Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 11 hours ago, Respite said: Of serious concern is the fizzing firebox. That engine should not be in use. I read that many years prior to this photo they were using a loco with a bulged firebox at this colliery Since the photos are dated 1973, I think we can say they got away with it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted August 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2021 11 hours ago, Respite said: Of serious concern is the fizzing firebox. That engine should not be in use. I read that many years prior to this photo they were using a loco with a bulged firebox at this colliery Perhaps not so surprising that "Llewellyn" did not survive into preservation... Likewise ex-GWR pannier 9792 ran until the 70s in NCB South Wales Area until being condemned with a cracked frame and possibly cylinder block. Photos of the time show a suspicious amount of steam leaking from the front end. They really did run locos into the ground in the NCB. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnforth Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) On 04/08/2021 at 19:46, montyburns56 said: Port Of Par 1974 by Andy Kirkham I walked part of that. I guess the low profile was for the underpass from the sheds to the port. It's part of a footpath now, accessed via a small parking area outlined in black, across the works and leads to Spit point. Edited August 24, 2021 by Carnforth 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted August 25, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2021 Talywain Colliery 1973 by George Woods 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Lots for students to study here. Short trains: you don't have to have 100+ wagons to model a colliery. The lineside fence makes use of condemned winding cable. ( On Frydale I used florists wire as it has no memory). The stunted vegetation trying to get established on almost sterile coal waste, and the mechanical litter gently rusting away in the weeds. First radius curves with gradients to match. And the glorious colour...... 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 CEGB Fireless Locos Carlisle Power Station 1977 by John Law 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted October 26, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2021 Northampton Power Station 1973 by John Evans 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 Last day of steam at Agecroft Power Station 12th Sept 1981 by Murray Liston 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 NCB Comrie No 19 1981 by Murray LIston 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 On 25/08/2021 at 19:38, montyburns56 said: Talywain Colliery 1973 by George Woods The system based upon Talywain served Blaenserchan Colliery, which was 'up in the hills' and until 1970 had the most basic of road connections, which meant the NCB ran a 'paddy train' from Talywain to Blaenserchan. . Blaenserchan was eventually linked underground to ( I think ) Six Bells Colliery and the line from Golynos, near Talywain closed. . The lines from Talywain to Golynos and then the former LNWR Abersychan & Talywain station/exchange sidings remained open to serve the landsale yard at Talywain. . As shown in the photos, a loco was steamed for a couple of hours each morning to take empties from the landsale yard up the incline and reverse/run around before reaching the BR exchange sidings and swapping empties for loads which were then cautiously taken back down to Talywain landsale yard, and shunted. . All of this entailed a reversal inside the 'Big Arch' which ran (almost) beneath Abersychan & Talywain exchange sidings. . Eventually the increasingly decrepit Barclay gave up the ghost, and that was it. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted February 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2022 Ironbridge Power Station 1970 by Gordon Edgar 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Did they burn oil as well as coal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Most could burn both and conversion to oil coil could be done in twelve hours, 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted February 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2022 50 minutes ago, doilum said: Did they burn oil as well as coal? You can't light a boiler on coal (and no, they didn't generally use some newspapers, smashed up pallets and a match); they used normal heating oil for lighting up then transferred to coal. As @Mark Saunderssays, they could and did run on either; during the 1984-85 Miner's strike, many ran on oil for significant periods to eke out the huge coal stockpiles for even longer. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Thanks. I should have paid more attention at the time. I don't recall oil trains running into Ferrybridge. They did have a standby generator powered by a Rolls Royce Olympus jet engine that could be heard from miles away! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 15 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Ironbridge Power Station 1970 by Gordon Edgar I used to own that loco, Ironbridge No.3 (P1990/1940) so thanks for posting that photo as it brought back some happy memories. Interestingly, well to me anyway, the numbers stamped on the motion suggested that it was really No.1 with the boiler, cab and tanks of No.3. It went back to Telford when I moved to the I.o.M and is still there though long o.o.u. Cheers, Ray. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, doilum said: Thanks. I should have paid more attention at the time. I don't recall oil trains running into Ferrybridge. They did have a standby generator powered by a Rolls Royce Olympus jet engine that could be heard from miles away! Ferrybridge has a dedicated oil delivery siding! However when it was last used is another question! Drax has one but probably not used since biomass became big there. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST No' 3072 Bersham 1975 by Paul Bryson 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 Bersham 1975 by Paul Bryson 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Heartened to see that many of the images in this thread are still here. This thread is an excellent source of inspiration and reference. Not sure if that's due to them being hosted outside of RMWeb or due to those posting them having reuploaded. If the latter, a big thank you to you. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 23 hours ago, LNERandBR said: Heartened to see that many of the images in this thread are still here. This thread is an excellent source of inspiration and reference. Not sure if that's due to them being hosted outside of RMWeb or due to those posting them having reuploaded. If the latter, a big thank you to you. Thanks, but It's because most of them are actually from Flickr and aren't hosted on RMWeb. The irony is that about a year or so ago some people were complaining about how we could lose the pictures if they were ever removed from Flickr. 😁 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 Castle Donington Power Station Open Day 1989 by Dave Peachey 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 14 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Castle Donington Power Station Open Day 1989 by Dave Peachey All the stock " out of the box" with no weathering. Prototype for everything! 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) Cadley Hill Edited August 26, 2022 by montyburns56 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted September 1, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2022 Yates Duxbury at Heap Bridge 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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