Tallpaul69 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Good Afternoon all parcels van experts (and other not so expert readers like me!) I hope you will excuse this hijacking of the thread, but it is a parcels van related question:- For my 00 Maidenhead area, particularly the relief lines and High Wycombe branch layout, I am trying to locate 1960/2 photos of the 2010 Maidenhead to Reading Parcels or the inbound 0540 Reading to Princes Risborough Parcels, or vans that were in these consists. The vans used started in the morning from Paddington, Chippenham and Reading meeting at Reading and Maidenhead, and from Princes Risborough moved on to Aylesbury, and then returned to Maidenhead in ones and twos on the afternoon Aylesbury /High Wycombe to Maidenhead/Slough/Paddington passenger trains, so any views of parcels vans on these movements or at these locations would be useful? Many thanks, keep up the good work I have enjoyed a quick run through the early and more recent posts to this thread, and intend to return to look at more! Best regards Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 I think this is actually at the former Manchester Exchange platform. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 I've never seen or even heard of this before. Do Fox makes transfers for it I wonder? 94307 Manchester Victoria 10/11/85 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 The 128 seems to be actually propelling the GUV at Manchester Victoria 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 With considerable thanks to Simon Castens, Justin Edwards and Robert Carroll the following document has recently been scanned and made available. Please do take note of the copyright statement on the first page of this document. British Railways Western Region, Marshalling and Loading Instructions, Parcels Trains and Freight Trains Conveying Parcels Vans Commencing 5" May 1969: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P6LnxBfM7fx96eT5AtWtPDbrPv5aqW5Q/view?usp=sharing I have asked for permission before posting this. 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 17/05/2020 at 15:29, montyburns56 said: I think this is actually at the former Manchester Exchange platform. It is, Exchange was used as a staff car park for awhile until we moved to the fishdock. This was the area of land adjacent to the Bury platforms. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted May 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2020 I have just finished working through this thread from the beginning and what a great source of protoype information it is! Most of the images are too late for the era that I model (SR '38 - '48) but seeing what survived beyond nationalisation is very helpful in determining what should be around in my era. The profusion of SR CCT / PMV's until very late in the BR period is quite striking! Tony 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2020 Halton Milford Junc? Chinley Heaton Lodge 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) Whilst making my GW "Monster" GUV I thought I would check the locations noted when they were withdrawn as stated in the Railway Observer. If nothing else it just goes to show how far the vehicles of pre-nationalisation design strayed from their home territory: 493 15/6/78 Crewe 494 21/7/78 Eastleigh 495 15/5/78 Glasgow Works 496 29/7/78 Carlisle Currock 497 17/5/78 Willesden 498 13/7/78 Oldham 596 17/5/78 Chester 597 17/5/78 Norwich 598 7/8/78 Eastleigh 599 31/7/78 Peterborough 600 31/8/78 Peterborough Edited May 29, 2020 by Flood 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2020 I would say that, after about June of 1948, pretty much any sort of NPCCS could and did turn up Martini style, any time any place anywhere. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 "That terrible place" by RobT653, on Flickr A 'GREETING' ? by Bill Watson, on Flickr 4M19 Diggle by RobT653, on Flickr PLAWSWORTH by Bill Watson, on Flickr 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post CloggyDog Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Here's a few from the collection of my friend Graham Clark, which I've been adding to a dedicated section on my flickr. All dating from the late-60s and early-70s. A 128/130 pairing at Slough with 2 Fruit Ds in tow 128+117 Parcels pairing by Alan Monk, on Flickr A pair of 128s with a BG in tow M55993 GRCW Parcels Car Class 128 by Alan Monk, on Flickr an unidentified 08 at Oxford with what looks like a ex-insulfish SPV, a Fuit D or two and a SR 4-wheel CCT/PMV and a rake of mins in tow UID 350hp D-E on Parcels by Alan Monk, on Flickr A Brush Type 4 on a van train on the GW somewhere Brush Type 4 Class 47 a by Alan Monk, on Flickr Brush Type 2 D5618 on a wonderfully eclectic short rake on the ECML (Hitchin, possibly) - LNER Long CCT, SR CCT/PMV, BR CCT, LMS CCT and finally a BR GUV. D5618 Brush Type 2 Class 31 by Alan Monk, on Flickr a cross-London working at East Croydon with Derby type 2 D7644 D7644 Derby type 2 Class 25 @ East Croydon by Alan Monk, on Flickr and finally a couple of NPCCS close-ups, not yet uploaded to flickr. Edited May 31, 2020 by CloggyDog 26 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 I've died and gone to NPCCS heaven!, right in my time frame, more please Alan. What colour do you reckon the Pasfruit Fruit D is?, I'm thinking maroon. Mike. