RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2016 Langwith engine shed 3rd September 1966 by Robin Summerhill, on Flickr Kilmersdon Colliery 11th September 1967 by Robin Summerhill, on Flickr Kilmersdon Colliery 11th September 1967 by Robin Summerhill, on Flickr Kilmersdon Colliery bank summit 11th September 1967 by Robin Summerhill, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) I like to try not to post up images that don't provide a direct link but in this instance I think the unusual location of the 16 tonner makes it worthwhile. http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/3260/Stairfoot-Railway-Station P (well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!) Edited January 25, 2016 by Porcy Mane 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2016 Another from the 'prototype for everything' files. At least I have an excuse now for lots of stock littering my layout and not put away in boxes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2016 75-0066A by Christopher Yapp, on Flickr 1975-0067A by Christopher Yapp, on Flickr 1970-0183A by Christopher Yapp, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2016 Hopefully no re-posts 31279 & 31217 St.James Deeping 07.05.83 by Phil, on Flickr 31290 Healey Mills by Andy Hoare, on Flickr 31327 Hexthorpe by Paul Robertson, on Flickr 19831025_001: 31217 at Swinderby by Gary Thornton, on Flickr A very mixed freight by geoff7918, on Flickr Marchclass31onsandtrain by dustybin322, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t8hants Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I wasn't sure if this photo would be up to standard, but it does show the lines of 16 ton wagons waiting at the Resolven screens and coal washery circa 1962 - 63 What I do like is the hut on stilts that must be straddling at least two tracks, presumably some sort of aerial site office. Anyway my contribution to a thread I enjoy. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I wasn't sure if this photo would be up to standard, but it does show the lines of 16 ton wagons waiting at the Resolven screens and coal washery circa 1962 - 63 What I do like is the hut on stilts that must be straddling at least two tracks, presumably some sort of aerial site office. Anyway my contribution to a thread I enjoy. Not sure what that building could be for; it would be an odd place for an office, as you'd have to struggle through the mire to get to it, and NCB office workers didn't like getting their shoes dirty. I'm trying to work out where this was in relation to the road to Glyn Neath and Hirwaun; I recollect the road used to make an S-bend around some NCB screens near here, before coming close to the Rheola aluminium works, which is visible in the distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t8hants Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 The old road to Glyn Neath runs in the trees in front of the Rheola works, and ran parallel to the canal and river. I think the screens you remember were further up the valley towards Glyn, but I could be wrong. The Resolven screens nestled up against the west side of the valley, and you can just see the Neath to Merthyr line behind the furthest rank of 16 tonners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Some 16t mineral wagon shunting here from 7:13: https://youtu.be/H8xhX-IL41w?t=433 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 29, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2016 A few lurking around odd corners here and there PWM653 by Peter, on Flickr 61572 by Peter, on Flickr 80151 by Peter, on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) Not sure what that building could be for; it would be an odd place for an office, as you'd have to struggle through the mire to get to it, and NCB office workers didn't like getting their shoes dirty. I'm trying to work out where this was in relation to the road to Glyn Neath and Hirwaun; I recollect the road used to make an S-bend around some NCB screens near here, before coming close to the Rheola aluminium works, which is visible in the distance. Taken from about here I reckon: https://goo.gl/maps/FYSxaXSYxEJ2 That raised building; I've seen small electric cranes like that with their upper gubbins enclosed to give protection but in this instance I think were looking at an elevated weighbridge wagon check room for the fulls. P Safety feature kicking in. For ###### read "come" but as in Chorlton--Hardy Edited January 29, 2016 by Porcy Mane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2016 Some with the 16T's mixed in with wooden bodied stock (the 16T's are a loooong way forward in the first pic. Allotments like the first pic were also once commonplace, but now the land would be divided off with palisade fencing and notices of £1,000 fines. 31857's Long goods train by Peter, on Flickr 33033 by Peter, on Flickr 1368 by Peter, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Hauling scrap by Terry, on Flickr P 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Poursee...did you find this whilst looking for something else?...just wondered... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 did you find this whilst looking for something else?... Whatever makes you think that? Poirot. Whatever else would I be looking for? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Lorries?...couldn't see anymore 16tonners in that collection, but loads of really good period road vehicles... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) So you missed the Niffty little Presflo being unloaded on the Derwent Valley Light, and the odd 16 tonner just sneaking in here & there among all the Iron ore tipplers. Brand new set of Michelins on the tractor unit. 597 VRA by Terry, on Flickr Edited January 31, 2016 by Porcy Mane 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 As I continue my search for "other things", 16 tin minerals keep appearing. 1455 by Hugh Llewelyn, on Flickr P 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2016 St Johns Colliery, at Lockes Sidings, adjacent to Goosehill - Normanton. by chris, on Flickr NCB Snowdown Colliery Open Day, 1978 by Keith Halton, on Flickr North Yorks Area, Fryston 28/05/1970 by Keith Halton, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) Who sez the North East just used 21 ton hoppers? Tor048, Torday's Tyneside by Newcastle Libraries, on Flickr Dig that groovy belt. P Edited January 31, 2016 by Porcy Mane 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durham light infantry Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Who sez the North East just used 21 ton hoppers? Tor048, Torday's Tyneside by Newcastle Libraries, on Flickr Dig that groovy belt. P No scales? I take it the whole wagonload is being bagged for one customer, perhaps a commercial boilerhouse... Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 No scales? I take it the whole wagonload is being bagged for one customer, perhaps a commercial boilerhouse... Mike Neither Heaton nor Blaydon coal yards (which I think were the last two operating in the Newcastle/Gateshead area, lasting until the Miners' Strike of 1984) had facilities for handling hoppers, and only took deliveries in 'flat-bottomed' minerals only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) No scales? I take it the whole wagonload is being bagged for one customer, perhaps a commercial boilerhouse... Mike Open you mind Mike. Be a free spirit. They're behind the coat and single sack. You can just glimpse the weight. As in this example. Tor047, Torday's Tyneside by Newcastle Libraries, on Flickr P Edited January 31, 2016 by Porcy Mane 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 crunch time... https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpl1/v/t1.0-9/11038997_820269281353467_6266440991086667724_n.jpg?oh=dd94aa6aa93a9dca5fb419aa448606e5&oe=5734ED27 https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11083685_820267561353639_798033961996400359_n.jpg?oh=53e9fb910917a799acf77161e939e6ee&oe=57355AAE 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 crunch time... https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpl1/v/t1.0-9/11038997_820269281353467_6266440991086667724_n.jpg?oh=dd94aa6aa93a9dca5fb419aa448606e5&oe=5734ED27 https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11083685_820267561353639_798033961996400359_n.jpg?oh=53e9fb910917a799acf77161e939e6ee&oe=57355AAE Is this where Stacker Steadman was banished to? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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