RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2018 It has been a while since I added any photos to this thread but I have discovered some more on my hard drive. A couple of vans found round and about The Tanhill Inn in the winter of 2011. Tanhill028.jpg Tanhill027.jpg Standard BR 12-tonner, near Emley, West Yorks. circa 2010. van050.jpg This coach is seen here in a field near Burton Salmon, which I'm sure used to be a cricket field and the coach the pavilion when I first saw it in the 1980s. I took this photo in 2009, so it may not even exist now. burtoncoach.jpg I think, but can't be sure that the coach at Burton Salmon has been rescued for use in the project to re create a North Eastern railcar and trailer. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) its different form the autocar trailer http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/89393-ner-1903-autocar/?p=2004264 Edited July 9, 2018 by sir douglas 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2018 This one is a rarity. It is a War Department brake van, based on an LSWR design. Found in May 2009 on an allotment in Horbury, West Yorkshire. 15309001.jpg 15309002.jpg The best known user of these vans was the Metropolitan Railway. After WW1 many of these vans were surplus and were snapped up by many minor railways. If it still exists it might well be worth saving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2018 The best known user of these vans was the Metropolitan Railway. After WW1 many of these vans were surplus and were snapped up by many minor railways. If it still exists it might well be worth saving. Its on the vintage carriages trust website as Unknown (body only) brake van. The VCT pic was taken in 2012 and shows signs of some refurbishment and repair. http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=13348 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Found this is a field near Wakefield. Looks like it was used as a barrier. Am I right in saying this is a insulated van? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Found this is a field near Wakefield. Looks like it was used as a barrier. Am I right in saying this is a insulated van? DSC_0051.JPGDSC_0051.JPGDSC_0053.JPGDSC_0052.JPGDSC_0054.JPG Without end vents ( note the blank space ) it's for perishables of some sort - probably bananas as a meat van would be either ventilated or refrigerated ( the latter would probably retain evidence of 'ice' boxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Without end vents ( note the blank space ) it's for perishables of some sort - probably bananas as a meat van would be either ventilated or refrigerated ( the latter would probably retain evidence of 'ice' boxes. BR 1/246 banana van. Regards, John Isherwood. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 BR 1/246 banana van. Regards, John Isherwood. Agreed; the give-away is the third set of hinges, halfway-up the doors. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Agreed; the give-away is the third set of hinges, halfway-up the doors. And the full plywood sheeting, and the particular type of pressing on the ends. All unique to the type. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamysandy Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 In March 1979 there was a grounded ex Southern planked van body on the quayside at the old Naval Base at Lyness (Scapa Flow)in Orkney.It must have been the furthest grounded body from its railway of origin! The Area was cleaned up when a roll on roll off Ferry Terminal was created and by 1999 it was gone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 In March 1979 there was a grounded ex Southern planked van body on the quayside at the old Naval Base at Lyness (Scapa Flow)in Orkney.It must have been the furthest grounded body from its railway of origin! The Area was cleaned up when a roll on roll off Ferry Terminal was created and by 1999 it was gone Presumably an ex BR van that arrived by some roundabout route after condemnation at Inverurie - but POSSIBLY one the Army had at one time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamysandy Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Presumably an ex BR van that arrived by some roundabout route after condemnation at Inverurie - but POSSIBLY one the Army had at one time. It was definitely an ex BR one because it had the S xxxxx number on it .Somewhere I've got a slide of it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted August 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2018 VWV 784483 British rail vanwide built in 1962 at Derby the Body is seen grounded near Dungeness beach VWV 784483 by john brace, on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 VWV 784483 British rail vanwide built in 1962 at Derby the Body is seen grounded near Dungeness beach VWV 784483 by john brace, on Flickr Dungeness beach ? ....... Dungeness IS a beach ! .......... and still home to quite a few grounded coaches too - though they're Off Topic here, of course ........ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Allendale, Northumberland. Don't know how long it's been there. Photographed in 2016. Ex NER 6 wheeled van/CCT ? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Tooley Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) It's an NER 15 ton road van to dia G4. These were 4-wheeled, with a 15ft wheelbase. D Edited August 10, 2018 by Darryl Tooley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balders Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Sort of grounded! Two vans forming the main body of what I guess to be a vehicle workshop just off Church Street in the centre of Ashbourne. Mrs. B was busy looking at the fine selections of gin in the new emporium on the corner of the yard when these caught my eye! The other one is enclosed within the bulkof the structure and roof but you can see the buffer mounts and drawgear points. Regards Guy 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Just across the road from the Norwich to Lowestoft line at Oulton Broad North... https://goo.gl/maps/YfeaaLSW4Wz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) In March 1979 there was a grounded ex Southern planked van body on the quayside at the old Naval Base at Lyness (Scapa Flow)in Orkney.It must have been the furthest grounded body from its railway of origin! The Area was cleaned up when a roll on roll off Ferry Terminal was created and by 1999 it was gone I think it just moved, as I took this shot of possibly the same van, in July 2006. It was still there in may 2010, although looking a bit rougher around the edges. Not far from the van body was this beauty, a little worse for wear in 2006. Now identified as a 37-seat Plaxton-bodied Bedford, CEK935, new in May 1956 to Smith of Wigan, thanks to keefers post 375, further along the thread. But it had deteriorated quite a lot, when I saw it again in 2010. But I did take more pics of it. I doubt either of them have survived to the present day. Paul J. Edited to add bus identity, thanks to keefer. Edited September 21, 2018 by Swindon 123 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) ............ and still home to quite a few grounded coaches too - though they're Off Topic here, of course ........ .......Not far from the van body was this beauty, a little worse for wear in 2006........Paul J. Did someone mention coaches? Edited September 19, 2018 by Osgood 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Sort of grounded! Two vans forming the main body of what I guess to be a vehicle workshop just off Church Street in the centre of Ashbourne. Mrs. B was busy looking at the fine selections of gin in the new emporium on the corner of the yard when these caught my eye! The other one is enclosed within the bulkof the structure and roof but you can see the buffer mounts and drawgear points. I posted some pics of these some time ago, it may have even been on a previous incarnation of RMWeb. I think the general concensus was that they were of Caledonian Railway origin. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balders Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Cheers Bruce! I didn't look at the archive i must admit. They look in good nick to be fair. Regards Guy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I posted some pics of these some time ago, it may have even been on a previous incarnation of RMWeb. I think the general concensus was that they were of Caledonian Railway origin. ...... or possibly LSWR ( many of who's vans wandered with the military ) certainly not any railway native to the Ashbourne area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted September 21, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2018 The Orkney bus is a 37-seat Plaxton-bodied Bedford, CEK935, new in May 1956 to Smith of Wigan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 The Orkney bus is a 37-seat Plaxton-bodied Bedford, CEK935, new in May 1956 to Smith of Wigan. Thjank you for that enlightening information keefer. At least I now know what to put on my photos. Paul J. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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