Fat Controller Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Just flicking through one of the David Larkin albums (Wagons of the Middle British Railways Era); on page 23, I was somewhat surprised to see a photo, taken at St Blazey in June 1969, with a merry-go-round wagon in the background. What on earth was it doing there, well over a decade before the CDAs came into service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 In for repair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 In for repair? Possibly, but why on earth would it be that far west, that early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 This was being discussed on Facebook over the weekend. Someone posted a photo of a GSYP Brush Type 4 passing Newton Abbot south and west-bound with a full rake of MGR hoppers when relatively new. Various hypotheses were advanced, including driver training on air braked stock, as well as testing their suitability for china clay operations. I wonder if there was a link.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Is it new or clean? If so it could have been on display at an open day or exhibition. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Is it new or clean? If so it could have been on display at an open day or exhibition. Jason Neither new nor clean; what the second-hand book dealers call 'slightly foxed'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Well that's probably that theory out the window then. It's just that I remember attending open days and exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s and they frequently had new rolling stock on display. Often with one of those Exhibition Train coaches attached. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Was there any PFA - Pulverised fly ash - traffic to or from that area? MGRs were used in that traffic in the late 60s/early 70s for road formation construction. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 Was there any PFA - Pulverised fly ash - traffic to or from that area? MGRs were used in that traffic in the late 60s/early 70s for road formation construction. Paul Not that far west, Paul; I think the furthest west it got was the Bridgewater/ Taunton area for the M5. The only coal traffic in the area was still in 'flat-bottom' minerals, though HEAs took over one flow in the mid-1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisFordham Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) Ive got a memory of a HAA being used as a barrier when loading CDA’s somewhere in Cornwall? Sorry read the date wrong on original post... Edited May 20, 2018 by ChrisFordham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 It is two decades before the CDAs entered service if it was 1969! Also before any much air braked traffic was seen in Cornwall - The Sittingbourne clay was the firs AB service in the Duchy ( I think) It is however about the right time that the short lived Liner Siding at Par was in what could be called service - test wagon for that in some way maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishlocos Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Not that far west, Paul; I think the furthest west it got was the Bridgewater/ Taunton area for the M5. The only coal traffic in the area was still in 'flat-bottom' minerals, though HEAs took over one flow in the mid-1980s. Could it have been a crippled wagon from this flow sent for repairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) This was being discussed on Facebook over the weekend. Someone posted a photo of a GSYP Brush Type 4 passing Newton Abbot south and west-bound with a full rake of MGR hoppers when relatively new. Various hypotheses were advanced, including driver training on air braked stock, as well as testing their suitability for china clay operations. I wonder if there was a link.... I think your final comment is near the mark - the CDAs were developed from the HAAs and I remember at the time comments in the mags about HAAs going down to Cornwall for trials on clay traffic. So I think it would be reasonable to associate the presence of the HAA with that trial and development process. Edited May 19, 2018 by The Stationmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 It must have taken a while to work up to the CDA in operation from any 1969 trials! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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