cary hill Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I was reading about a proposed plan(1903) to rearrange the buildings and track layout at Minehead Station. One proposed change would have involved the building of a goods shed with a gently curving track passing through it. It was noted by the author that a gently curving goods shed would have been a most unusual feature. I can't recall seeing a "curved" goods shed - does anyone know of one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2012 Don't even understand why one would have been needed at Minehead in those days - there was plenty of space around the station. Surely, a curved track leading to/from the goods shed, but not through? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 Curved buildings are surely almost as much of a challenge in 12" = 1ft as they are in a model - maybe more so, as they have to stand up! Perhaps the shed would have been rectangular, with a curved loading platform serving a curved road? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 All the ones I can think of involved straight roads (railway 'roads' that is) but sometimes with quite severe curvature on the approach or at one end. I could foresee some difficulty working on a curved deck in a goods shed although I did know some where the width of teh deck reduced although the shed was straight so it might not have been totally impossible to work. I've a glimmer of an idea that I can recall seeing a banana shed sited on a slight curve but I'm not certain about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Holyhead had a large curved one on the dockside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I've a glimmer of an idea that I can recall seeing a banana shed sited on a slight curve but I'm not certain about it. This one at Oldham survives in a derelict state, though it is much larger than what the OP is probably thinking of and I think the railway tracks were outside rather than inside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54Strat Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Clegg Street in Oldham still survives, just http://www.flickr.com/photos/21913923@N03/sets/72157622773430413/comments/ (Oops, crosspost) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clecklewyke Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Clegg Street in Oldham still survives, just http://www.flickr.com/photos/21913923@N03/sets/72157622773430413/comments/ Survival? Have you followed the sequence to the end? This is a heartbreaking set of photos. Clegg Street warehouse was one of my two favourite LNWR goods buildings, the other being Huddersfield warehouse. Since the latter is preserved and looks to have a secure future I will now just have to build a model based on Clegg Street for Bradford North Western. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Curved buildings are surely almost as much of a challenge in 12" = 1ft as they are in a model Surprisingly even a few curved engine sheds existed (Woolwich Arsenal, Cornbrook Junction, Staveley Old Works, Brunswick, Sunderland Hendon) - so there were probably a few curved goods sheds. It is amazing what can be built given the need or desire to do it and a variety of materials, don't forget all the many roundhouse sheds. Flex that plasticard! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I've a glimmer of an idea that I can recall seeing a banana shed sited on a slight curve but I'm not certain about it. In some areas, there were whole bunches of them. Coat definitely required today, methinks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 Thanks for the replies so far. Could't decide if the possible curved shed for bananas was an extended April Fool or not. I agree that there was no apparent need for a curved goods shed at Minehead at the time it was proposed, as there was plenty of land available for expansion at that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 The basic principle here - already implied in several posts - is that utilitarian considerations are always going to 'push' the design toward rectilinear. Cheaper construction, maybe even of a modular template established already, uniform internal arrangements for all the handling and storage. Only a significantly constrained site is likely to drive the use of anything else. Although... I did once have to do with a German commercial building erected during the height of the Bauhaus movement. Very artful with sexy curves and all that: it was a complete PITA to make efficient use of some of the internal space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 It wasn't just the goods shed that was curved at Oldham Clegg Street. The open hip-roof transhipment shed out in the yard was also curved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2012 Ardrossan Town station had a slightly curving goods shed. Still standing the last time that I looked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 All the ones I can think of involved straight roads (railway 'roads' that is) but sometimes with quite severe curvature on the approach or at one end. I could foresee some difficulty working on a curved deck in a goods shed although I did know some where the width of teh deck reduced although the shed was straight so it might not have been totally impossible to work. I've a glimmer of an idea that I can recall seeing a banana shed sited on a slight curve but I'm not certain about it. Mike, I'm quite surprised that the banana shed at Reading has somehow escaped your 'all seeing Western Region eye'.... there are a few shots of it in the latest GWR Journal! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 You can curve any Goods Shed in Templot. This is the one at Crewkerne after curving: More info: http://85a.co.uk/for...hp?post_id=9830 Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 Could't decide if the possible curved shed for bananas was an extended April Fool or not. It wasn't until Pennine joined in (and yes I can remember one which I'm fairly sure was on a slight curve - so no need for quips about 'straight' EU bananas). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 Mike, I'm quite surprised that the banana shed at Reading has somehow escaped your 'all seeing Western Region eye'.... there are a few shots of it in the latest GWR Journal! It's an age thing Nidge - I can remember that banana shed quite well but I wasn't going to commit in print until I'd found that GWRJ and checked my memory; and it wasn't quite so easy to remember where I'd put the GWRJ in question Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 If memory serves me Clegg Street warehouse was curved because the whole goods yard was one big curve. This was a joint LNW/GC yard and at one time there was a GC goods shed too, but it burnt down many moons ago, and I'm not sure I've ever seen a photo of it. Potentially the arrangement at Clegg Street would be quite space saving in model terms - although this is of course a relative term as I doubt many would have the room to model such a big yard, except maybe in 2mm scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 L&Y, Halifax. http://www.lostrailw...y/Halifax/2.jpg Edit - Screen capture from Google Maps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Harlem Transfer was quite curved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Its a shame Clegg Street has gone. There was all sorts of schemes to turn it into a hotel, apartments etc but these days its not exactly the sort of area I'd like to live in. Every time I looked at it it said "model me". I'm a "Roughyead" (Oldhamer) born and bred (even though I emigrated to Rochdale lol) and this was one of the truly - if only - iconic buildings in the town, at least since Oldham Brewery was demolished in the 80s . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave777 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Is there a way of opening that Clegg Street photo link doobry as a 'normal' website? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted April 10, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2012 Is there a way of opening that Clegg Street photo link doobry as a 'normal' website? Hi Dave: See: Clegg Steet on Flickr regards, Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave777 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 That works - many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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