Interesting and inspiring photos from Flickr....

[keefer]

Had a quick search and there is a fuel depot on Normand Road, Dysart listed in a 1943 Admiralty Fleet Order as an approved supplier of petrol and/or diesel 'into the tanks of Service Vehicles' - so, a commercial fuel supplier approved for use by HM Forces, hence demand which may justify a regular delivery by rail. Later on, perhaps the Forces' supply was removed (hence lower demand) and the rail delivery/siding was no longer required.

Link to PDF download:

https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/5050.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiprc2L9viCAxUDTkEAHfzDByUQFnoECCEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2ZDyOhMsUzgCIlpOk5yvQT

Edited December 5, 2023 by keefer

[figworthy]

2 hours ago, keefer said:

Had a quick search and there is a fuel depot on Normand Road, Dysart listed in a 1943 Admiralty Fleet Order as an approved supplier of petrol and/or diesel 'into the tanks of Service Vehicles' - so, a commercial fuel supplier approved for use by HM Forces, hence demand which may justify a regular delivery by rail. Later on, perhaps the Forces' supply was removed (hence lower demand) and the rail delivery/siding was no longer required.

Link to PDF download:

https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/5050.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiprc2L9viCAxUDTkEAHfzDByUQFnoECCEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2ZDyOhMsUzgCIlpOk5yvQT

 

Interesting how many of those locations are railway yards, suggesting (to me anyway) that they weren't all existing commercial suppliers, but some were locations set up for the purpose.

 

Adrian

[Sitham Yard]

1 hour ago, figworthy said:

 

Interesting how many of those locations are railway yards, suggesting (to me anyway) that they weren't all existing commercial suppliers, but some were locations set up for the purpose.

 

Adrian

Also notable are the entries where just a street name is given. These are presumably are "Filling Depots" and the named commercial companies are "Servicing Agents". The railway locations I would think are also "Filling Depots".

Andrew  

[montyburns56]

Wernos Washery 1980s

 

 

 

 

"All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey......"

 

 

[Stoke West]

58 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

Wernos Washery 1980s

 

 

 

 

"All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey......"

 

 

MDO heaven. Thats the hire duty 

[2251]

I don't think I have ever seen a colour photo before:

 

 

[Rugd1022]

11 minutes ago, 2251 said:

I don't think I have ever seen a colour photo before:

 

 

 

There are some about but that is very nice indeed. My other half's dad used to cadge a lift on it occasionally when he was a booking lad in Slough East 'box.

[cctransuk]

24 minutes ago, 2251 said:

I don't think I have ever seen a colour photo before:

 

 

 

Interesting!

 

It does demonstrate how aged, neglected BR 'blood' could be mistaken for brown.

 

CJI.

[jimwal]

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[russ p]

On 05/12/2023 at 09:52, Metr0Land said:

Not a photo but youtube video, a tight passage close to housing in US still in use Dec23

 

 

People who live near railways say you get used to the noise. But no way in those houses could you sleep through those horns as nice as they sound!  Hope they haven't got pets

[KeithMacdonald]

5 hours ago, 2251 said:

I don't think I have ever seen a colour photo before:

 

5 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

There are some about

 

Just found another one of W17W, looking like a beautiful copper-bronze colour.

 

 

[cctransuk]

9 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

 

Just found another one of W17W, looking like a beautiful copper-bronze colour.

 

 

 

You can see the design genesis of some of our recent express passenger units in that front end.

 

Remarkable, given the year in which it was designed.

 

CJI.

[Rugd1022]

46 minutes ago, cctransuk said:

 

You can see the design genesis of some of our recent express passenger units in that front end.

 

Remarkable, given the year in which it was designed.

 

CJI.

 

Other half's dad told me he thought it looked like something from another planet when he first laid eyes on it aged about nine.

[Porcy Mane]

1 hour ago, cctransuk said:

You can see the design genesis of some of our recent express passenger units in that front end.

 

... and the influence of others from another discipline on the GWR.

 

https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide

 

16 hours ago, cctransuk said:

It does demonstrate how aged, neglected BR 'blood' could be mistaken for brown.

 

... and how over time UV and lack of maintenance caused Crimson to fade to an almost bauxite colour.  

[KeithMacdonald]

5 hours ago, Porcy Mane said:

and the influence of others from another discipline on the GWR.

https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide

 

Yes, W17W was built by Gloucester RC&W in 1936.

Just two years after the De Havilland DH89 Dragon first flew in 1934.

Which was then used by GWR Railway Air Services as well.

[nightstar.train]

Bit off topic but De Havilland did make some absolutely gorgeous looking planes. Just about everything they made was good looking. 

[Nearholmer]

Here’s their lass Olivia:

 

 

[montyburns56]

I reckon that Reading Signal Works would make for a nice little shelf/shoebox layout

 

 

[Dagworth]

1 hour ago, montyburns56 said:

I reckon that Reading Signal Works would make for a nice little shelf/shoebox layout

 

 

Ask @CloggyDog

[CloggyDog]

13 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

I reckon that Reading Signal Works would make for a nice little shelf/shoebox layout

 

 

Those middle/lower pics are what inspired me to make my Reading Signal Works micro (follow link in sig) 

[keefer]

Even more interesting would be the Ruston 4-wh loco (numbered 20) used before the cl.06.

[cctransuk]

40 minutes ago, keefer said:

Even more interesting would be the Ruston 4-wh loco (numbered 20) used before the cl.06.

 

Which - funnily enough - has just been released by Hornby (Ruston Hornsby 88DS - see separate threads).

 

CJI.

[Mol_PMB]

55 minutes ago, cctransuk said:

 

Which - funnily enough - has just been released by Hornby (Ruston Hornsby 88DS - see separate threads).

 

CJI.

Or Accurascale if you want a bigger one!

[montyburns56]

So what year would you think that this picture of the Trafford Park Estate railway was taken? 1955? 1965? Click the picture to find out...

 

 

By Paul Molyneux-Berry

[woodenhead]

It's getting harder to identify the old images of Trafford Park with what is there today.