AntF92 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Hi all, hope someone can help with my query. I've had many aborted attempts to build a layout but what I am eventually aiming for is a representation of the railways as they were in my native South Yorkshire (Doncaster, to be precise) in the late 90's/early 00's. This was when I was actively trainspotting and though I remember lots of 56s, 58s, 60s (and 66s) etc pulling long rakes of freight wagons my interest in the wagons and their loads was nought compared to the locos hauling them at the time. I'm setting out to eventually model the area in 00 and have amassed a fleet of about 40 locos so far, but I need to know exactly what freight formations/wagons I should be looking at purchasing. One of my favourite places to spot was Barnetby in North Lincolnshire, and local stations like Stainforth, Hatfield etc, so there was plenty of goods going to/from Immingham and Grimsby. Beyond the obvious MGR formations could anyone else help me out with info about the consists and the wagons used? There is a treasure trove of photos on the web but they don't help me work out exactly what I'm looking at very clearly. Specifically I'm looking at a period of roughly 1998-2003. Appreciate any help with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2020 The BIS covered sand hoppers for the glassworks and the Plasmoor block workings are the first that I can think of that aren't coal around Doncaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Oil an fuel trains from Immingham Iron Ore to Scunthorpe "Bin Liners" All of those seemed to be very regular flows in the general area, and I worked on the railway there, at that time - Sadly I never paid all that that much attention "cos they were always there" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2020 Get hold of the Freightmaster books for the years in question - plenty of info in there regarding train movements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Newsprint from Immingham in Ferrywagons. Steel sections from Scunthorpe (BDA). Steel coil both in and out of Immingham (BAA, BBA and others). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntF92 Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Thanks for the responses chaps, wagon type particularly is useful and all very helpful info. I'm beginning to realise just how much diversity there was even just 20 years ago. I'll have a look at eBay for old copies of Freightmaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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