Westfield tanker traffic - Fife 1960s

[Fat Controller]

31 minutes ago, keefer said:

I take it that would refer to Cameron Bridge?

That's the one- the name escaped me for a while.

['CHARD]

 

 

Apologies for resolution; these are cruelly taken from one photo at the Westfield sidings on the Thornton - Kelty branch, from a 1965 copy of Modern Railways, shortly after the traffic was introduced.  This is the only photograph I've seen, and it just happened to be in a magazine I picked up at Kidderminster during the SVR Diesel Gala last weekend.  Note the presence of the three barrier wagons referred to in the piece posted by Keefer above.

 

It's clear that these are TTAs in an equivalent Esso livery to that shown here: https://www.igg.org.uk/rail/6-livy/odds/9-tankliv.htm

 

Edited May 23, 2019 by 'CHARD
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['CHARD]

Oh, and J38 65907 is propelling; the shot actually dates from September 1964.

[keefer]

4 hours ago, 65288_62C said:

or did Thornton keep those three wagons aside  specifically for this working?

On page 1 of this thread, I posted the Sec. App. entry for the plant. It says the three barrier wagons are kept in a siding next to the Gas Plant, are to be used for any train movements into/from the Plant, then must be returned to the siding after use.

Whether the barriers were always the same three wagons I don't know, but presumably they used wagons not particularly needed for normal traffic and hence may appear in different photos over a longer time period.

Edited July 26, 2020 by keefer