PatB Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 The truck, though, didn't last very long. According to the DVLA, it was first registered in September 1986 and last ran out of tax in April 1990, so was on the road for less than 4 years. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2021 6 hours ago, PatB said: The truck, though, didn't last very long. According to the DVLA, it was first registered in September 1986 and last ran out of tax in April 1990, so was on the road for less than 4 years. Probably exported, there is (was?) a large market for ex-UK trucks where drive on the left was the rule. Places such as Malta, Cyprus and many Caribbean islands. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 5 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Probably exported, there is (was?) a large market for ex-UK trucks where drive on the left was the rule. Places such as Malta, Cyprus and many Caribbean islands. There are frequent sightings of these pre loaded on roll on roll of containers at Tees Dock! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 LMS Weighing Machine van at Derby Works 1964 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: LMS Weighing Machine van at Derby Works 1964 There were at least two of these at Derby. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsdepartmentalcoach/ebd98ae5 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsdepartmentalcoach/e111ede82 And my two wagons for this topic are dropside open merchandise - but not from known batches of such wagons. W 27038 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/gwropenmerchandiseowv/e38ec2d7a https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/gwropenmerchandiseowv/e246d8fdc ADB477060 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/br5pldropside/e393f7981 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/br5pldropside/e3cd6cf52 Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 I'm not the first to spot it, but there's a picture of one of those tracklayers on the previous page on Dave Ford's thread here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Dover Town Yard 1989 The caption says "This wagon was used for a flow from Almwich or Ellesmere Port to Antwerp for shipping to Cuba." and that it carried Aluminium Alkyl Halides. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Dover Town Yard 1989 The caption says "This wagon was used for a flow from Almwich or Ellesmere Port to Antwerp for shipping to Cuba." and that it carried Aluminium Alkyl Halides. can anyone make out the wagon number? There are several possible diagrams. Jon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Dover Town Yard 1989 The caption says "This wagon was used for a flow from Almwich or Ellesmere Port to Antwerp for shipping to Cuba." and that it carried Aluminium Alkyl Halides. I have a couple of these - working to Teeside https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/germanaluminiumalkyl Paul 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Rare to see the dangerous when wet and spontaneously combustible hazchem diamonds on a wagon too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 30/05/2021 at 11:52, PhilJ W said: Probably exported, there is (was?) a large market for ex-UK trucks where drive on the left was the rule. Places such as Malta, Cyprus and many Caribbean islands. Drive on the left in Malta may have been the rule, but practical experience says otherwise! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lather Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, newbryford said: Drive on the left in Malta may have been the rule, but practical experience says otherwise! I once heard a story about someone who was in Malta and asked a policeman why the traffic was so chaotic. He calmly explained to them "in some countries they drive on the left, in some countries they drive on the right - here, we drive in the shade..." 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 On 30/05/2021 at 11:52, PhilJ W said: Probably exported, there is (was?) a large market for ex-UK trucks where drive on the left was the rule. Places such as Malta, Cyprus and many Caribbean islands. Guyana was the country I most noticed such exports - but in their case almost invariably ex military. Mostly the military version of the Bedford TK but some much heavier trucks as well. Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Scenery Van at Leeds Central 1976 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted June 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2021 51 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Scenery Van at Leeds Central 1976 I had no idea that Scenery Vans were still about that late. Do you know if it was fulfilling its intended purpose, or on some other traffic? GNR/LNER origins? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I think the 'S' number might be a clue as to its origin - and resemblance to a certain recent Hornby product. S4606S was the final Scenery van turned out by Lancing in 1949 and lasted a further five years in traffic before entering internal use ( where ? ) in Feb.'81. Somehow became British Steel property and was donated to the Gwili Railway in 1993 ...... they didn't know what to do with it and couldn't find anyone to offload it to so the metal bits returned to the steel industry in 2012. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: I think the 'S' number might be a clue as to its origin - and resemblance to a certain recent Hornby product. S4606S was the final Scenery van turned out by Lancing in 1949 and lasted a further five years in traffic before entering internal use ( where ? ) in Feb.'81. Somehow became British Steel property and was donated to the Gwili Railway in 1993 ...... they didn't know what to do with it and couldn't find anyone to offload it to so the metal bits returned to the steel industry in 2012. Some were modified to carry elephants for touring circumstances, though ,more prosaically, it was mails and parcels that they were used for most of the time. All the 'Big 4' had scenery vans on the books- having end-doors, they could be used for carrying cars. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 4584, 4589, 4598 and 4601 were modified for tethering elephants. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 28/05/2021 at 19:20, montyburns56 said: I've always been fascinated by these Minilink wagons. Has anyone ever seen them modelled? Railfreight '89 exhibition at Cricklewood One still in use at Merehead. ISTR there was a kit for the containers. Can't remember who made them though. Possibly a resin cast. I think that Charlie at DC Kits used to sell them, but that might be a false memory. Fox certainly did the transfers for them and considering they are in the old FMR packaging must be pretty old. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOX-TRANSFERS-SPEEDLINK-DISTRIBUTION-MAXI-AND-MINI-LINK-REF-F111-/131842996099 Jason 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 More of the Aluminium Alkyl Halides wagons courtesy of Huw Millington. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34101 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 4SRKT engine carrier at Eastleigh, 11th October 2005. Used to move DEMU engines between Eastleigh and St Leonards ( and maybe other works). I believe one is preserved at St Leonards. Are the Eastleigh vehicles still there? Would make an interesting model! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, 34101 said: 4SRKT engine carrier at Eastleigh, 11th October 2005. Used to move DEMU engines between Eastleigh and St Leonards ( and maybe other works). I believe one is preserved at St Leonards. Are the Eastleigh vehicles still there? Would make an interesting model! Probably converted using the chassis from a redundant revenue wagon. Anyone got any idea as to the source of the underframe? (I could be completely wrong and it could have been built as such anyway.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 15 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Probably converted using the chassis from a redundant revenue wagon. Anyone got any idea as to the source of the underframe? (I could be completely wrong and it could have been built as such anyway.) Paul Bartlett has info at https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/enginecarrierzrw - specially built at Ashford. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, eastwestdivide said: Paul Bartlett has info at https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/enginecarrierzrw - specially built at Ashford. Thanks for that. I thought it looked like a brake van underframe. An interesting wagon in one of the photographs is the yellow painted Lowmac adapted to carry wheelsets. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 29 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Thanks for that. I thought it looked like a brake van underframe. An interesting wagon in one of the photographs is the yellow painted Lowmac adapted to carry wheelsets. I always felt it was closer in relationship to the Creosote tanks built for BR/ Airfix-Heljan TSV. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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