jwealleans Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Found this one in the middle of Thirsk some time ago and Adrian Walby has kindly photographed it. It looks to me like a 6 wheeler and is still lettered 'York District' from what must have been departmental service. Edited October 17, 2018 by jwealleans 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I visited Great Hasley windmill today on the access road to the mill I found this GWR mink with original doors and crossed braced ends, then I noticed a grounded GWR clearstory coach is was tucked away between a barn and some sheds. David 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Brunel Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Quite recently I passed through Leckhampton Lane (in the Cheltenham area) and noticed what seemed to be a grounded van body, tucked behind one of the large hedges next to the road. I didn't get a good luck (I was in a car at the time), but I'd guess it was a BR design with end vents and a new roof made from corrugated metal. I realise this isn't very interesting due to the lack of a good picture or, indeed, any proof of its existence. But still!... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike morley Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 You could make quite a respectable goods train out of this lot! Found on a cycle ride around North Bucks, halfway between Stewkley and Newton Longville. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinzaC55 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Don't know whether I have posted these already but in 1977 I saw this superb clerestory coach near Holme Moor station on the former Driffield - Selby line Old Clerestory Coach at Holme Moor 10.4.77 par PinzaC55, on ipernity and in 1978 I saw this body over the road from the former Brampton Town station which was closed by the LNER in 1923 Brampton Town Old Van Body 11.8.78 par PinzaC55, on ipernity 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike morley Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Seen today on a farm that lacks a name on both its gate and the OS Explorer map. It's up the valley of Llifior Brook, off the A483 roughly halfway between Welshpool and Newtown. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2014 On the Trans Pennine trail near Reddish yesterday I came across this train load being used for stabling and storage. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneRoad Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 One of the reasons I find the dereliction of many grounded bodies so sad is that the railways of Britain were largely developed to move freight, yet the preservation movement seems to almost totally ignore this aspect of transport heritage, along with the pre-grouping wooden carriages. There are a number of honourable exceptions. (Knotty Coach Trust, Isle of Wight are a couple that spring to mind) At least some places have the stock "officially" awaiting restoration" and once gone, it is gone. Although if drawings are available, a replica is always possible. Yet from the point of view of someone who rebuilds these things (at 12" to the foot) goods stock is easier and cheaper to rebuild than coaches, although their potential for use afterwards is rather limited, I agree. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I found this one just around the corner from my new house in Bishop Auckland - a little research in Tatlow reveals it as a former NBR Diagram 39B It's on the site of a new housing development so I suspect that it won't be there for too much longer and that it would disintegrate if moved sadly . 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Some interesting locations with old rail vans... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Two vans I spotted at Haymarket in 1981: I would say they appear to be LNER types but I note that one has sliding doors and the other has hinged ones. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Two vans I spotted at Haymarket in 1981: 812017 - Haymarket 25 Sep 1981.jpg 812018 - Haymarket 25 Sep 1981.jpg I would say they appear to be LNER types but I note that one has sliding doors and the other has hinged ones. I wonder if the one with hinged doors is a Banana or Fish Van? Flush-fitting hinged doors weren't that common on ordinary vans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thanks Brian, I'll have to check that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 The first is indeed ex-LNER; the much-missed 3H Models did a kit of something similar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Rob The NBR van at Coundon (near bishop Auckland) is/was 724351...and under that daub of grey paint is a faded LNER engineers blue livery and beneath that post 1937 LNER bauxite...its a favourite of Porcy Maine...who might just have a photo of it in better days... Cheers Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 23, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2014 I've not been through the whole thread, has anyone mentioned a couple on the Old Coach Road (not that far from Keswick, parallel to the A66 but high up the fellside)? If not I'll try to get some pictures some day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 812018 - Haymarket 25 Sep 1981.jpg Does it look like this van body is siiting on the chassis of another wagon? Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Any photos of the Ex F.R. ones on the back road from Kirby to Ulverston road? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmay2002 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 812018 - Haymarket 25 Sep 1981.jpg Does it look like this van body is siiting on the chassis of another wagon? Mark Saunders yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 While searching for something else I found this 31296 propels seven sealions of ballast around Foxhall Curve past a van of some sort, 17/11/82 cheers 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted January 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2015 While searching for something else I found this scan0014b.jpg 31296 propels seven sealions of ballast around Foxhall Curve past a van of some sort, 17/11/82 cheers GW mink, I think, about V14-16 Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Rob The NBR van at Coundon (near bishop Auckland) is/was 724351...and under that daub of grey paint is a faded LNER engineers blue livery and beneath that post 1937 LNER bauxite...its a favourite of Porcy Maine...who might just have a photo of it in better days... Cheers Duncan That's brilliant Cheers Duncan, and it's still hanging in there 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) theres a southern van body somewhere in the Bretton/Woolley area near wakefield, once caught a glimpse of it while driving by but cant remember where exactly. but im sure it was SR because of the roof curve Edited January 18, 2015 by sir douglas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) I found this one just around the corner from my new house in Bishop Auckland - a little research in Tatlow reveals it as a former NBR Diagram 39B Rob The NBR van at Coundon (near bishop Auckland) is/was 724351...and under that daub of grey paint is a faded LNER engineers blue livery and beneath that post 1937 LNER bauxite...its a favourite of Porcy Maine...who might just have a photo of it in better days... Just found this post. Thanks for the heads up Duncan. Took the attached in 2003. Photted it a good few years earlier but those pix will be amongst the 15,000 digi images I haven't got round to key wording yet or might still be on film awaiting scanning. Not much different to the recent photo. Give me a BR Standard 12 ton Box van any day. P Edited January 22, 2015 by Porcy Mane 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Found this one in the middle of Thirsk some time ago and Adrian Walby has kindly photographed it. It looks to me like a 6 wheeler and is still lettered 'York District' from what must have been departmental service. Still going strong. North Eastern Railway Roadvan that became DE 900172. Probably to be inspected shortly by a good few members of the EMGS as their AGM is going to be a only couple of hundred yards further up the road. Apparently someone in the RCTS has written chapter & verse on the history of the van after being made aware of it last year. P 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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