RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2012 And further to the 'we're off the road again' theme here we see Canton's miracle workers dealing with a ticklish problem in Radyr yard. They were one of the best breakdown gangs I've ever come across but they were sorely tried by this one because apart from it being a rather heavy lift the jacks stuck when they'd got the wagon into the air ready to traverse and they had to get another jack in to relieve the first ones in turn so they could be 'let down' manually and then raised again to retake the load; great fun to watch of course. By way of total contrast - and never worth taking any pics although a tape recorder would have been very useful - were the Bath Road gang whose work seemed to descend into total farce within minutes of arriving on site. None of them liked the supervisor or the way he told them to do lifts (which were often quite dangerous from what I saw - from a safe distance) so they would all start shouting suggestions to him. In response he would turn off his hearing aid and carry on as before, I think I saw them turn more timber packing into high velocity matchwood than any other gang I saw at work anywhere on the western. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) Bet the Canton crew never had to contend with a paying audience: A Chatham Dockyard open day in 1985, with Burt being re-railed. PS what is Burt anyway? I've tried to google it with no luck. Edit: Simplex diesel shunter (thanks to keefer) Edit2: see keefer's post 2 below this one Edited October 26, 2012 by eastwestdivide 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) 1985 must have been a bad year for derailments in the Medway Towns - here's a 4-CAP missing its appointment with Rochester station and heading for the goods yard, with a "meeting" going on in the foreground. I never did see how that got fixed. Edited October 26, 2012 by eastwestdivide 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) a simplex diesel shunter, there is one at NRM shildon. pic from 2010 edit:one at shildon is motor-rail simplex 4217 (1931): http://www.flickr.co...man/8067381613/ edit again: found a 'burt' noted as motor rail 9019/1951 from burt, boulton and haywood timber, erith, kent at the amberley railway pic at bottom of this page. i take it it's the same one? Edited October 26, 2012 by keefer 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2012 not a good night and I'd just got back to my lodging and to bed after that lot only to be called out again). Reminds me of the Curzon Street Presflos. Right troublesome when empty. Some came off one night in 1966 whilst being made up for the return working and hit 13 cross rods outside the box. My grandfather, myself and the depot blacksmith spent all next day repairing the damage while the pway gang working on the new PCD were moved over to straighten up the double slip that had been at the centre of the derailment. The Chief Pway inspector aka 'Brown Boots' came out specially to watch the 08 shunt back and forth several times with a rake of empties before personally declaring the road fit for traffic. As we set off down the yard for home, the 08 came along with another rake. There was an almighty clatter and we looked round to see three Presflos at strange angles. Grandfather says "that's tomorrow's job decided" (Three make sharp exit to Eagle and Tun ................) 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2012 Boiler makers, 1907. Is this really the same planet? https://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/5430074909/in/set-72157621865702351/lightbox/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2012 I think they'd just been told this week's bonus was cancelled - all those men and not a smile to be seen! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Boiler makers, 1907. Is this really the same planet? https://www.flickr.c...02351/lightbox/ I like the way they're all holding their tools! (ooh-er missus) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 1985 must have been a bad year for derailments in the Medway Towns - here's a 4-CAP missing its appointment with Rochester station and heading for the goods yard, with a "meeting" going on in the foreground. I never did see how that got fixed. Good job it didn't go a leeeetle bit further and wipe out all the electrical boxes... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2012 Ok guys, look nonchalant whilst that special passes, maybe no-one will notice. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted October 27, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) My local area had this classic and now legendary incident: http://andygibbs.zen...9e90f#h3d99e90f I have even met and worked with the (now retired) driver whose train this was! Apparently the parking brake at the London end was not properly applied the previous night, he prepped the buffer stops end cab, released the parking brake and then went to get a cuppa before going up the front. A couple of minutes later in rushes his guard to tell him his train is moving... We suggested one of those blue plaques on the wall of the end of the now shortened signalbox when he retired which would have read 'Bob's Train was Here... Bob wasn't...' One I witnessed myself (well the aftermath of) was this cock up: Both fully loaded as well which must have presented a bit of a challenge. There was also an incident at Drayton (between Chichester and Barnham) in about 1992 for which I have been unable to find a record. The last TTA in an oil train for Portfield Sidings derailed and caught fire with the driver once he realised what had happened managing to uncouple it from the rest of the train and move clear. The entire track bed for over a mile and a half had to be completely redone which closed the line for four days. There was a triple grey petrolieum 47 on the front and it passed me just outside Chichester as I was on the last train to go the other way before the alarm was raised and remember thinking something didn't quite sound right towards the back of the train when it went by, The rather burnt TTA sat on a well wagon in Barnham bay/goods platform for a couple of weeks afterwards. Would love to find out more about that incident but information seems to be non-existent. Edited October 27, 2012 by John M Upton 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) A few shots of a 31 derailed in the yard at Barnstaple about 1980 Edit for inventing a new class of loco, thanks Terry! Edited October 27, 2012 by Eggesford box 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted October 27, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2012 A few shots of a 39 derailed in the yard at Barnstaple about 1980 Class 39 derailed. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) Homage to those early eighties uniforms which did not suit anyone regardless of shape and size!. Martyn Taylor on the left. I once saw him pick up a wasp put it on the back of his hand and stroke it and not get stung. Charlie Daniels (no, not that one) who was an evacuee in the war and still sounded as though he had just arrived from the east end the previous day. Ironing technology had still to reach north Devon at this time! Edited October 27, 2012 by Eggesford box 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2012 A few shots of a 31 derailed in the yard at Barnstaple about 1980 Are those traverse-jacks they are using? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2012 Are those traverse-jacks they are using? Looks like MFD gear although the jacks look as if they are standing on packing so that must have been a separate lift from the traverse move. Usual thing was to lift first to be able to lower the vehicle onto the traverse trolleys and then use the small rams to do the traverse then lift with teh jacks on packing to get the beams out. But every job had its own little differences of course and different gangs did things different ways. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Mention of 1980s uniforms, I have just found one while looking for something else, Carry your bags sir? At Bristol Parkway 47557 approaches with an unidentified working, 18/9/82 cheers 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2012 Here's my son again, in hot pursuit of a photo .. (the 31 had stopped, even I made the photo) Bidston 26 July 2001 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman Sam Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 One of our regular posters Big Jim in the second man seat. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 1, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2012 Happy days!! Ive Got a pic of fireman sam having a footplate ride on a kettle on the MHR somewhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Springs Branch breakdown crane with audience at Heysham Moss sidings, early 1970's. Tom 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Does the breakdown crane (#341) have an unpowered Co-Bo arrangement or are some (or all) of those axles fixed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygif Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) they will all be fixed, its just the out rigger being extended giving that Bo-Co look to it. Edited November 2, 2012 by andygif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmustu Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Different country, but some nice pics - http://www.shinkansen-year2012.com/memory/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Oi! Getcher'ands outer yer pockets......! B'Lydiard Doug 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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