RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2021 11 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: 44059 should have been a 1937 built L.M.S. dia.1994 tanker - and that's certainly what it looks like ....... so why the 'W' prefix ? 4 minutes ago, Fat Controller said: It appears to follow the coaching stock practice of changing the prefix when stock was transferred between regions. Milk tanks were classed as None passenger coaching stock and numbered as such. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) Which would have made some sense if there was a regional suffix to denote maintenance responsibility ! Edited July 14, 2021 by Wickham Green too 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 32 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Which would have made some sense if there was a regional suffix to denote maintenance responsibility ! I had a look through Larkin's volume on milk tanks, and suffixes were conspicuous by their absence; there were quite a few changes of prefix, presumably applied as milk traffic was concentrated on the Southern and Western Regions. Were all milk tanks maintained at Swindon? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 The warning on this one amused me... Ex 6 wheel milk tank, DW44251 Hereford 1984 by Jamerail Ex 6 wheel milk tank, DW2592 Liverpool Street 1981 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) Ah yes .... ADW 2592 - not to be confused with DW2952 ! 21/10/84 Edited April 21, 2022 by Wickham Green too Photo reinstated 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 22 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Ah yes .... ADW 2592 - not to be confused with DW2952 ! 21/10/84 Is that because it's working with a steam crane? And if so, did they usually have a tanker in the consist? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Nuclear Flask wagon Temple Mills 1981 by Jamerail 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 58 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Is that because it's working with a steam crane? And if so, did they usually have a tanker in the consist? Hi Monty, After the withdrawal of steam locomotives, tank wagons were added to steam crane consists as previously the cranes took water form locomotive's tenders should they have required a top up on a job. Gibbo. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) .... or from those funny things the authorities were removing all over the place - called water cranes ! There were other ways of getting water in certain places, of course : - Orpington : 4/9/76 Edited April 21, 2022 by Wickham Green too Photo reinstated 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Nice picture of a 36 ton SWL (?) crane. Do you have any more? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, Gordon A said: Nice picture of a 36 ton SWL (?) crane. Do you have any more? Safe Working Load. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) On 16/07/2021 at 09:27, Gordon A said: Nice picture of a 36 ton SWL (?) crane. Do you have any more? These do for a start ? : - ADS80 ( later ADRR 95225 ) : Orpington, 4/9/76 ADRR 95209 ( 45T, ex ADS1650 ) & ADRR 95201 ( ex ADS81 :), Clapham Junction, 21/10/84 Edited April 21, 2022 by Wickham Green too Photos reinstated 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Thank you Wickham Green Too, some excellent pictures. Have you thought of posting them on the Rail Mounted Cranes thread. Again many thanks. Gordon A 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Stores van QRV ADM40254, ex LMS designed 6 wheel fish van4, Crewe Works Open Day 1981 by Jamerail 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 14/07/2021 at 20:44, Wickham Green too said: Ah yes .... ADW 2592 - not to be confused with DW2952 ! 21/10/84 Looks just the same wagon refurbished and reallocated with a new prefix to reflect allocated department! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 AHA ! .......... the number HAS confused you ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 56 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: AHA ! .......... the number HAS confused you ! It’s something I’ve done since childhood as paraphrasing Eric Morcame, all the right numbers… 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 I know the feeling - hence the warning ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: I know the feeling - hence the warning ! Likewise I can do the same with left and right! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Ex LMS ADM471103 (ZRV) at Stratford Open Day 1981 by Jamerail 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Former HEAs used as internal user wagons at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen 1992 by Jamerail 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I understand that these were refurbished by Powell Duffryn at Maindy before being delivered by rail and later the BR numbers were painted out! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Not odd in itself, but for it still be in use at this date.... LMS design sliding door vanfit, B750340 Norwich 1986 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Not odd in itself, but for it still be in use at this date.... LMS design sliding door vanfit, B750340 Norwich 1986 Not in traffic use but numbered as an internal user! 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 St Ivel Tank wagon W44018 by 67C 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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