Jump to content
 

Sunny Scunny - Yorkshires, Hunslets and Torpedoes


Recommended Posts

Another great day out riding the tracks of one of the UK's largest industrial railways. My fifth visit to Appleby Frodingham steel works to sample the delights of the brake van tour, run by the AFRPS. Every time is different with a different route and new parts of the system visited. Today the scheduled steam service was cancelled due to a hot box on Avonside Cranford and Yorkshire Janus No.1 was substituted, which was lucky for my pal Dan and I because the driver was Narrow Gauge Jordan, of this parish, and we were invited to take the tour in the cab of No.1.

 

post-494-0-21558200-1535832977.jpg

Our steed.

 

post-494-0-61965500-1535833036.jpg

 

post-494-0-60653900-1535833062.jpg

 

post-494-0-95894700-1535833115.jpg

 

post-494-0-63727700-1535833149.jpg

 

post-494-0-16114500-1535833179.jpg

Foreign thing. Not much good, apparently.

 

 

  • Like 19
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Premium

'Like' does not do these justice.

 

SWMBO + friends+ me did the trip a couple of years ago in the DMU trailers.

 

Male friend was up for staying around that day & doing the brake van trip, too, but other  Halves put feet down with firm hands and caped that idea.

 

Think I will have to have a day out again soon.

 

Regards

 

Ian

Link to post
Share on other sites

Didn't Lima do a torpedo wagon many years ago?

The Lima one is a Continental prototype and there is one preserved in France that appears to be the same as the Lima one.

 

The BSC ones at Scunthorpe have different bogies and are longer but I believe with a bit of lengthening could produce a passable model! There are photo’s of similar at Lackenby on Paul Bartlett’s site.

 

Mark Saunders

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...