Pictures of wagon repair depots and sidings.

[Fat Controller]

14 minutes ago, Will Crompton said:

Funnily enough , yesterday I came across pictures of a new GB Railfreight building at Tonbridge West and wondered if it was something to do with wagon repair. Does anyone know what it's for? Pictures by Andy Hebden from December 2023.

 

That's a pretty substantial building;. GBRf have built an even bigger facility at Peterborough, which has been photographed in the railway press. 

[hmrspaul]

46 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

That's a pretty substantial building;. GBRf have built an even bigger facility at Peterborough, which has been photographed in the railway press. 

and about time too. So many facilities closed with Privatisation and far too much maintenance seems to have become an outdoor job from a road van. Like going back to Victorian working conditions.  When reading some of the accident reports it is obvious modern wagons are very complex, with many non standard parts which must be difficult to maintain with the fine tolerances mentioned in these reports. Perhaps a realisation that too many accidents are being caused by poor maintenance in the freezing cold, wet and dark has sparked the development of better facilities.

 

Paul

[Fat Controller]

1 hour ago, hmrspaul said:

and about time too. So many facilities closed with Privatisation and far too much maintenance seems to have become an outdoor job from a road van. Like going back to Victorian working conditions.  When reading some of the accident reports it is obvious modern wagons are very complex, with many non standard parts which must be difficult to maintain with the fine tolerances mentioned in these reports. Perhaps a realisation that too many accidents are being caused by poor maintenance in the freezing cold, wet and dark has sparked the development of better facilities.

 

Paul

Agreed. After the two instances i West Wales, involving loaded petroleum  trains, there were comments about the lack of facilities at  the originating refinery.

 

Edited January 25 by Fat Controller

[Will Crompton]

Dentith Wagon Works, Connah's Quay, May 1990. Photo on Flickr, taken and uploaded by Adrian Nicholls. Looks like fresh rudd for tea.

 

[Will Crompton]

A number of steam era MPD's were repurposed as wagon repair depots. Here is an example, the ex-Wakefield Bellevue MPD. Photo from Flickr, by Paul Corrie in June 1978.

 

[Fishplate]

Faversham, Kent, Wagon Repair Shed situated in the MPD area adjacent to the Up line from Ramsgate.

 

http://Faversham_Shed_2_Final.jpg (701×487) (kentrail.org.uk)

 

The white paint is for sighting of the semaphore signals that used to be behind the shed.

 

There is an interior shot at the bottom of this page: 

 

https://kentrail.org.uk/faversham_73E_3.htm

 

Similarly photos 6 and 7 on this link (which also includes interior shots of Faversham MPD (73E):

 

https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/abandoned-train-station-july-2012.23167/#.WZf9Wz6GPIU

 

I have built a model of this shed based on plans and counting bricks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Will Crompton]

1 hour ago, Fishplate said:

Faversham, Kent, Wagon Repair Shed situated in the MPD area adjacent to the Up line from Ramsgate.

 

http://Faversham_Shed_2_Final.jpg (701×487) (kentrail.org.uk)

 

The white paint is for sighting of the semaphore signals that used to be behind the shed.

 

There is an interior shot at the bottom of this page: 

 

https://kentrail.org.uk/faversham_73E_3.htm

 

Similarly photos 6 and 7 on this link (which also includes interior shots of Faversham MPD (73E):

 

https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/abandoned-train-station-july-2012.23167/#.WZf9Wz6GPIU

 

I have built a model of this shed based on plans and counting bricks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the links. I've looked at a lot of the (wonderful) Kentrail site but this bit had passed me by. I like your model BTW, is it part of/going to be part of a layout? This might be the first steam area single road WRD shed I've come across. Presumably there were others.

Edited January 29 by Will Crompton
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[Fishplate]

2 minutes ago, Will Crompton said:

Thanks for the links. I've looked at a lot of the (wonderful) Kentrail site but this bit had passed me by. I like your model BTW, is it part of/goiing to be part of a layout? This might be the first steam area single road WRD shed I've come across. Presumably there were others.

 

I had an idea to build a model of Faversham MPD as it is quite self contained. The long bridge (footbridge) would make a great scenic break (except the Wagon Repair Shed is on the wrong side. . . ). 

 

However, space was a constraint and I wouldn't actually be able to run trains, just shunt locos and wagons. The depot building consequently sits in a box. It's only when you build something like this you realise just how big the real version is.

 

I did contemplate incorporating it in my current layout, but I concluded it would dominate (there is a photo in my topic) and reduce the destinations in my goods yard. 

[Will Crompton]

A couple of pictures from March 1985 of a Cowans Sheldon 6.5 ton crane used at Coton Hill Yard, Shrewsbury to change wagon wheel sets. Pictures uploaded to Flickr by Steven Clements.

 

 

 

[Will Crompton]

Worksop MGR wagon repair depot in February 1991, picture on Flickr by David Peachey.