RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2015 standards on south shed by midcheshireman, on Flickrchester 5 shed pilot by midcheshireman, on FlickrHamworthy Goods by brian pask, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2015 1649 Dingwall by brian pask, on FlickrSkipton 1965 by Andrew Southwell, on FlickrNorth Yorks; Helmsley. 1961. by jsb303, on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 1649 Dingwall by brian pask, on Flickr Skipton 1965 by Andrew Southwell, on Flickr North Yorks; Helmsley. 1961. by jsb303, on Flickr Isn't that a Bilteezi backscene in the middle shot? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 26, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2015 Isn't that a Bilteezi backscene in the middle shot? Straight out of the 'prototype for everything' drawer! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2015 East & West Yorkshire Union Railway: Robin Hood. 1959. by jsb303, on FlickrLongsight by Roy Jackson, on FlickrB1 on a Bright Winter's Day by tatraškoda, on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Second picture nearly had me fooled! Mobile phones aren't the best viewing medium. Mike. Edited October 27, 2015 by Enterprisingwestern Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hi Mate Some Classic photo from yesteryear... nice to look back on the good old days. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2015 Class 20s from inside the box, Long Eaton by Awwalker1, on FlickrClass 20s pass site of Mexborough West Junction by Awwalker1, on FlickrUntitled by wagon16, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/ashchurch/index32.shtml ...look at the buffers on that, makes you wonder if it was physically possible to couple 2 of these 16 tonners together! Edited October 29, 2015 by Axlebox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/ashchurch/index32.shtml ...look at the buffers on that, makes you wonder if it was physically possible to couple 2 of these 16 tonners together! Simple, this is one with Continental Buffers and drawgear; the coupling is longer than the equivalent BR screw coupling! The instructions were always use the Continental coupling to the BR drawhook! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Nice photo, with a raft of almost certainly newly constructed minerals https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/22563742361/in/photostream/ Paul 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Simple, this is one with Continental Buffers and drawgear; the coupling is longer than the equivalent BR screw coupling! The instructions were always use the Continental coupling to the BR drawhook! Mark Saunders I remember seeing an instruction to that effect I'm sure this was a solitary wagon so fitted and numbered B229(xxx)? - shame the number isn't visible. Am I correct - can anyone throw any light on it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/ashchurch/index32.shtml ...look at the buffers on that, makes you wonder if it was physically possible to couple 2 of these 16 tonners together! Every time I see 1960's/70's pictures of that Dowty test track I expect to see Mr Franks in short troos walking between the wagons. I see one of the works Bedford lorries is hiding over yonder behind the other 16 tonners. See it here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/103821-can-you-identify-these-locations/page-3&do=findComment&comment=2051660 And the buffers: With buffers just in contact and coupling springs uncompressed, coupling has 4.09" (106mm) spare between two wagons fitted with 2' - 0½" buffers using type U (UIC) coupling and hook as in the pic. UIC screw coupling unworn has 986 mm between centre of hook pivot pin and inside of bottom link when fully extended with 236mm of inward adjustment available. So what type of buffers are they? The don't seem to appear in the Dowty/Oleo lists. I've seen the same type of buffer fitted to some brake vans. I've wondered if they are a variation of the Turnplat buffer? Maybe Dowty was evaluating the competition. P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Every time I see 1960's/70's pictures of that Dowty test track I expect to see Mr Franks in short troos walking between the wagons. I see one of the works Bedford lorries is hiding over yonder behind the other 16 tonners. See it here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/103821-can-you-identify-these-locations/page-3&do=findComment&comment=2051660 And the buffers: With buffers just in contact and coupling springs uncompressed, coupling has 4.09" (106mm) spare between two wagons fitted with 2' - 0½" buffers using type U (UIC) coupling and hook as in the pic. UIC screw coupling unworn has 986 mm between centre of hook pivot pin and inside of bottom link when fully extended with 236mm of inward adjustment available. So what type of buffers are they? The don't seem to appear in the Dowty/Oleo lists. I've seen the same type of buffer fitted to