RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 11, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2015 Mike, A D61xx! Did you make it to Mallaig? David Not only did we make it to Mallaig but I grabbed a footplate trip on it from Mallaig to Fort William and back to Morar, it went rather well. Missed supper in the camping coach as a result but had some excellent fish & chips just outside the station at Fort William so no problem. With the nearish exception of coming up the Thames Valley during a time of power strikes in the late '60s I have never seen anywhere so completely without light as coming over the West Highland Extension in the dark - the dim signal lamps stood out superbly. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold flockandroll Posted April 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2020 As this very informative thread seems to be one of the more comprehensive discussions of tank wagons on rmweb, I am adding a link to a video with more information, rather than starting a new thread: 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold flockandroll Posted April 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2020 Most of the video is about the 40's, 50's and 60's. The YouTube page includes a link to an excel sheet and references. There is also an update video 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) There used to be model 'Power' tankers in green. I always wondered if these were authentic (I suspect not). During the war the tank wagons were pooled and painted grey (how quickly is another matter). Changes to the regulations about barrier vehicles would also have taken time to filter through. It would have been preferable to have the wagons even if not needed rather than the other way round. I can remember rectangular tar wagons from when I lived in Bristol (50s). They were uniform dirty black with no discernable lettering. I always wanted a model and obtained a resin body from somewhere*, which ran on a short Trix Twin underframe - Now upgraded to the Slater's kit. The lettering went on skew.... *No idea as to make or where it came from (possibly ERG). Edited April 26, 2020 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffAlan Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Remember 1942-1945 Aviation fuel was shipped in huge quantities to the 'Bomber Counties' of Lincolnshire and Norfolk prior to each raid. All done as unobtrusively as possible so as not to alert the enemy. The same goes from bombs, which I think were carried in sheeted open wagons. It's a long time since I talked with my late mother, an LNER Goods clerk 1937-1950, about 'the war'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, GeoffAlan said: ... It's a long time since I talked with my late mother, an LNER Goods clerk 1937-1950, about 'the war'. The bomber base supply line had elements in it of the now globally applied 'Just in Time' system. There's a line in one of the memoirs that the mines (or 'bouncing bombs') for the dams raid were still warm from the explosives filling as they were fitted to 617's Lancasters. Edited April 26, 2020 by 34theletterbetweenB&D deblundering Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete smith Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Funny , but no mention of "Pool " petrol. At the start of ww2 all the fuel companies and the government met and agreed to "pool" all their resources. One of the Foyle episodes featured fraud in the delivering of oil and the road tankers had "pool" painted on the lorries. If you google pool petrol a good history and description available. Inc colours Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 22 hours ago, Pete smith said: Funny , but no mention of "Pool " petrol. At the start of ww2 all the fuel companies and the government met and agreed to "pool" all their resources. One of the Foyle episodes featured fraud in the delivering of oil and the road tankers had "pool" painted on the lorries. If you google pool petrol a good history and description available. Inc colours Pete Pool is mentioned. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) Can I, rather cheekily, ask about some 1930s liveries, on model wagons made at that time, in order to avoid spending £60 on books that I will only look at once? Laving aside Hornby, who were aiming at the toy market, so made some in fictitious liveries, the more ‘scale’ makers still included a couple of “not buff” petrol wagons in their ranges, notably a dark green with cream and red logo Mobil “gargoyle” livery. No red stripe. Does this have any basis in fact? And, “Redline Glico”, which is grey/blue with a red stripe, and I always understood to be a genuine ‘bending the rules’ livery? Edited June 6, 2020 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted May 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2022 For anyone interested in getting hold of the excellent reference book "Petroleum Rail Tank Wagons of Britain" by Tourrett, brand new copies are currently being offered by PostScript Books at £14.99 (RRP £33.00); see: https://www.psbooks.co.uk/petroleum-rail-tank-wagons (No connection other than as a long term satisfied customer!). Tony 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Tony Teague said: For anyone interested in getting hold of the excellent reference book "Petroleum Rail Tank Wagons of Britain" by Tourrett, brand new copies are currently being offered by PostScript Books at £14.99 (RRP £33.00); see: https://www.psbooks.co.uk/petroleum-rail-tank-wagons (No connection other than as a long term satisfied customer!). Tony To save anyone asking, it is the revised edition with revised text and more drawings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Tony Teague said: For anyone interested in getting hold of the excellent reference book "Petroleum Rail Tank Wagons of Britain" by Tourrett, brand new copies are currently being offered by PostScript Books at £14.99 (RRP £33.00); see: https://www.psbooks.co.uk/petroleum-rail-tank-wagons (No connection other than as a long term satisfied customer!). Tony If anyone looking for this book happens to be in the Bakewell area then Maxwell Books (near the river bridge to the market) have copies at £9.99. There were 4 left on Bank Holiday Monday Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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