hmrspaul Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 10 out of 10 for that that one Mr Delemar. Not for the 16 tonners but for the brake tender, that is one of the Ultra rare Cowlairs built examples. (3 off) They had a slightly different body shape, handrails vac pipes etc., to the rest of the "round toppers" and were turned out with diesel grey roofs. Hurrah for the Cowlairs painters as they seemed to have an individual streak. I reckon that tender could be B964036 (ex DB320922) going off the footsteps on the bogies... Porcy (With apologies for wandering of topic) They are a nice pair of photos. None of mine have the footsteps. However, in a discussion some years ago a conclusion was drawn that grey roof was unusual but not too rare, for example http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/braketender/e1a5ae1c8 Paul Bartlett Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 They are a nice pair of photos. None of mine have the footsteps. However, in a discussion some years ago a conclusion was drawn that grey roof was unusual but not too rare, for example http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/braketender/e1a5ae1c8 Paul Bartlett Re: the Grey roofs. Perhaps I should have added that my mindset is firmly entrenched in the Green era but you are, of course, right. I have a pic of a green tender at Thornaby with a light grey top in about 1967. A retired Thornaby driver told me that all the tenders he remembered were delivered new to Teeside (Fom York) in all over green but some returned following overhaul repainted with Grey tops. Now don't get me started about the Thornaby DBT's that were painted with the Fluorescant yellow WP's. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 BR/Sulzer Type 2 No D5028 by Jodel Aviator, on Flickr 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Two photos of a spoil train crossing Wallasey Bridge Road and heading towards Duke Street after leaving site at Birkenhead North where the down line was being relaid, taken Ca 1991. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 great shots, not only because of the location, but I wouldnt have expected a loco in that livery to be on the front of a train of rusty minerals, for me thats an inspirational one for modellers to recreate which is one of the reasons the thread was started. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted December 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 29, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rgadsdon/8029122373/in/photostream Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Carnforth Area by Kerry Parker (KP), on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted December 30, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2012 http://www.derbysulzers.com/25247.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Carnforth Yard. by curly42, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 another one for those who dont like brake vans next to the loco on demonstration freight trains.. PL807 40 D387 by The Plastic Mac, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Just what was the purpose of top doors anyway........................? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2013 Just what was the purpose of top doors anyway........................? London Traders apparently. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2013 A couple of photos taken at Llanelli in 1986. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 A couple of photos taken at Llanelli in 1986.Were these taken on the line serving Bachelor-Robinson's detinning plant? That stone wall seems very familiar; resembling the one at the point where the line crossed New Dock Road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 2, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2013 Were these taken on the line serving Bachelor-Robinson's detinning plant? That stone wall seems very familiar; resembling the one at the point where the line crossed New Dock Road. It was on a line running south from the mainline but can't remember what it served but guess you are correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Were these taken on the line serving Bachelor-Robinson's detinning plant? That stone wall seems very familiar; resembling the one at the point where the line crossed New Dock Road. From their appearance they look like they are in private internal ownership. That second one has an unusual bar across the door to prevent it opening, and the poor way some top doors were plated up, but with the body still in original condition. Paul Bartlett Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 From their appearance they look like they are in private internal ownership. That second one has an unusual bar across the door to prevent it opening, and the poor way some top doors were plated up, but with the body still in original condition. Paul Bartlett If it is the Bachelor-Robinson line, it was disconnected from the network in the mid-1970s, when the area was resignalled. The bit of line (formerly part of the Nevill's Dock and Railway Co, which was never taken over by the Big 4 or BR)was retained to move scrap within the plant. If you recycle your tin cans, they probably end up here, or at the sister plant in Hartlepool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 found this on the Getty site. Newly-manufactured steel coal wagons on the sidings outside the Royal Ordnance Factory at Woolwich Arsenal, London, 5th March 1947. Production of the wagons has been increased to meet demand for faster coal distribution in Britain. In the background is a group of steam locomotives converted for export to China, as well as a naval gun, once used to shell the French coast from Dover, and now ready to be scrapped. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 3, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2013 as well as a naval gun, once used to shell the French coast from Dover, and now ready to be scrapped. A short-sighted decision surely? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBill Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Some glimpses of 16-tonners here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20910283 Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durham light infantry Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Daren't show this to my Father-in -law in Lochgelly. He would be dancing naked in the street, modest only covered by his SNP party membership card....... Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Another one from my collection - Wakefield Westgate 1976 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7095380183/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 another shunter in the consist.. D2xx Brinnington 30.4.68 by George of Dufton, on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 D6896 Seaton (Co. Durham) by George of Dufton, on Flickr 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Another one from my collection - Burton on Trent 1978 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8355968025/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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