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Odd wagons of the UK


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7 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

I'd wondered about MOD from the colour scheme, but never found anything.

Thanks to your post, I finally found a comparable photo in Paul Bartlett's resource at https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/modavan (scroll to the end, as the first ones there are 12T designs).

as https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/modavan/e87e17a18

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36 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

The incessant row of yellow bearing covers is quite something! 

Faded to a deep cream - and the upperworks to blotchy pinky-brown - when I saw the poor old thing outside 'Locomotion' in October 2019 ..... obviously nobody loves it !  ( Anybody got room in their back yard if the NRM choose to de-accession it ? )

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28 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:

Note pictures 2 & 3 have channel-inwards solebars ........... most definitely Odd Wagons !

Nothing odd about what is now known as a reverse solebar, many prewar 21 ton hoppers, loco coal wagons and some PO 16 ton minerals had this feature!

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10 hours ago, Mark Saunders said:

Nothing odd about what is now known as a reverse solebar, many prewar 21 ton hoppers, loco coal wagons and some PO 16 ton minerals had this feature!

At the turn of the century, the LBSCR ordered a number of steel underframed wagons, all with this "reverse solebar" feature.

30 No. three plank Open B Class in 1896 (5&9 Models kit in 4mm)

1,250 No. 5 plank Open A Class between 1896 and 1900 (Turbosnail 3D print in 4mm)

200 No. 6 plank Open C Class in 1898 (5&9 Models in 4mm)

100 No. 8 ton vans in 1900/1 (Smallbrook Studios in 4mm) (Modellers please note this feature when considering using the recommended Dapol chassis!)

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On 22/08/2021 at 12:16, eastwestdivide said:

Had trouble identifying this van with offset doors - no numbers! 

Stratford, it came round the curves behind a 37 in 1985. Seemingly freshly painted markings, especially the DO NOT OIL by the suspension. Are some of the markings incomplete (the ones with "LIFT" in the centre)? Paaintwork somewhat patchy. No visible maker's plate either:

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I got one of these at Oxford on the Bicester trip no doubt. See it's got a number panel but no number in it and it's vac blow through and air braked.

 

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1 hour ago, brian daniels said:

here is one from Cargowaggon in Didcot Yard. I am guessing it's a gauging wagon prior to the large bogie European vans coming over

Is the wording legible above Cargowaggon in the centre of the wagon on the original? Can’t make it out here. 

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