dube Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 (edited) Want to run a milk train in early 1930s livery GWR area, are these wagons accurate? I understand they were rebuilt as 6 wheelers in the 30s maybe mix with Hornby Dapol wagons from the same milk company ? Edited July 28, 2018 by dube Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) There's a drawing on the RCTS site. The Peco Model isn't far out - 6" short on wheelbase and overall length, but perhaps doesn't quite look the part. Edited July 29, 2018 by BernardTPM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pint of Adnams Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 The drawing is for an LMS built 4 wheel milk tank... The GWR only built 12 3000 gallon 4 wheel milk tank in 1927 for United Dairies, subsequently converted to 6 wheel. All the remainder were built with 6 wheels from new. The brake gear was probably the distinctive Dean Churchward type. Siphon bogie vans were also used for carrying milk in churns. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Here is a shot of the original 4-wheelers. Given their cleanliness, adjacent numbering and men in smart suits, I would hazard a guess that they are being inspected upon delivery to Wooten Basset. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Just goes to show that the Hornby version from the mid 1970s wasn't quite as bad as I thought. http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=181 Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Just goes to show that the Hornby version from the mid 1970s wasn't quite as bad as I thought. http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=181 Jason Or for that matter, the O gauge Hornby Nestles tanker! Brian Edited July 30, 2018 by brianusa 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted June 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2020 Does anyone have more info as to how these were converted to 3 axle chassis. Was it a simple case of an additional plate being welded / riveted in place between the existing ones (along with adding the additional axle boxes and springs etc) or was it more of a complete new underframe build? I really like the look of these early tanks with their short overhangs. All a little bit different to the later builds. So I was looking at the potential of adding the extra w iron etc to a Peco tank to modernise... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) I thought that the tanks were mounted on new 6W under frames, but that is only an "I thought", not a definitive statement. And, since Brian snuck a nice tinplate Hornby one in, here are a modern tinplate 0 replica of the 1930s Bassett Lowke model and real thing, which is more than I can afford. Lovely, eh? Edited June 6, 2020 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 The Southern certainly built new six-wheeled chassis for theirs ( though there probably wasn't much left that was actually 'theirs' as the tanks themselves belonged to the dairies ) ......... the redundant four-wheel chassis ended up under 20T coal wagons - presumably heavily rebuilt - though photos are unknown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Yup, pretty sure that the rebuilds simply mounted the existing tanks on a new chassis. The 6-wheeled chassis had a much longer wheelbase than the 4-wheelers so it certainly wasn't a case of just adding an extra axle. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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