RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted January 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2013 Did the Great Western ever use snow-ploughs, and if so, does anyone have any post-able pictures of GW tenders turned into ploughs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Can't answer - but have just found a film about the 1963 winter, and about 1:45 in there's a show of something that looks as if it could be the bunker of w GW tank engine on snow plough duty, Still watching - there may be more. And for 1963, if you don't remember it - http://www.paraffinwinter.org.uk/63winter.html (and I do!) [EDIT] And having now seen it through, Westerns, Warships and B*** P******s in evidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted January 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2013 As far as I am aware tender mounted ploughs were an LNER thing. It was all to do with the brakes. The LNER used vacuum brakes on many of their locomotive tenders where the other railways used steam brakes. That is why the BR standard snow plough used the frames from withdrawn V2 locomotives. Tenders used include GNR B type (various classes of loco), LNER group standard (mainly from V2 and B1s) http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/snowplough/h2eb0114b#h2a6430dfand http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/snowplough/h2eb0114b#h37a3e800, LNER built GER design tenders from B17s and NER tender frames. The last ones having a complete new body on them. http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/snowplough/h2eb0114b#h2eb0114b LNER tender, ER designed plough LNER tender, GER plough,Norwich shed use to mount this on a J15 in winter. In the background is a GNR tender with a GCR plough, photos show this type of plough mounted on J10s and other types of tender. Clive PS before our colleagues from south of the Thames start about their Schools Class tenders being used, I do know and guess what they had vacuum brakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2013 Can't answer - but have just found a film about the 1963 winter, and about 1:45 in there's a show of something that looks as if it could be the bunker of w GW tank engine on snow plough duty, Still watching - there may be more. And for 1963, if you don't remember it - http://www.paraffinwinter.org.uk/63winter.html (and I do!) [EDIT] And having now seen it through, Westerns, Warships and B*** P******s in evidence. GW ploughs well in evidence at around 1.40 - 1.50 and they look like the standard 'large' size GW plough on the pannier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted January 7, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2013 Many thanks. I had forgotten about "Snow" - and I'm not old enough to remember '63's bad winter. Done a few harsh winters all over the globe tho so they have my sympathy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted January 7, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2013 Take an absolute age to download - not what I was hoping for, but a great film - love that music too. Have a spare tender and thought it would make a good plough and take up a bit of space around the back of the shed, near the sand van and "resting" old TOAD. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted January 13, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2013 Weed killer train it is then - just realised that there are 2 spare 60s Airfix GW kit tenders lurking unused. One is from "COT" and no idea where the other comes from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (1955) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81E Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I'm not sure if anyone is still looking at this thread but the GWR snow ploughs tended to be fitted to locomotives see https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Railways-British-Isles/GWR-and-BRW/GWR-other-tender-engines/i-XVXqtG9 Oxford Diecast are going to (if not already) make a version of this loco with plough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 The film shows both a Collet Goods and a Pannier with snow ploughs bolted to their buffer beams. Gordon A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81E Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I am particularly curious about the 2251 Collett goods and wonder when this particular plough was made and by whom (all photos seem to be in BR days. It seems a lot simpler than the normal GWR plough therefore an easier subject to model. I've seen pictures of one like it fitted to 3208 (possibly at Rhyl Shed and also a similar on a Pannier. I had thought about getting the Oxford rail Dean goods with the more complex shaped GWR plough but £130 is a bit much for sut a little used item (unless it detaches from the loco. My thought is to 3D print a removable plough that would sit on the front of a suitable loco (perhaps using the nem socket) but I do not want to embark on such a project if the simple version mentioned above is post nationalization. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 They trialled jet engines (From a Meteor?) at Dowlais Top in the 1947 snows. Presume it wasn’t a success, but I would like to have seen the wagons breaking the sound barrier! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 6434 stands alongside Radyr shed, 16th. October 1960. . The shed is to the right, and the P.A.D. is behind the 56xx tank. . However, the point of interest here is what appears to be a detachable snow plough just visible behind the 64XX. . Careful examination shows the loco numbers; 5692 and 5669, chalked on the 'snow plough', presumably referring to the locos adapted to carry the plough; . 5669 had been a Radyr loco since November 1958, and 5692 had been a Radyr loco from December 1958 but left for Llanelly the week before this photo was taken. . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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