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 10 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: I've died and gone to NPCCS heaven!, right in my time frame, more please Alan. What colour do you reckon the Pasfruit Fruit D is?, I'm thinking maroon. Mike. The script looks as though it is the pre- Rail Alphabet type. Is the end black, or body colour, I wonder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 It "seems" the ends are the same shade/hue as the sides, but sometimes tricky on a b&w photo. Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: I've died and gone to NPCCS heaven!, right in my time frame, more please Alan. What colour do you reckon the Pasfruit Fruit D is?, I'm thinking maroon. Mike. That seems very unlikely. The boxed style of writing, but more to the point the maintenance panel on the extreme right which has a year in it beginning with 7, probably readable on the original. Blue. Paul 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium drjcontroller Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 31, 2020 40079 at Preston in the early hours of Saturday 12/01/85 with 1S04 Man Vic - Glasgow newspapers & parcels. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted June 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2020 Bristol Temple Meads Morecambe Promenade Dawlish Nottingham Midland 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) You can't get more traditional than this, right? Norwich 1991 Preston 1979 Bordesley 1985 Gloucester 1981 Edited June 9, 2020 by montyburns56 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryten65 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 On 19/04/2020 at 19:45, montyburns56 said: Wow, that picture of the 31 at Bradford Interchange is all kinds of wonderful. It has snow, a rare picture of a Dutch 31 on a parcels train and the BTP Ford Orion with stickers on it! I'm guessing it's from the late 80s/early 90s? It does make me wonder if anyone knows when Parcel trains to Bradford Interchange stopped? I think it was about 1995/96 As part of the parcel network cutbacks, At the end I only got to shunt 1A41 Bradford to Kings cross which was 47 hauled to the end, which usually arrived in the evening peak. and departed 21:45 (or earlier if I could gee up the postal staff loading it, so I could get a flyer....) The one in the picture was 3D30 usually scheduled to arrive about 3-4am and depart through the day, we lost our night shift when that got cancelled, 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Lovely pics montyburns56, but is Worcester 1985 not actually Bordesley, with the Camp Hill route crossing the GWR ? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted June 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2020 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Gloucester 1981 Nice Siphon G newspaper van. As this is supposed to be a modelling thread, can anyone say if there is a source of the sliding vents on the lower body sides? I have a Lima body and could do the plated uppers but not sure how to do the lower vents. I know Cooper Craft used to have a conversion but not touching them with the proverbial barge pole! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 36 minutes ago, caradoc said: Lovely pics montyburns56, but is Worcester 1985 not actually Bordesley, with the Camp Hill route crossing the GWR ? Yes, I didn't read the caption correctly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ramblin Rich said: Nice Siphon G newspaper van. As this is supposed to be a modelling thread, can anyone say if there is a source of the sliding vents on the lower body sides? I have a Lima body and could do the plated uppers but not sure how to do the lower vents. I know Cooper Craft used to have a conversion but not touching them with the proverbial barge pole! You know it amazes me that no one has commissioned a model of this type of Syphon as it was one of the last types to stay in use. If I won the lottery this is what I'd get someone to produce. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 The one marked "Somewhere on the GW" has upper-quadrant signals throughout, and the one facing the camera has a lattice post. Is that a football ground Floodlight pylon on the right? If so, I reckon it's somewhere near Burnden Junction, Bolton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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