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Did the Great Western ever use snow-ploughs, and if so, does anyone have any post-able pictures of GW tenders turned into ploughs.

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Can't answer - but have just found a film about the 1963 winter, and about 1:45 in there's a show of something that looks as if it could be the bunker of w GW tank engine on snow plough duty, Still watching - there may be more.

 

 

And for 1963, if you don't remember it - http://www.paraffinwinter.org.uk/63winter.html

 

(and I do!)

 

[EDIT] And having now seen it through, Westerns, Warships and B*** P******s in evidence.

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As far as I am aware tender mounted ploughs were an LNER thing. It was all to do with the brakes. The LNER used vacuum brakes on many of their locomotive tenders where the other railways used steam brakes. That is why the BR standard snow plough used the frames from withdrawn V2 locomotives. Tenders used include GNR B type (various classes of loco), LNER group standard (mainly from V2 and B1s) http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/snowplough/h2eb0114b#h2a6430dfand http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/snowplough/h2eb0114b#h37a3e800, LNER built GER design tenders from B17s and NER tender frames. The last ones having a complete new body on them. http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/snowplough/h2eb0114b#h2eb0114b

LNER tender, ER designed plough

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LNER tender, GER plough,Norwich shed use to mount this on a J15 in winter.

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In the background is a GNR tender with a GCR plough, photos show this type of plough mounted on J10s and other types of tender.

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Clive

 

PS before our colleagues from south of the Thames start about their Schools Class tenders being used, I do know and guess what they had vacuum brakes.

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Can't answer - but have just found a film about the 1963 winter, and about 1:45 in there's a show of something that looks as if it could be the bunker of w GW tank engine on snow plough duty, Still watching - there may be more.

 

 

And for 1963, if you don't remember it - http://www.paraffinwinter.org.uk/63winter.html

 

(and I do!)

 

[EDIT] And having now seen it through, Westerns, Warships and B*** P******s in evidence.

 

GW ploughs well in evidence at around 1.40 - 1.50 and they look like the standard 'large' size GW plough on the pannier.

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Many thanks.  I had forgotten about "Snow" - and I'm not old enough to remember '63's bad winter.

 

Done a few harsh winters all over the globe tho so they have my sympathy.

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Take an absolute age to download - not what I was hoping for, but a great film - love that music too.

 

Have a spare tender and thought it would make a good plough and take up a bit of space around the back of the shed, near the sand van and "resting" old TOAD.

 

Thanks.

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Weed killer train it is then - just realised that there are 2 spare 60s Airfix GW kit tenders lurking unused.  One is from "COT" and no idea where the other comes from.

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I am particularly curious about the 2251 Collett goods and wonder when this particular plough was made and by whom (all photos seem to be in BR days. It seems a lot simpler than the normal GWR plough  therefore an easier subject to model. I've seen pictures of one like it fitted to 3208 (possibly at Rhyl Shed and also a similar on a Pannier.

 

I had thought about getting the Oxford rail Dean goods with the more complex shaped GWR plough  but £130 is a bit much for sut a little used item (unless it detaches from the loco. My thought is to 3D print a removable plough that would sit on the front of a suitable loco (perhaps using the nem socket) but I do not want to embark on such a project if the simple version mentioned above is post nationalization.

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6434 stands alongside Radyr shed, 16th. October 1960.

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The shed is to the right, and the P.A.D. is behind the 56xx tank.

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However, the point of interest here is what appears to be a detachable snow plough just visible behind the 64XX.

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Careful examination shows the loco numbers; 5692 and 5669, chalked on the 'snow plough', presumably referring to the locos adapted to carry the plough; 

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5669 had been a Radyr loco since November 1958, and

5692 had been a Radyr loco from December 1958 but left for Llanelly the week before this photo was taken.

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Brian R

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