class37418stag Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hello thanks Simon i believe that from Sheffield BOC tank lorry delivered to Rotherham steel work by no need train 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, class37418stag said: Hello thanks Simon i believe that from Sheffield BOC tank lorry delivered to Rotherham steel work by no need train The oxygen to Rotherham/Aldwarke may have been delivered by pipeline. There still exists an oxygen pipeline that runs partly along the canal that goes parallel to the former Great Central lines between the Tinsley/Broughton Lane area and the Rotherham area. Definitely an oxygen pipeline, as it's got the word 'oxygen' painted on, and it also has BOC cathodic protection boxes at intervals. Pictured here at Rotherham in 2017 Another photo, same place, looking the other way, when they were wiring with road-railers for the tram-train. Arrow showing the "oxygen" marking. Edited June 16, 2019 by eastwestdivide added picture 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class37418stag Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hello eastwest i didnt know about that yellow pipeline to rotherham from Sheffield sorry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Just looking through the new Findley book from platform 5 and it shows the BOC sidings at Broughton lane, this would have probably been where the tankers were unloaded and then piped to the steel works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 The bank overlooking Tinsley Yard had a buried pipeline along the top that had a Gas pipe that was labelled Orgreave to Parkgate if I remember correctly, probably feeding the Kaldo furnace the had there! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Trying to find out more about this oxygen pipeline, I've drawn a blank. I can't find out when it was put in, and I can only assume that it's still in use - it's hard to tell from just looking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
64F Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Does anyone know details of the tanker movements serving the BOC sidings at Polmadie? On Paul Bartlett's excellent website all the wagons pictured at Mossend in the '80s were nitrogen tanks (and I assume that the BOC plant next to Ravenscraig steelworks was supplying oxygen for Scottish customers, so presumably there was no need to ship oxygen up from Ditton). I'm therefore assuming that the nitrogen flow was Ditton-Polmadie, and also and that the tanks would have ran in Speedlink trains to Mossend and been tripped to Polmadie rather than running as a block train? There is a pic on PB's website showing a cut of six tanks being shunted at Mossend attached to a VGA, which suggests a Speedlink movement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 On 27/05/2011 at 22:13, APOLLO said: They also ran from Widnes to Sheffield area via Warrington Bank Quay (Low Level), Latchford, Lymm, Altrincham, Godley, then via Woodhead to Sheffield. Block trains. usually class 40 hauled to Godley, where electrics took over. Ran till the late 70's if I remember correctly. Have a look at the GIF at the bottom of this website main page - one sometimes runs past !! http://www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/ Brit15 This flow ran well into the early 80s via Northenden Stockport Guidebridge then via the hope valley quite often drew a class 40 headed by a class 25 as far as stockport or Guidebridge where it would come of and go back light . in later times they would muster a solo 56 only have one pic and thats an unidentified 56 on the empty return working at Edgeley JN 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30ftw Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 hi i was wondering if any body could clear up a couple of questions regarding the BOC tanker workings. DId the plant at Ditton/Widnes supply both liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen? Would a rake or block workings have mixed wagons, some nitrogen some oxygen? Would the waggons with nitrogen writen on the side be used to carry oxygen but with the Haz chem symbols changed? I model late 80s/mid 90s would the band colour matter yellow or red/orange? Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted January 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 08/08/2019 at 14:20, peanuts said: This flow ran well into the early 80s via Northenden Stockport Guidebridge then via the hope valley quite often drew a class 40 headed by a class 25 as far as stockport or Guidebridge where it would come of and go back light . in later times they would muster a solo 56 only have one pic and thats an unidentified 56 on the empty return working at Edgeley JN Hi The tanks in that picture look like the Anhydrous Ammonia ones rather than the BOC tanks. Cheers Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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