RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted November 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Or perhaps the Isle of Grain? Darius Still clearing up some of the damage to the IoG now so quite possibly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Maybe someone had been playing cowboys and indians and decided to 'get the wagons in a circle ' 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 That picture's in 'Oil on the Rails' or a.n.other wagon book ....... but not to hand at present so that info's a fat lot of use to you ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejames Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 as reported above - picture is in 'oil on the rails' page 90 doesn't give location say its the result of east coast floods of 1953 regards mike james 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) On 28/09/2019 at 13:16, Metr0Land said: Do you have lots of loco tenders lying around from various projects? You could have a steam hauled weedkilling train. N class 31829 leaving Redhill for Tonbridge with a Weedkilling Train 21 July 1955 by Charlie Verrall, on Flickr And if you want a bit more detail for modelling purposes ........... Came across this on eBay and just had to buy it. No details sadly (location, date, loco/tender type, etc.), but perhaps there will be one or two more enlightened members that could have a go at identifying the type of tender, which could then possibly i.d. a region? However, going by the dress code of the gent in the hat, I would have a guess at the date of 1920s, possibly 1930s? Love the 'guards' to protect the rail heads. Edited November 7, 2019 by iands Correcting p1$$ poor typing on my part. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Looks like an ex-GWR tender - with track and background coaches to match : the coaches look more red an' cream than choc'an cream so quite possibly 1950s 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 The guy in the hat certainly looks post WW2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 31 minutes ago, melmerby said: The guy in the hat certainly looks post WW2. Quite possible, I'm no fashion expert, I just thought the guys hat, shirt collar and style of boots looked pre WW2 but am more than happy to be corrected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) The coaches behind look like they could be Collett bow enders and the tender like a Collett 4000 gallon. Edited November 7, 2019 by brushman47544 Missed Wickham Green’s post. I agree. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Are they gluing the ballast down? They would have had a good supply of Johnsons Klear in those days. 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 3 hours ago, woodenhead said: Are they gluing the ballast down? They would have had a good supply of Johnsons Klear in those days. I thought they only needed to do that at Dawlish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 4 hours ago, brushman47544 said: The coaches behind look like they could be Collett bow enders and the tender like a Collett 4000 gallon. Would they be using an Collett 4000 gallon tender for weed killing? Didn't they normally use redundant tenders from withdrawn locos? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) This is taken 21 April 1937 near Oswestry Another: There are several photos on the net of this in operation, including the one by iands. Edited November 7, 2019 by melmerby Added picture and more info 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Why is he wearing a kilt? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, RLWP said: Why is he wearing a kilt? In the second pic I've just posted you see they are knee breeches. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 A friend recently posted on FB a picture of an HST power car running light along the GN main line through Welwyn Garden city, going light to bounds Green to sub for one that had been involved in a "shunting incident". Another prototype for everything. I don't know if it's possible to post a link to the FB photo on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 7 hours ago, melmerby said: In the second pic I've just posted you see they are knee breeches. I thought they were 'Plus Fours', ready for a game of golf afterwards.. There are some further images in the J H Russell tome on freight vehicles and their loads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 6 hours ago, roythebus said: A friend recently posted on FB a picture of an HST power car running light along the GN main line through Welwyn Garden city, going light to bounds Green to sub for one that had been involved in a "shunting incident". Another prototype for everything. I don't know if it's possible to post a link to the FB photo on here. Not forgetting the shortest HST to carry passengers: http://www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk/village/hst.html Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 15 hours ago, iands said: Quite possible, I'm no fashion expert, I just thought the guys hat, shirt collar and style of boots looked pre WW2 but am more than happy to be corrected. Don't forget there was a war in between and lots of things didn't have a chance to change - though, perhaps you'd expect demobbed army boots ......... but if the photos are dated 1937 it's NOT post-war ! ( The guy on the far side controls looks the same so all three pictures probably contemporary.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Wickham Green said: Don't forget there was a war in between and lots of things didn't have a chance to change - though, perhaps you'd expect demobbed army boots ......... but if the photos are dated 1937 it's NOT post-war ! ( The guy on the far side controls looks the same so all three pictures probably contemporary.) Railway workers were in the reserved category so didn't have to serve in the military. The first picture is not the same time/location as the couple I posted, which are from a group of 4 supposedly taken at the time of it's introduction. One assumes not too long after as some of the crew seem to be the same.. Edited November 8, 2019 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 As the sprays seem to be aligned so as to miss the railheads, what is the point of the triangular hoods? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Just looked at the Russell photos again. No humans visible. Clerestory coach replaced as Riding van by one of the Toads purpose-built for the P-W Department. A second Toad serves as brake van. There is a 'Cory' 14t tank, presumably carrying concentrated weedkiller. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 4069 Posted November 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2019 19 hours ago, melmerby said: The guy in the hat certainly looks post WW2. I'll have to disagree with you there- that is definitely a pre-war hat. Late 40s style was for a lower crown. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted November 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, melmerby said: Railway workers were in the reserved category so didn't have to serve in the military. The first picture is not the same time/location as the couple I posted, which are from a group of 4 supposedly taken at the time of it's introduction. One assumes not too long after as some of the crew seem to be the same.. The Schedule of reserved occupations was drawn up in 1938, the year after the photo... personnel ex miltary like my grandfather joined GWR 1936.. Edited November 8, 2019 by TheQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 4 hours ago, melmerby said: Railway workers were in the reserved category so didn't have to serve in the military. There were, I believe, significant numbers of demobbed army boots around at the time even if the wearers weren't demobbed squaddies themselves ................. but we're talking 1937, after all, so that's irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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