Odd wagons of the UK

[montyburns56]

Horwich Works 1982 by Martyn Hilbert

 

 

[Mark Saunders]

2 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Horwich Works 1982 by Martyn Hilbert

 

 

 

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[montyburns56]

"23-ton bogie hopper wagon, No 19154, built by Charles Roberts & Co, Wakefield, 1962 for City of Sheffield Sewage Department to run between Ickles Sidings and Thryberg Tip." 

 

 

 

 

[Artless Bodger]

1 hour ago, montyburns56 said:

"23-ton bogie hopper wagon, No 19154, built by Charles Roberts & Co, Wakefield, 1962 for City of Sheffield Sewage Department to run between Ickles Sidings and Thryberg Tip." 

 

 

 

 

Hmm, bogie? Hopper? Looks more like a side tip wagon, a large version of the Rugga tipper skip? The curved segments at the end look a giveaway, and to tip it you'd put a crane hook in that handle like fitting on the side and lift. The safety chain looks a bit delicat though. There's a photo of several somewhere else on RMWeb - in the industrial steam topics perhaps, used for coal mine waste iirc - one has odd wheels too - maybe prototype for anything? 

[Wickham Green too]

Not sure that's a SAFETY chain as it seems to attached to an operating lever of some sort ! ( Worth clicking through to the original and exploring a little - fascinating stuff ! )

[Artless Bodger]

Looking at the previous photo on flickr, a contributor states it's a side tip. Looking at the lever close up I think it's just a link on the end of the safety chain, with an L shaped pin you draw to release the end of the chain prior to tipping. The L shaped pin is on a light keeper chain. There is also a loop handle (pull out?) to the left and further left a catch of some sort. Would be interesting to know how the whole lot worked.

 

There is a photo on Paul Bartlett's site in the internal user private section showing a similar wagon. Also some photos on web of similar wagons at Esholt sewage works, though they are captioned hopper. 

[Mark Saunders]

2 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

"23-ton bogie hopper wagon, No 19154, built by Charles Roberts & Co, Wakefield, 1962 for City of Sheffield Sewage Department to run between Ickles Sidings and Thryberg Tip." 

 

 

 

 

 

Built for the conveyance of Sewage Sludge from the sewage works to where it was tipped, these being worked over the BR mainline between the two! There were also some built by Hudson but non of these survive.

[Ray M]

i wonder if that was the 1 at Middleton railway.

[Wickham Green too]

No, that's S53 ( http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7975 ) - the NRM one is S50 ..................... no, don't ask me what 'S' stands for - there are plenty of options !

[keefer]

On 22/02/2024 at 19:43, Artless Bodger said:

There's a photo of several somewhere else on RMWeb - in the industrial steam topics perhaps, used for coal mine waste iirc

I posted this one in the Interesting Photos on Flickr thread.

Tip run by Kevin Lane, on Flickr

 

Spoil from Dunaskin Washery being propelled towards Minnevey for tipping, on the NCB Waterside system in Ayrshire, in January 1978.