porkie Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 When I lived in wolverton in the late 80's, their was what looked like a nuclear flask wagon in a siding next too the main carpark. At the Bletchley end of the Bedford to bletchley line. Theirs an old coach which looks burnt out and rotting away just past the old TMD . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2014 just looking though photobucket i found a few more pics i'd forgotten it uploaded caledonia sidings in birmingham, various car transporters Guinness sidings, park royal 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Try this LMS CCT at Leeman Road it has stood for over twenty years! Does anyone know its identity as almost all trace of Lettering has been lost to the elements? LMS CCT.jpg Mark Saunders a 2 second search on the vintage carriage trust website gives us- http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4635 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 a 2 second search on the vintage carriage trust website gives us- http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4635 Thanks it has solved a mystery for me! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 That website is excellent for doing any type of search whether its by location or coach type, I have spent ages just looking through it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Martino Posted January 27, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2014 There has been a wooden bodied carriage in field next to Whistely Bridge between Twyford and Reading for many years. I first found it in the early 90s . It's very ancient and was used as a log store. I just checked on Google Earth (street view ) and it's still there although covered in vegetation. I can't post a screen capture as it's copyright, but if you search fir Whistley Green Berkshire, it's just on the north side of the bridge in street view. Anyone know anything about it? Looks to be a four wheeled coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Got a better picture of the GUV at Three bridges 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted January 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) When I lived in wolverton in the late 80's, their was what looked like a nuclear flask wagon in a siding next too the main carpark. At the Bletchley end of the Bedford to bletchley line. Theirs an old coach which looks burnt out and rotting away just past the old TMD . Is that the burnt-out LMS 50' BG?? That's been there for decades... used to see it every year when expoEM was at Bletchley! And, looking at Bletchley yards on Googlemaps, there what appears to be a brakevan chassis off the rails next to the yellow trackmachine: http://goo.gl/maps/dllks Got a better picture of the GUV at Three bridges 2014-01-30 11.14.08_s.JPG 2014-01-30 11.14.16_s.JPG BR CCT, rather than a GUV, based on it's length and roof detail . Looks like additional window(s) at each end though?? or maybe just rust... Edited January 31, 2014 by CloggyDeux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted January 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2014 Tim H, on 20 Jan 2014 - 21:46, said: Longer than that - they were there in 1988! Aren't they used for fuel storage? No, not anymore. I think there was a heating oil business there at one time. They are still there but are slowly being consumed by nature and the sea air, they're in a very poor state. The following wagon was until recently a feature of the small ex Telecoms yard just outside Exeter St Davids station. I grabbed this pic of it whilst refurbishment works were under way in the sidings about 12 months ago. I sadly neglected to take any pictures of it before it was lifted from its resting place, saw it many times over the last few years. It was practically encroached in mature Silver Birch trees that were just to the right in the shot! When I returned to the yard a couple of weeks later, it had gone, presumably sold for scrap. Shame really, it looked like it was in fairly good condition. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold unravelled Posted January 31, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2014 This wagon has been sitting at the end of a siding for some time. It's by the River Lea, a little west of Pudding Mill Lane station. Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 No, not anymore. I think there was a heating oil business there at one time. They are still there but are slowly being consumed by nature and the sea air, they're in a very poor state. The following wagon was until recently a feature of the small ex Telecoms yard just outside Exeter St Davids station. I grabbed this pic of it whilst refurbishment works were under way in the sidings about 12 months ago. I sadly neglected to take any pictures of it before it was lifted from its resting place, saw it many times over the last few years. It was practically encroached in mature Silver Birch trees that were just to the right in the shot! When I returned to the yard a couple of weeks later, it had gone, presumably sold for scrap. Shame really, it looked like it was in fairly good condition. ZCV.jpg ZKV.jpg Managed to get a couple pi'c of this one also. I believe a preservation group may have looked also. There was a couple of mineral wagons at nearby Hele and Bradninch sidings (Paper mill) long after disconnection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 This wagon has been sitting at the end of a siding for some time. It's by the River Lea, a little west of Pudding Mill Lane station. 1-P1000499.JPG Dave What type of wagon is that? I don't think it's a type i've ever noticed before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 What type of wagon is that? I don't think it's a type i've ever noticed before. It's an ex ARC or Yeoman PGA hopper converted to a Gunnell with lowered sides and extended ends. They where converted in the early 1990's and usually painted in Dutch colours and used for ballast movements. Vin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 BR Brake van at Frome Station just noticed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted February 22, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2014 BR Brake van at Frome Station just noticed Ah yes, I remember that one although its not actually abandoned as such, its being restored by its present owners. I was up that way about 18 months ago and it was covered in tarps with various evidence of it being worked on. Progress looked to be very slow and sporadic though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Gary, No tarps at beset just bare wooden framing. Probably blown away by the recent wind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted February 22, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2014 Gary, No tarps at beset just bare wooden framing. Probably blown away by the recent wind. Well it would be a shame if the owners have given up on it / lost interest. I also remember it having some scaffold around it? Lovely vehicle to restore I reckon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47164 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Ilford car sheds has had a Sat-Link GUV parked up at the country end for a good 10yrs plus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Noticed yesterday at Wigan NW a few car carriers tucked at the back of the yard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 There has been a wooden bodied carriage in field next to Whistely Bridge between Twyford and Reading for many years. I first found it in the early 90s . It's very ancient and was used as a log store. I just checked on Google Earth (street view ) and it's still there although covered in vegetation. I can't post a screen capture as it's copyright, but if you search fir Whistley Green Berkshire, it's just on the north side of the bridge in street view. Anyone know anything about it? Looks to be a four wheeled coach. Could you post the link to that? (That doesn't breach copyright) as I'm struggling to find it on Google. Many thanks Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Martino Posted February 23, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2014 Hi Richard I just checked it on a Google earth. It's at 5degrees27'50.90"N, 0degrees51'58.28"W. You need to look NNW from the road on street view. Just south of Whistley Green bridge. The coach is in the field covered with vegetation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks! Don't know if it has been affected by the floods or not. Maybe in need of further investigation.... Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hi Richard I just checked it on a Google earth. It's at 5degrees27'50.90"N, 0degrees51'58.28"W. You need to look NNW from the road on street view. Just south of Whistley Green bridge. The coach is in the field covered with vegetation. 5º27'N, 0º58'W put s you somewhere near Accra in Ghana. Try 51º27'50.90"N, 0º51'58.28"W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Martino Posted February 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2014 5º27'N, 0º58'W put s you somewhere near Accra in Ghana. Try 51º27'50.90"N, 0º51'58.28"W I really must get some new fingers, or eye balls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody49 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Regarding Ripple Lane, the large storage shed is the old Stora depot (still called that unofficially), now with DB Schencker signs. The two sidings with the diggers are used for unloading the Peak Forest - Stora 6Z46 stone train, usually hauled by a EWS 66 comprising around 10 EWS-liveried MEA 2-axles at the "London" end and a similar number of varying bogie boxes.I pass every day on my commute into London. The train runs onto a spur from the down line, then reverses into the two sidings. Once unloaded, it crosses the down line from the spur, into the wilderness behind the container terminal, where the engine runs round, and waits in the old depot approach track under the Renwick Road bridge. It's there waiting at 17:30, but the WTT shows it departing at 19:37. There is definitely a line of cartics on the down side of the shrubbery. The whole site is a real disgrace but would cost probably in excess of £100k to make presentable and remove the eyesore wagons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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