5050 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 While performing a search for more info on the Tutbury Plaster Mill railway I found this image on Imgur. It shows a very interesting internal system with all sorts of kickback sidings and tight curves. Just the job for a puzzle style layout! https://imgur.com/iCX7HhD Any more info. out there? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 Another view here: https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW041601 Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 And several more nearby, scroll down to see them on the britainn from above site. Register, or log in to zoom in. (Free, and no spam) Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) There is a bit of info out there on the great www about Cafferata - and a very interesting (well at least for me) locomotive discovery too! This website has 3 pages of history, starting with a similar aerial view of their Beacon Hill Works to that in your Imgur link. http://www.cafferata.plus.com/Cafferata%20company%20history.htm When the Beacon Hill quarry became exhausted they took a lease on Hawton Quarry, 3 miles away. On the 3rd page of the site above is a photo of the Hawton quarry staff posed in front of a locomotive - which is the same locomotive as this one if you scroll down on your Imgur link (thought to have been taken at Mountfield): Edited February 6, 2018 by Osgood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Here's another image of the loco shown as taken at Hawton: https://www.inspirepicturearchive.org.uk/image/9899/Fowler_Locomotive_owned_by_Cafferata_Co_Hawton_Nr_Newark_c_1910s Edited February 6, 2018 by Osgood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Thanks for the links. I've now found these Cafferata images as well on the Inspire site - although the loco is here noted as a 'Fowler' rather than Fletcher Jennings. https://www.inspirepicturearchive.org.uk/search_results/keyword/quarry#search-results Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I'm not convinced that picture of HILDA shows a Fowler product - certainly in later life HILDA became a Peckett: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K2AuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT96&lpg=PT96&dq=hilda+hawton&source=bl&ots=CrA3782Zhs&sig=FHmNRBZFRTmmpDwCMX2kn_t97LI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPsNOl4ZHZAhUKKMAKHeT2A3UQ6AEINzAF#v=onepage&q=hilda%20hawton&f=false Can anyone throw any light on these locomotives from the IRS handbook for the Newark area? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) From the same source you linked above 5050 (searched under 'gypsum') comes a photo of Hubert Cafferarta with a delightful view of the Hawton engine shed in the background! https://www.inspirepicturearchive.org.uk/image/11143/Hubert_Cafferata_Showing_Vistors_Around_the_Familiys_Hawton_Gypsum_Works_Bowbridge_Lane_Newark_c_1910 Edited February 6, 2018 by Osgood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Very nice! I like the loco. Cute! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted February 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2018 It's very interesting to see this thread. Some of the images are familiar as the source book is in our local library and I've posted them on Imgur to include in my thread on NGRM. We still have gypsum [or rather anhydrite] traffic by rail to Hotchley Hill on the GCRN.See Great Central Railway news in preservation topic. I am building a microlayout based on the narrow gauge [2ft] lines which once served local South Notts gypsum mines and this was exhibited recently at Mickleover. There is a thread on RmWeb at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/126552-modelling-in-014-now-and-the-future/page-2&do=findComment&comment=3033681 I haven't posted much on RmWeb because there does not seem to be much interest in narrow gauge, but the gypsum industry railways, NG and SG, mainline traffic and industrial systems, are full of interest. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted February 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2018 While performing a search for more info on the Tutbury Plaster Mill railway I found this image on Imgur. It shows a very interesting internal system with all sorts of kickback sidings and tight curves. Just the job for a puzzle style layout! https://imgur.com/iCX7HhD Any more info. out there? Maps of the site, at two different dates, showing track arrangements. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=53.0789&lon=-0.7948&layers=168&right=BingHyb http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53.0789&lon=-0.7948&layers=10&right=BingHyb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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