scouser Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Can anybody tell me if the MTA, MHA and MFA wagons are still used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 9, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2013 dont know if its one of the above mentioned but this was tagged to the front of my point carrier train last week i have also worked MFA's to hinksey in the last month Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Fisher Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Looks like an OCA Jim. dont know if its one of the above mentioned but this was tagged to the front of my point carrier train last week i have also worked MFA's to hinksey in the last month Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 9, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2013 Can anybody tell me if the MTA, MHA and MFA wagons are still used? Yes - quite regularly. The MHA's seem to make up the largest proportion these days when I've seen them as a trainload. Two types of MHA (number of ribs and footsteps is the giveaway. MTA (with extended ends) second wagon back and a MFA three wagons behind the second MTA (without the extended ends). http://www.flickr.com/photos/47971066@N06/8186114730/in/photolist-dtnYH9-f89FWA-bncymJ-8GJHSb Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yes, still regularly used. The two main MHA styles will be most prevalent due to sheer numbers (followed by MTA and then lastly MFA) There's 1065 'standard' MHA across the two body styles, versus just over 300 MTA (across the three batches), and even fewer MFA... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouser Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thank you for this really usefull info. I don't know were else I could get this sort of info, never mind so quickly. I won't be selling these models off now. Cheers chaps. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Bescot Freight yard is the best place to find MHA wagons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 With respect to the MHA / MTA / MFA comment, are there no MEAs remaining? MEA = rebodied HEA hoppers. MFAs were a reduced height variant, I believe made in addition to MEA initially although some MEA may have been cut down and recoded MFA subsequently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 There are lots of MEA remaining, but they aren't part of the same engineers fleet ref the OP. (There's other 2 axle open fleets around as well, but again, not part of that fleet...) The MFA are all cut down MEA so far as I know, although some were not MEA very long before conversion (and they later had to convert more HEA to re-increase the MEA fleet, so it becomes a very non-linear story!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 MEA 391152 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8454363109/ MFA 391052 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6862291721/ MTA 395333 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6884883245/ Wagon details are in the captions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 That particular MTA wasn't rebodied, the 'Limpet' body was just cut down, so it's only it's second body, albeit much hacked about - I make it the fourth incarnation though, being a tank, rebodied to a POA/PNA open in the 1980s, converted to a ZKA/MKA 'Limpet' by cutting holes in the side, then later cut down to an MTA! (You can still just about make out markings from their POA days on some of the high numbered MTA which confirms they haven't had as much as a complete coat of paint, let alone a new body in that time!) The EWS batch (395014 to 395241?) was a brand new body on a tank wagon chassis, but I don't recall that they they had been box bodied wagons in the interim - the MTA type really contains at least 3 different 'paths' to the similar looking present wagons, again a convoluted history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2013 not my pic but here is a colas 56 in glasgow central earlier today with a rake of mfa type thingys http://www.flickr.com/photos/37001/11380714733/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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