Ken.W Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I believe there's an abandoned Railfreight liveried OBA sitting in the up sidings at Welwyn Garden City, it's been there for as long as I can remember. Edit: here you go - OBA Yes, still there 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Is there still a wagon on its side near Wing? The trough route even goes/went round it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 There was for many a long year. in the yard at St Helens Shaw St an ex Midland Railway (Midland not LMS) box van of a ridiculous old vintage. Might have it on a pic somewhere. I think it eventually got cut up. There was also some very old freight stock ( can't remember details) in the old BICC sidings at Prescot. Still there in the mid 80's for sure. Len 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Yes, still there I am pretty sure it was there when we first moved to York and I was regularly returning south - 1995! I'll admit I hadn't noticed it on the odd occasion I've been past recently. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Sorry took so long and definitely not the best 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike hughes Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 20170227_140914_resized_1.jpg 20170227_140915_resized_1.jpg Sorry took so long and definitely not the best Its good enough to tell its a flatrol MVV diagram 2/512 https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brflatrolmvv Michael 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedman Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 There used to be a good few in the Annat/Corpach Paper Mill Sidings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstoor Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 The two off-tracked Flatrols near Ravensbourne are DB900024 ZVR and DB900110 ZVW. They were on TOPS for some years after the accident! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstoor Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 12/03/2015 at 07:22, uax6 said: Chesterton Junction yard is being cleared in preperation for the Science Park station to be built, the old Hopper I mentioned earlier in the thread has been uncovered, and is presumably due to be cut up on the spot. Also uncovered is the skeletal remains of some sort of long wheelbase van. Sorry no photos, I didn't have my camera with me.. Andy G I believe the hopper would have been DB419221 ZDV. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 31 minutes ago, monstoor said: The two off-tracked Flatrols near Ravensbourne are DB900024 ZVR and DB900110 ZVW. They were on TOPS for some years after the accident! The jungle's encroached somewhat since the pictures were taken ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstoor Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 19/01/2014 at 18:34, Fat Controller said: I couldn't see any Cartics in the line of stock on the very heavily overgrown siding at the western end of Ripple Lane yard. As far as I can identify, from the western end the wagons are:- BR brakevan 3 x Grampus Carflat ? with floor missing LMS brakevan with floor and sides missing 3 SR Van B 2 brakevans (burnt-out) 3 BR Ferry vans VDA Burnt out brake van VDA The wagons on the two roads behind still seem to be serviceable- Megafrets and ferryvans. I can't help but think they've over done the 'burnt-out brake van cliché.. http://www.bing.com/maps/?FORM=Z9LH3#Y3A9NTEuNTM0NjY1fjAuMTMzOTc4Jmx2bD0xNCZzdHk9ciZlbz0wJnE9RGFnZW5oYW0lMjUyMERvY2s= should take you to the site. Bit of a late reply, but I believe the following were present in 2003 according to TOPS: KDC200431 ZRA 201075 VDA KDB745109 YRW KDB786905 ZRX KDB786918 ZRX DB786922 ZSX ADB901152 YRP LDB954794 ZTR B954966 CAR ADB977077 QRV (IU 083524, S396S) ADB977111 QRV (S222S) ADB977112 QRV (S248S) DB985813 ZBV DB988581 ZBV DB990553 ZBV SILC90432 PJA SILC90433 PJA SILC90434 PJA SILC90435 PJA SILC90484 PJA SILC90485 PJA SILC90486 PJA SILC90487 PJA DM731127 ZPP KDM732433 ZPP DS55545 ZTP 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bendall Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 hours ago, monstoor said: Bit of a late reply, but I believe the following were present in 2003 according to TOPS: The Ripple Lane stuff was all scrapped on site in February. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstoor Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Simon Bendall said: The Ripple Lane stuff was all scrapped on site in February. Thanks, Simon. Those wagons had been there for 20+ years! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesB Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 There were a comic and autic in Small heath yard, which had been there for over 20 years. The comtic was closer to 25 years, its centre articulation was missing. They belonged to GERail Services, but never got moved over to Touax when the sale went through, so if they are still there they dont belong to anyone anymore. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
18B Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 amazed that this thread I started, had now got nearing 30,000 views... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Don't think the thread title bans foreign stock, so here is a brake van I saw in Nigeria in 2009 on the sidings leading to Ewekoro cement works. No idea how long it had been there, quick look on Google Earth shows it is still there (at least in February this year). 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Here's a GUV spotted in the weeds between Ipswich and London last week - I didn't clock the exact location 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, andyman7 said: Here's a GUV spotted in the weeds between Ipswich and London last week - I didn't clock the exact location Was that one sub-contracted to Yodel? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 31, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, eastglosmog said: Don't think the thread title bans foreign stock, so here is a brake van I saw in Nigeria in 2009 on the sidings leading to Ewekoro cement works. No idea how long it had been there, quick look on Google Earth shows it is still there (at least in February this year). Quite likely British built. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Quite likely British built. Couldn't find a builders plate on that one (probably fallen off), but another, more modern looking, wagon nearby had this plate: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bendall Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 4 hours ago, andyman7 said: Here's a GUV spotted in the weeds between Ipswich and London last week - I didn't clock the exact location Norwich end of Ipswich Yard, ID is 93975 (internal user 042154). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, eastglosmog said: Couldn't find a builders plate on that one (probably fallen off), but another, more modern looking, wagon nearby had this plate: It would be nice to know if there is an archive with MacLelland records and drawings in? Mark Saunders 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 1, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark Saunders said: It would be nice to know if there is an archive with MacLelland records and drawings in? Mark Saunders http://www.discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F171596 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 1, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2019 6 hours ago, PhilJ W said: http://www.discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F171596 Unfortunately that link doesn't seem to work for me. The interesting thing for me is that my father worked in Nigeria from 1938 to 47 and did a lot of train travel from landing in Lagos to where he worked in Eastern Nigeria. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Tooley Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 10 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Quite likely British built. The vehicle nearest the camera appears to be to the same design as that shown on p68 of 'Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company: A Century of Achievement' ( Hyper, Wheeler & Wheeler, 1995), a bogie goods brake van built for the Nigerian Railway Corporation in 1960. A quick trawl of the internet reveals a works photo of a similar wagon supplied by Gloucester. D 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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