ZiderHead Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Were 1/227 Ferry vans used in any numbers in the WR? I know the odd one appeared as a barrier wagon in the late 70s/early 80s, but were they used for freight at all? Any decent excuse to build a few for 70s WR would be appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Have you checked out Paul Bartletts site? My first thoughts were export clay from the West Country, Pauls site has pictures of them, still carrying their RIV number, at Exeter Riverside, Plymouth Friary and St Blazey, as well as Gloucester, cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderHead Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Thanks! I actually spent ages looking through Paul Bartletts excellent site, don't know how I missed them … duh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Not being a wagon expert but if you mean the same type as just behind the engines as a barrier wagon in my posting on the class 40 pics I can remember one of the same type or something very similar at Barnstaple. From memory it had glass moulds for Torrington glassworks that had come from Italy. It was a very infrequent traffic, perhaps once a year, but I can remember later times with it turning up in later years in later vehicles a la Heljan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderHead Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Interesting, could you possibly link to your post so I can check it out? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Hi, its possible my memory may have been playing tricks as these are the only three photographs of fairly nondescript brown ferry vans at Barnstaple that I was thinking of. With apologies for the fairly poor quality, one is an underexposed 110 negative that I have tweaked to show a little more detail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Hi, its possible my memory may have been playing tricks as these are the only three photographs of fairly nondescript brown ferry vans at Barnstaple that I was thinking of. With apologies for the fairly poor quality, one is an underexposed 110 negative that I have tweaked to show a little more detail Top one is a DB Tcefs van (with side and end doors and an opening roof, the lower two are a Belgian design that would qualify as UIC ORE type 3 van, so would have similar dimensions to the Hornby, albeit with a slightly smaller door. You could take all the side detail off a Hornby van, replace it with a side of thin plasticard, add the ribs from evergreen U section (or H section with two legs cut off) ten its only a question of sorting out the vents - alas my etch isn't right for the bottom one, but might be OK for the one in the middle. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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