fender Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Can anyone provide some examples of small wagon workshops from the steam era? I've seen pics of the ginormous ones where wagons were actually built, but the only example of a smallish one that comes to mind is the repair works at St Blazey. Any smaller examples even than that? Or were wagons always taken to large central locations for maintenance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold melmoth Posted February 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2015 A couple of photos of Radstock here: http://www.railbrit.co.uk/location.php?loc=Radstock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 very nice! thanks. quite a compact site by the looks of things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkins Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 You could search for the Crescent Wagon Workshops that used to be in Peterborough. Model Rail magazine did a flat card model based on some of the buildings, and there was a layout on the exhibition circuit. You might find this thread useful - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/71860-wagon-maintenance-depot/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 There were a few photos of Toton wagon shop on DaveF's thread a week or two back. Not the smallest workshop but fairly typical of a medium sized one I would guess. There was also a couple of photos a few weeks back of Derby wagon shop on here, not sure where though. Not much help? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Did gateshead have a wagon repair depot? i thought it did, but not sure how big or small it was... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBill Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 An interesting one was Brockenhurst in the New Forest. Not sure about photos, though... Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Did gateshead have a wagon repair depot? i thought it did, but not sure how big or small it was... The wagon shops were at Simonside, near Tyne Dock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Don't forget that some repairs could be made in cripple sidings or on site in a yard, there is some excellent pathe footage on youtube of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Don't forget that some repairs could be made in cripple sidings or on site in a yard, there is some excellent pathe footage on youtube of this. I'm not sure, but I think this might have been the extent of the Brockenhurst operation. At Llanelli goods yard, there was a single road set in concrete (to facilitate the use of jacks) with a pre-fabricated concrete shed (think Ratio Provender Store) to keep spare brake blocks and so on in. If you look at the Tonbridge West Yard thread that on this Forum at present, there are quite a few views of the facilities there, including some showing a very novel use for 27t Tipplers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I'm not sure, but I think this might have been the extent of the Brockenhurst operation. At Llanelli goods yard, there was a single road set in concrete (to facilitate the use of jacks) with a pre-fabricated concrete shed (think Ratio Provender Store) to keep spare brake blocks and so on in. If you look at the Tonbridge West Yard thread that on this Forum at present, there are quite a few views of the facilities there, including some showing a very novel use for 27t Tipplers... A concrete apron would be quite a help, though not always necessary, don't forget empty wagons are generally quite light, often no more than 4-6 tons per axle so many were jacked from metal or wooden spreaders straight onto the ballast. i agree with the storage of wagon brake shoes though, they're bloody heavy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
despick666 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 There was a wagon workshop. Just north of Reddish South Station, it was listed in the IRS EL series of books due to having its own loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted March 13, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2015 Treforest Estate Sidings C&W were/was a small hut, just off the sidings. Aberbeeg was a grounded van, on the upside towards 6 Bells/Abertillery. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icknieldrobin Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Hi Fender If you go onto Paul Bartlett's site and search for 'Radstock' [ sorry can't seem to c & p the link ] you will find a few pic's I took and asked Paul to display on his web page. These were taken in the early '80's but from pictures I've sourced for my EM Gauge layout of Radstock, little if anything had changed since 1965 when Derek Fear's pics of Radstock were taken [ Noodle Books Impermanent Ways Volume 5 Somerset, Page 47]. I believe there were some photo's of the wagon works served by the S & D at Radstock published in Model Railways magazine December 1972 HTH Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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