flyingsignalman Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) I thought I saw another burnt out brake van model on the forum the other day and I remembered this photo that I took at Birkenhead North in the early 1990's. It is standing on the back road and it was used, for a short while, in the nightly maintenance possession of the Liverpool Loop and Link lines. It's career was cut short by the attention of the local "cherubs" and wasn't replaced. Its official title was a TRAMM but I can't remember exactly what that stands for. It was known by the signalmen as the skateboard. Edited November 20, 2011 by flyingsignalman 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted November 20, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2011 Track Renewal and Maintenance Machine. I have a 507 in the same siding, in the same condition. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikes Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Track Renewal and Maintenance Machine. I have a 507 in the same siding, in the same condition. Afternoon Gents Can we see the 507 please? Would make an interesting cameo scene in an old out of use siding! Regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted November 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2011 Afternoon Gents Can we see the 507 please? Would make an interesting cameo scene in an old out of use siding! Regards Mike I'll try and find it, no promises as all my photos are spread between 2 houses, a couple of hundred miles apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 The KESR nearly lost a brake van the other week after a pway turn. luckily the guard on the evening pullman saw the glow from the brake van floor, stopped the pullman and put the smouldering floorboards out. The pway guard had used the stove during the day, put it out in the manner prescribed in the rule book,but the floor got rather hot during the day! Another one, when i was a 2nd man at rugby in 1974, there was a guard Brian B, had a big garden layout, very keen but a bit on the slow side. We put the train away in the down goods yard and he asked the driver how to put the fire out in the stove. the driver, a Brummie called Jackie Jones, said, (engage Brummie accent) "aar, use some of the water from the tail lamps"..which Brian did, and set fire to the 20T brake van!! Wipeout. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Here's the remains of a ventilated van at the Swindon and Cricklaide Railway after a arson attack a few years ago. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Was there a rather grotty b/van outside of colchester if I am not mistaken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 There's also this Shark at Shenfield. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 thats the one thanks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted February 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2022 4 hours ago, 6990WitherslackHall said: Here's the remains of a ventilated van at the Swindon and Cricklaide Railway after a arson attack a few years ago. Based upon the colour scheme on what remains, this was perhaps an action by the little known group Action for Rolling Stock Exactitude.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 hours ago, 6990WitherslackHall said: There's also this Shark at Shenfield. Appeared one Tuesday morning after a Bank Holiday Weekend engineering possession about 15-20 years ago , and has been there ever since 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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