16t minerals

[iands]

Could D5211 be at Guide Bridge with Stockport Junction SB in the background?

[iands]

My initial thought for the location of the Peak (on 8M84) was Knottingley, but now I'm not so sure.

[The Johnster]

Nice shot though, with the driver starting to lean out of the window to get the ‘tip’ from his guard as the van comes into sight. 

[Re6/6]

On 01/07/2022 at 15:42, doctor quinn said:

I’ll just drop a couple of pictures of my current work in progress, reworking my 10’ wb Horwich rebuilds. I originally built them in the 80s from Mainline mineral wagons but didn’t upgrade the chassis.

Did you use a chassis kit to do this (Parkside) please?

 

I have two that I'd like to convert for a little variety.

[doctor quinn]

11 minutes ago, Re6/6 said:

Did you use a chassis kit to do this (Parkside) please?

 

I have two that I'd like to convert for a little variety.

The top one is the Parkside 8 shoe LMS pattern VB chassis to model one of the4 with that brakegear.  The bottom one is the Parkside 4 shoe Morton chassis. The next tranche will also include versions using the Red Panda BR pattern 8 shoe chassis.

[Sitham Yard]

Location not stated - I am puzzled looking at the original Flickr post all give the location.

Andrew

Edited July 31, 2022 by Sitham Yard

[Metr0Land]

1 hour ago, Sitham Yard said:

Location not stated - I am puzzled looking at the original Flickr post all give the location.

Andrew

 

Odd, when I checked them the responses didn't appear, just the original comments of the poster.

[Porcy Mane]

`The often published pic showing some early 60's 16 ton weathering & the coal merchants Comet.

 

A FOOTPLATE TO WOODBURN STATION by Bill Watson, on Flickr

Edited August 1, 2022 by Porcy Mane

[Fat Controller]

2 hours ago, Porcy Mane said:

`The often published pic showing some early 60's 16 ton weathering & the coal merchants Comet.

 

A FOOTPLATE TO WOODBURN STATION by Bill Watson, on Flickr

An Army (or possibly RAF? ) GS truck is visible beyond the loco; one thing I remember from the very late 1950s and the 1960s is seeing lots of military vehicles on the roads

[Porcy Mane]

30 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

An Army (or possibly RAF? ) GS truck is visible beyond the loco; one thing I remember from the very late 1950s and the 1960s is seeing lots of military vehicles on the roads

 

Woodburn, until closure, was an offloading point for one of the many Military Ranges in the area for both British & European armed forces.  E.g.

 

Edited August 1, 2022 by Porcy Mane

[Fat Controller]

10 hours ago, Porcy Mane said:

 

Woodburn, until closure, was an offloading point for one of the many Military Ranges in the area for both British & European armed forces.  E.g.

 

I wonder which NATO ally those lorries belonged to, and how  the soldiers were meant to get there?

ISTR that Vickers had a testing ground somewhere around here for the products of Scotswood Road, based around an old quarry.

[62613]

On 31/07/2022 at 11:10, iands said:

Could D5211 be at Guide Bridge with Stockport Junction SB in the background?

Godley Junction Correct!

Edited August 2, 2022 by 62613

[Axlebox]

11 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

I wonder which NATO ally those lorries belonged to, and how  the soldiers were meant to get there?

ISTR that Vickers had a testing ground somewhere around here for the products of Scotswood Road, based around an old quarry.

...nicely polished lorries without a scratch on them, they look French to me.

 

...Otterburn is still in used by foreign armies to train, only they don't come by train any more.

(from the redoubtable Ernie's Railway Archive)

 

 

[Axlebox]

11 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

 

ISTR that Vickers had a testing ground somewhere around here for the products of Scotswood Road, based around an old quarry.

Ridsdale, still in use by BAE (or was last time I drove past)...apparently there are still some rails set in the concrete where the sidings were...

 

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1248806

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, Axlebox said:

...nicely polished lorries without a scratch on them, they look French to me.

 

...Otterburn is still in used by foreign armies to train, only they don't come by train any more.

(from the redoubtable Ernie's Railway Archive)

 

 

 

I agree with the location of Otterburn ranges......the RAF were doing a joint exercise with the Luftwaffe, part of it was to shift a battery of guns from Salisbury Plain to Otterburn. It was lovely and sunny on Salisbury Plain as we loaded the Chinooks. The Germans didn't tell us they were going to dump us hundreds of miles away. Quite a shock to the system when we landed for shoot in the Arctic climate that never leaves Otterburn and we were in shirt sleeve order. 

 

Back to the train, it is a unit of the Royal Artillery, possibly just a troop as there only 4 25 pdrs on the low fits. There are both Austin and Morris 1 Ton trucks, more than likely FFW for the observation parties and the command post. The bigger trucks are Fordson 3 ton 4x4, possibly GS trucks for the BQMS stores, ammo and POL. Right at the back are some Bedford RL 25 pdr gun tractors. The lack of land rovers and age of the vehicles suggest it is a TA troop.

 

 

[31A]

On 02/08/2022 at 21:46, Axlebox said:

...nicely polished lorries without a scratch on them, they look French to me.

 

...Otterburn is still in used by foreign armies to train, only they don't come by train any more.

(from the redoubtable Ernie's Railway Archive)

 

 

 

Interesting coaches behind the loco; the first two look like one of the LNER steel panelled gangwayed articulated twins, a bit away from their usual haunts!

 

[Metr0Land]

43037 near Holbrook Colliery Box April 18th 1964 by David Hills, on Flickr

 

WD 2-8-0 No.90318 southbound at Beighton April 18th 1964 by David Hills, on Flickr

 

Whitley Bridge March 16th 1960 diesel multiple unit by David Hills, on Flickr

 

Orgreave Colliery May 5th 1980 by David Hills, on Flickr

[brian daniels]

Un identified 47 passing Oxford with minerals on the front and some in the yard being loaded with scrap metal.

 

[andytrains]

10 hours ago, Metr0Land said:

43037 near Holbrook Colliery Box April 18th 1964 by David Hills, on Flickr

 

WD 2-8-0 No.90318 southbound at Beighton April 18th 1964 by David Hills, on Flickr

 

Whitley Bridge March 16th 1960 diesel multiple unit by David Hills, on Flickr

 

Orgreave Colliery May 5th 1980 by David Hills, on Flickr

Orgreave, NUM strikes again!

[Porcy Mane]

Dunstable Gas Works by Kevin Lane, on Flickr

[Axlebox]

From Roger Goodrum's Flickr site...Rochester 1973 and 16tonners from above...

[The Johnster]

Not one with straight sides.

[Metr0Land]

92127 Dore tunnel by Roger Senior, on Flickr

 

Cashmore's scrapyard, Newport by Roger Senior, on Flickr

 

Salford

Salford 37105 by David Flitcroft, on Flickr

 

Agecroft

Agecroft 25124 by David Flitcroft, on Flickr

[SHMD]

Great photos. That heap of lost locos is amazing.

 

The last photo, with 25, I've never seen a slip/trap point inside another point before!

Chopped off 3-way points yes... Great for the "Prototype" thread and for anyone needing to save space.

 

 

Kev.

[Dave John]

A couple, more atmosphere than detail . Kelvinbridge, West end of Glasgow,  early 1960s,

 

Those are actually stacks of coal higher than the wagon sides in the second pic.  Real urban coal.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHMD, note another trap within a point. This yard was in a tight urban location, the "headshunt" was the main line in the tunnel behind the photographer.