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Here are some pictures showing recent pictures from China clay installations in the South West. There seems to be a lot of interest in modelling these plants, and hopefully these pictures may give some inspiration. Please feel free to upload your own pictures, particularly in model form.

 

the photos below show 66169 at work in the Rocks plant at Goonbarrow in June 2011.

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Hi there - thanks for the comments. I couldn't wait for the train to be completely loaded - had to take the girls in for an eye test. The sun was too front-on really, and would have loved the departure shot some 40 mins later but there you go. The sun did get obscurred by then (I hope)!

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Marvellous - all thge ingredients for a great set of photos: Clay installation, 3 loco present all different classes, a day off, and - RAIN!! Well gales actually.

 

Here are some photos at Burngullow 29th Nov 2011. 47375 & 56302 sort wagons for a wagon transfer. 66623 alongside with 6C59.

 

The 47 & 56 were sorting wagons for a transfer away to Burton for wagon repairs:

 

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Hi

Superb set of photo's

 

I assume the Freightliner 66 was on the Angerstein Wharf stone train

 

Any pics of the wagons as the only time I've photo'd them they've been going too fast or to far away to get any decent pic's & I had thought of modelling the train.You may also have pics of the box type wagon that is also used sometimes.

 

Wagon repair;does that mean another flow has been found for them?

 

Cheers Bill

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I assume the Freightliner 66 was on the Angerstein Wharf stone train

 

Any pics of the wagons as the only time I've photo'd them they've been going too fast or to far away to get any decent pic's & I had thought of modelling the train.You may also have pics of the box type wagon that is also used sometimes.

 

Wagon repair;does that mean another flow has been found for them?

 

Cheers Bill

 

Bill, I didnt take any wagon pictures that day. I have various shots of the trains on my smugmug site though with both types of wagon used.

The new flow is up at Aberdeen sadly. Shame the bullets wont be regularly crossing the Royal Albert again!

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China clay seems to be one of those rare traffic flows where there has been an increase in the variety of both motive power and rolling stock compared to steam days. In the days of steam, motive power would be either a prairie or pannier tank (maybe a big 4200 on the run down to Fowey) in either green or black livery. Stock would be a rake of 9' wooden wagons.

 

Now we have several different classes of diesels in a range of different liveries hauling Silver Bullets, CDAs, Tigers and probably others I have missed that are either current or in the recent past. I can see the reason for the popularity of china clay layouts.

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Well I recieved a nice parcel from Hattons yesterday with a Dapol class 66 and some silver bullets too. I'm hoping that Kernow model downsize their latest creations to N gauge or have I missed that too.

 

I've said it a few times before but I believe that recently there has never been a better time to model Cornish railways with the releases in both scales and different eras. All that can stop some people are how much money they can afford to splash out on the latest ranges.

 

With all the magazine articles in recent times showing off the Beattie Well tank and also the Class 22 I think modellers will be set for some small dioramas for a few years to come.

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The popularity of the Cornish china-clay "BLT" can be ascribed to many things. Partly the traction and (often unique) wagons involved, partly the "holiday romance" of the region, partly the "Great Western effect" and no doubt other reasons.

 

Those who model such things, myself included, are being extraordinarily well served at present by both mainstream releases and Kernow MRC's frequent commissions of relevant items.

 

While that might generate a plethora of nominally identical "ready to plonk" china clay planks I see no reason to view that in a negative way. Of those who start thus in the hobby a good number will go on to develop skills in scenic construction, scratch building, perhaps model electronics or some other field. We all started as beginners and I have no doubt most started at some time with a RtR / RtP operation of some kind.

 

A little courage and skill can also turn those Beattie well tanks / class 03 / 08 / 22 / 25 / 37 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 50 / 52 / 66 locos (all of which are or are about to be available bar a Voith class 43) on the clays into something much more work-weary. Even something as simple as a brush of black weathering powders over the flat tarps of Kernow's clay wagons changes them from a rake of identical ones to a rake of individuals and takes under a minute per wagon.

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As I'm a pre-groupie I obviously look for the more mature aspects of life :nono:

So here's a small China Clay working at Rosemellyn Sidings in 1908.

I don't want to get into Copyright issues, so look here >> http://www.time-caps.../number2039.asp

 

In the description it states the coal is piled near the furnace....

Does that mean the furnace is at this end of the storage sheds and the hot air travels under the drying beds to the chimney at the far end?

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As I'm a pre-groupie I obviously look for the more mature aspects of life :nono:

So here's a small China Clay working at Rosemellyn Sidings in 1908.

I don't want to get into Copyright issues, so look here >> http://www.time-caps.../number2039.asp

 

In the description it states the coal is piled near the furnace....

Does that mean the furnace is at this end of the storage sheds and the hot air travels under the drying beds to the chimney at the far end?

 

Correct! The heat and smoke from the furnace travels under the floor of the building (Much like a Roman hypocaust) drying the clay and then heads out the chimney the other end.

 

Interesting photograph!

 

Cheers,

 

Jack

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As I'm a pre-groupie I obviously look for the more mature aspects of life :nono:

So here's a small China Clay working at Rosemellyn Sidings in 1908.

I don't want to get into Copyright issues, so look here >> http://www.time-caps.../number2039.asp

 

In the description it states the coal is piled near the furnace....

Does that mean the furnace is at this end of the storage sheds and the hot air travels under the drying beds to the chimney at the far end?

 

 

For further details try this earler thread

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/24899-china-clay-dries/page__fromsearch__1

 

H T H

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Some retro clay stuff:

 

Goonbarrow and 37690 shunts some tigers behind the box. This was an interloper and not one of BZ machines. note is doesn't have the red body stripe.

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47108 works the clay hoods at Burngullow in 1986. The mainline has only recently been singled at this point.

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The ECC class 10 shunts a long rake of hoods into Carne Point in 1986

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