Help identifying these track laying vehicles

[steve fay]

Hi my Grandad spent his life working on the railways firstly as a cleaner then fireman before transferring to the PW he used to operate the track panel cranes as seen in the above pictures. I took these pictures off his commemorative framed picture that was presented to him after his retirement.

I would be great full if any one could ID the wagons as I would like to have either one scratch built in 7mm as a tribute to him as he always kept my interest in railways going as a kid.

[ajwffc]

top one looks like an old stile twin jib TRM. Not sure about the bottom one

[hmrspaul]

Steve

 

The lower one is a TRM, this, or something very like it http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brtwinjibcrane/e16f037a8   http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brtwinjibcrane/e13d573b4

 http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brtwinjibcrane/e3009af2

 

 

The upper one is also a TRM, there were several of these such as http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brtwinjibcrane/e1da1edfc   http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brtwinjibcrane/e132dbf70  http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brtwinjibcrane/e7d67e60

 

Paul

[steve fay]

Thanks Paul

That's superb

[Trog]

The F10 sleepers in the top picture were produced new for just a couple of years before and after 1960 if that is of any interest.

[96701]

The top one could possibly be self propelled, although it is unlikely that it was because most of the Twin Jib Cranes lacked drive mechanisms. I have a feeling that the first ones might have been the Plasser and Cowans Sheldon (aka Clarke Chapman) TJCs. The bottom one is definitely not self propelled.