ton former BR stock until the mid-1990s under Celtic Energy ownership. This pack is strictly limited to 250 pieces and is the perfect addition to industrial based model railways and are the perfect companion for the wide array of industrial motive power that has been released recently. These are due for delivery in early September alongside the TOPS livery HUOs and feature the same high specification for the price of £59.95. Demand is expected to be high for these as we have received plenty of requests for them! You can order now via our website https://accurascale.co.uk/shop/wagons/br-24-5t-hop24huo-coal-hopper-dark-grey-onllwyn-colliery-pack-l/ Cheers, Fran Edited May 16, 2018 by 071 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted May 16, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) Really nice pic of one in action as late as 1997! https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicjoynson/31361886304/ And in 1986 http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brhopperhuo/eb2d478f Edited May 16, 2018 by 071 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Onllwyn isn't really near anywhere, being at the upper end of the Swansea valley, at the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. I spent quite a lot of time there in the 1960s, when my father's firm was modifying the hoppers on the loading screens to accommodate 21t hoppers for 'House Coal Concentration' traffic. To give you some idea of how isolated and windblown the place is, nearby Colbren was used to represent the Veldt in the film 'Young Winston'. The site would make an interesting model, being part of the old Onllwyn pit, but without the pit-head gear etc; originally known as 'Banwen Disposal Point' it treated and graded anthracite from opencast sites in the Neath, Tawe and Amman Valleys. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig85 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Order placed for a couple of packs, really looking forward to receiving these wagons in the not too distant future. Craig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 And if you don't want to put a load in it, just sheet it over. Onllwyn, 1987. Paul J. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted May 17, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2018 Excellent picture Paul! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 And if you don't want to put a load in it, just sheet it over. Onllwyn, 1987. Slide, 08-87--017.jpg Paul J. I wonder what was worth sheeting over? The adjacent vehicle seems to be an LNER 21t hopper, as modelled by Hornby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) I wonder what was worth sheeting over? The adjacent vehicle seems to be an LNER 21t hopper, as modelled by Hornby. Don't know what was in the hoppers that needed sheeting, but as you asked, here's the wagon you mention. It is an LNER type hopper. Also as internal used HUO's are the name of this thread, here are some more photos I took of them in internal use at Bolsover Coalite in August 1992. These 4 will have to surfice for the moment, but I took shots of another 16 wagons there, amongst an assortment of 21tHoppers of various origins, which have yet to be scanned. Enjoy! Paul J. Addendum. I have now rescanned the Bolsover HUO photos to a higher resolution, and also some others taken on that day, (another 20 wagons in addition to the 4 above), and have started to upload them into an HUO Album on my Flickr page. It can be found at this link. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcWSNFy Edited June 5, 2018 by Swindon 123 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 here is another of the Accurascale prototypes http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/onllywncolliery/e89723dd Paul 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 As I live only 2 mils from the Onllwyn Colliery / wash plant I have ordered a set 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I have now rescanned the Bolsover HUO photos in my Post 8, to a higher resolution, and also some others taken on that day, (another 20 wagons in addition to the 4 above), and have started to upload them, along with other photos of HUO's in service, into an HUO Album on my Flickr page. It can be found at this link. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcWSNFy In time I will find and scan the photos I took of the internal user HUO's at Onllwyn during visits in 1987 and 1992 and add them to the album as well. Paul J. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted June 6, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2018 I have now rescanned the Bolsover HUO photos in my Post 8, to a higher resolution, and also some others taken on that day, (another 20 wagons in addition to the 4 above), and have started to upload them, along with other photos of HUO's in service, into an HUO Album on my Flickr page. It can be found at this link. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcWSNFy In time I will find and scan the photos I took of the internal user HUO's at Onllwyn during visits in 1987 and 1992 and add them to the album as well. Paul J. Those photos were a big help to us when we were designing the HUOs Paul! Cheers, Fran Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted July 23, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hi everyone, We have just received decorated samples of our NCB colliery internal user pack. A couple of tweaks required, but we are quite pleased with how they look as the tampo is a bit special. These would be perfect for those of you who have colliery or industrial based layouts! Excuse the hasty images! These are of course available to pre order on our site and are due with our TOPS HUOs in September! Cheers, Fran 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Very nice- will you be doing suitably-weathered sheep to go with them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 looking forward to getting mine down here in South Wales 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted July 26, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2018 Our technical director ran off with one of the samples yesterday and lashed on some powders... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Our technical director ran off with one of the samples yesterday and lashed on some powders... PO HUO Weathered .jpg What will happen when he gets hold of a Cemflo? Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted July 27, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2018 What will happen when he gets hold of a Cemflo? Mark Real cement dust perhaps? He did do this to our Irish cement tanks.... CIE really let them get into terrible states, especially in their latter years of service as the top one represents! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted August 3, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2018 Hi everyone, Production well underway. They will be delivered with our TOPS packs in early September as planned! Cheers, Fran 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Hi everyone, Production well underway. They will be delivered with our TOPS packs in early September as planned! NCB Production 1.jpg NCB Production 2.jpg Cheers, Fran Will you have them at the EM show ?? If so can i pick my order up there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted August 3, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) Will you have them at the EM show ?? If so can i pick my order up there Me 'may' be able to do that for you, but we are flying Ryanair, so if you promise not to tell a soul about this arrangement it might be possible so we dont have to sacrifice clean clothes for HUO space in our luggage..... Email us nearer the time and we can see what we can do! Edited August 3, 2018 by 071 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I see on you web site the listing has drop the Onllwyn & gone with NCB Port Talbot one thing Onllwyns is Near Neath & not Port Talbot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted August 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2018 Thanks for the clarification Mozzer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 Very nice- will you be doing suitably-weathered sheep to go with them? Just read this.Wondered when some soul would make the sheep connection,forever etched into the consciousness of our Anglo Saxon minds. Refreshingly,today's four footed population have cleaned up their act and there seem to be fewer of them anyway.They don't like wheelie bins.Gone are the days when back lanes echoed to the sound of pilfered dustbins. Onllwyn is way up the Neath Valley.A feature film of the Miner's Strike (Saw it but can't for the life of me remember the title ) was made there not long ago(.Bill Nighy was in it ) was Port Talbot is more celebrated for its steel .And a guy by the name of Jenkins....alias Richard Burton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Just read this.Wondered when some soul would make the sheep connection,forever etched into the consciousness of our Anglo Saxon minds. Refreshingly,today's four footed population have cleaned up their act and there seem to be fewer of them anyway.They don't like wheelie bins.Gone are the days when back lanes echoed to the sound of pilfered dustbins. Onllwyn is way up the Neath Valley.A feature film of the Miner's Strike (Saw it but can't for the life of me remember the title ) was made there not long ago(.Bill Nighy was in it ) was Port Talbot is more celebrated for its steel .And a guy by the name of Jenkins....alias Richard Burton. The film you may be thinking of is titled "Pride", and is basically about how a group of gay and lesbian folk in London decided to help the miners in South Wales during the 1984/85 strike. Some good people in it, and a well told tale based on a true story IMHO. John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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