Southernman46 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 (edited) SEP 73 08. 7018 heads west through Tilehurst with a coal train, August 3 1973 by Andy Kirkham, on Flickr Notice the person hanging out of the engine room window ! Edited November 14, 2015 by Southernman46 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2015 Notice the person hanging out of the engine room window ! Stowaway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted November 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2015 Stowaway? Either that or he did his training on a Bullied Leader Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted November 16, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2015 OCT 74 03. Barclay 0-6-0ST Llantanam Abbey at Mountain Ash, September 1974 by Andy Kirkham, on FlickrOCT 74 10. Hunslet 0-6-0ST Norma awaits departure at Pontardulais, September 1974 by Andy Kirkham, on Flickr92046: 12 years old, too young to die by Alastair Wood, on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/22638903527/ ...an MoT 16 tonner...and a forest of signals... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted November 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2015 New Mills South Junction by Alastair Wood, on FlickrHenbury and Isabel at Radstock, Somerset 1972 by Mike Lidgley, on FlickrEE TYPE 4(CLASS 40) by Richard Hart, on Flickr 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Either that or he did his training on a Bullied Leader Can't have he not passed out on the floor!. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TimC Posted November 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2015 There are some excellent 16t mineral shots in Barrowroad's recent blog entry see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/116/entry-17003-bristol-barrow-road-20th-november-50th-anniversary-of-closure/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 25227 Elgin 30 October 1978 by Woolwinder, on Flickr P 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted November 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2015 BR TYPE 2(CLASS 26?) by Richard Hart, on FlickrD6532 by Peter, on Flickr120 by Peter, on Flickr 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted November 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 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! They look like 2' self-contained buffers, 13" round head. A number of the 8 shoe clasp vac-fitted (and 8-shoe clasp unfitted*) 16 mins had these buffers. The hook was mounted through a 2" extension bracket on the headstock to keep the slack distance constant. *the decision to halt vacuum-braked 16t mins, following problems with the infrastructure at some unloading facilities ripping the yokes off, meant that some batches already under construction were finished with 8 shoe clasp, but sans the vacuum cylinders and pipework. Edited November 27, 2015 by CloggyDeux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 With reference to the wagon in post 2260, taken by Andy Kirkham near Pontardulais; the wagon itself seems to be a 27t Iron Ore Tippler. I have seen several photos of these wagons in use on traffic from Graig Merthyr- does anyone where they were working to? It couldn't have been to Swansea Docks, as that relied on end-tippers; was it to somewhere like Coedbach? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 With reference to the wagon in post 2260, taken by Andy Kirkham near Pontardulais; the wagon itself seems to be a 27t Iron Ore Tippler. I have seen several photos of these wagons in use on traffic from Graig Merthyr- does anyone where they were working to? It couldn't have been to Swansea Docks, as that relied on end-tippers; was it to somewhere like Coedbach? Could it not be one that has became an NCB Internal User? Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Could it not be one that has became an NCB Internal User? Mark Saunders I'd thought this might be the case, but it only had BR markings, as did the ones in the other photos- the local pits were very sharp at repainting stock in internal use. A tippler would have been of little use for 'Land Sales' traffic, as you'd need a way of getting the coal out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 From Woolwinder, as found by Porcy Maine on 21/11: https://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_todd/15580676671/in/album-72157624769018419/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 A tippler would have been of little use for 'Land Sales' traffic, as you'd need a way of getting the coal out. Isn't that the main function of the most junior apprentice with a shovel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I'd thought this might be the case, but it only had BR markings, as did the ones in the other photos- the local pits were very sharp at repainting stock in internal use. A tippler would have been of little use for 'Land Sales' traffic, as you'd need a way of getting the coal out. If not an iu then could it be used for Coking Coal to a Steel Works? Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 If not an iu then could it be used for Coking Coal to a Steel Works? Mark Saunders Wrong sort of coal, Mark; coking coal tended to come from the shallower fields at the eastern end of the coalfield. Graig Merthyr was in an isolated location overlooking the Llwchyr/ Loughor floodplain, on the border of the anthracite field. My suspicion is that the coal went either to one of the washery/disposal plants (Garnant, Coedbach or Onllwyn), or to Carmarthen Bay Power Station; these photos were taken after I'd left the area, so I didn't see the wagons in the flesh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 From Woolwinder, as found by Porcy Maine on 21/11: https://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_todd/15580676671/in/album-72157624769018419/ Oooh Thanks. Did the BB code not work for embedding? 25229 Elgin 24/07/1980 by Woolwinder, on Flickr P 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) Lovely photo of LMS mineral https://www.flickr.com/photos/69692733@N07/23290154161/ enlarges very well! OT but lovely photo showing what happened to M5000 Flatrol MRR https://www.flickr.com/photos/69692733@N07/23372694685/in/photostream/ Paul Edited December 2, 2015 by hmrspaul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted December 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2015 From the same series:https://flic.kr/p/Bu58q6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2015 Lovely photo of LMS mineral https://www.flickr.com/photos/69692733@N07/23290154161/in/dateposted/ enlarges very well! OT but lovely photo showing what happened to M5000 Flatrol MRR https://www.flickr.com/photos/69692733@N07/23372694685/in/photostream/ Paul Hi. Unfortunately the first link is one of those 'Page not found' errors. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hi. Unfortunately the first link is one of those 'Page not found' errors. Rob. Thanks, now corrected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 . In looking through a Freight Working Timetable for the Central Division of BR's Southern Region there appeared a working of three "minifits" from Witham (ER) through to Waddon Marsh on particular train. I've never heard of "minifits", but with a google search it came up with a couple of examples which seemed to associate them with standard BR 16 ton mineral wagons, but with no details as to what made them "special" - any ideas ? Thanks. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 It should read, MINFIT. See the following link, http://www.srpsmuseum.org.uk/10074.htm They were basically fitted mineral wagons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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