RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted September 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2015 I've been bought one these models as a present. I confess that I don't know much about these vehicles, but It's the grey one (38-501) with a square axle box as opposed to roller bearings. I model the late 70s/early 80s in the North West. Would this variant still have been seen on the network around that time? If so I realise they would most probably be sporting TOPS numbers and I would have to apply suitable transfers, but other than that issue would It be protoypical running this wagon on my layout? Yup! Paul Bartlett's wonderful wagon pics are always the go to for wagon questions... http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brcovhop/h1511edb#h1511edb Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak experience Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Yup! Paul Bartlett's wonderful wagon pics are always the go to for wagon questions... http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brcovhop/h1511edb#h1511edb Phil Super. Many thanks Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Crepello Posted September 26, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2015 Just wondering if anyone has any knowledge or shots of the Covhop train which went from Corkickle to Hedleys at West Thurrock on the LTS Line. I believe it was usually 8F-hauled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 This is the earliest picture I've seen of them in this livery (well weathered too); most others I've noticed around 1979- 80 and later. Does anybody have any idea when the Rockware branding was first applied? Trevor Mann wrote a Covhop article for Rail Express and stated that 1968 was the year for the start of the Rockware contract to Barnby Dun and likely period for the origin of this livery. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 ....has anyone seen an image of any of the 27 sugar covhop conversions with other than roller bearing axleboxes? I note that two of the above linked TMC images show roller bearing axleboxes but the other two don't. All sugar covhops were vacuum braked or vacuum piped so require a vacuum pipe on each buffer beam. The 4 modified filling points on the roof of the TMC wagons more closely resemble those modified for urea/alumina traffic, rather than those used for sugar. http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brcovhop/h3f117135#h3f117135 Here is a typical situation for 6 of them (more than one fifth of the total) departing York Dringhouses....and all roller bearing fitted. The toylike all over blue shade of the TMC models does them no favours. https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/8291040034/in/album-72157624287747921/ Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod4 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 The official thread for the TMC Sugar version release is here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/110583-tmc-sugar-covhops/page-1#entry2284677 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 https://www.flickr.com/photos/43728086@N00/21485732559/in/album-72157656685897548/ Colour shot - might be useful for weathering? Does the second one have red axlebox covers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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