some brake vans. I've wondered if they are a variation of the Turnplat buffer? Maybe Dowty was evaluating the competition. P They look very similar to the buffers used on lots of Ferry Vans, such as this:-http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/frenchferryvan/hfd47fdf#hfd47fdf Basically a self-contained buffer with its own veloute spring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Every time I see 1960's/70's pictures of that Dowty test track I expect to see Mr Franks in short troos walking between the wagons. I see one of the works Bedford lorries is hiding over yonder behind the other 16 tonners. Hey, leave me outta this I was only a babe in arms at the time and I don't remember a thing, no change there then some would say.... Dave Franks offspring of a former assistant manager at Dowty's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 They look very similar to the buffers used on lots of Ferry Vans, such as this:-http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/frenchferryvan/hfd47fdf#hfd47fdf I think visually with the top step, "nascar vents" either side and lack of keyway access plate there's quite a difference. As fitted to this brake van: http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brbrakevan504/h9baf270#h9baf270 P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Hey, leave me outta this I was only a babe in arms at the time and I don't remember a thing, no change there then some would say.... Every time I see 1960's/70's pictures of that Dowty test track I expect to see Mr Franks in short troos walking between the wagons. I see one of the works Bedford lorries is hiding over yonder behind the other 16 tonners. All right then. Nappies. Stick a set of buffers on both ends of the pram along with some flanged wheels and set you bouncing back and forth between them test ramps and you'd be asleep in no time. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2015 Untitled by wagon16, on FlickrJust over 'that wall', and about six years before. by Martyn Hearson, on FlickrIndSt065 by Paul Bryson, on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Great Yarmouth by Chris Stanley, on Flickr 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2015 Those Birds Eye containers are wrong, nothing like the Bachmann ones. Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) Variety here at Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire on the S&MLR. Some ex works, including a slope and a 21T beyond the cabin. With and without top doors, with and without bottom doors, and three different wooden-bodied minerals to add even more variety. https://flic.kr/p/AnT5uH Edited October 30, 2015 by TheSignalEngineer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Variety here at Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire on the S&MLR. Some ex works, including a slope and a 21T beyond the cabin. With and without top doors, with and without bottom doors, and three different wooden-bodied minerals to add even more variety. https://flic.kr/p/AnT5uH As post 2217 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Great Yarmouth by Chris Stanley, on Flickr Wonderful shot. I wonder what the date is (Flickr doesn't say). Based on the vehicles on view, I'd guess it was immediately before the introduction of the MoT test c1960, but the presence of what I think might be a Farina styled Mostin Oxbridge, centre right, would put it post 1958ish (assuming the 1959 model year began in late 1958). The shirtsleeved cyclist, bottom right, suggests summer. So summer of 1959 perhaps? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted October 31, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2015 Great Yarmouth by Chris Stanley, on Flickr What a wonderfully historic shot. I particularly like the 5 black 'barrow' lines from the 5 16t side doors to the dock edge. Also, the girder bridge in the distance. Is it missing a span? Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 What a wonderfully historic shot. I particularly like the 5 black 'barrow' lines from the 5 16t side doors to the dock edge. Also, the girder bridge in the distance. Is it missing a span? Kev. Wonderful shot. I wonder what the date is (Flickr doesn't say). Based on the vehicles on view, I'd guess it was immediately before the introduction of the MoT test c1960, but the presence of what I think might be a Farina styled Mostin Oxbridge, centre right, would put it post 1958ish (assuming the 1959 model year began in late 1958). The shirtsleeved cyclist, bottom right, suggests summer. So summer of 1959 perhaps? These Birds Eye containers were very important for BR and there were various official photos taken May to July 1959. I hadn't seen this before but would guess it was part of that. A very interesting photo! http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/conflatbafp Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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