RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted July 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2014 Lots of modelling detail here -- the window and shutter in the end of the van; the flap over the wagon buffer; the limited clearance warning on the end of the platform; and the odd mix of lettering styles. Shrewsbury 1978. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Lots of modelling detail here -- the window and shutter in the end of the van; the flap over the wagon buffer; the limited clearance warning on the end of the platform; and the odd mix of lettering styles. Shrewsbury 1978. wagon_lettering.jpg wagon_lettering1.jpg Martin. Gas cylinders for point heaters? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 The opening in the end of the van was a reasonably common feature in former LNER vans - one 'alleged' reason being for tha carriage of lengthy items that could poke out of the end, another was to inspect the load without opening the door(s) - who knows ? . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Wagons were often dedicated to short-distance flows like that, often where road access was difficult; another that springs to mind were the Vanfits that were to be seen at Crewe, branded 'To work between Crewe Stationery Stores and Crewe Station only'. When TOPS was introduced, the inscriptions often became even longer, as TIPLOC codes were added to the origin and destination points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 ... 'To work between Crewe Stationery Stores and Crewe Station only'... as in this one from 1982, in Crewe station. XDB 875188, with an odd (wrong?) M suffix. Under the DM patch can be seen "VENTILATED", and it looks like the D prefix was added at a different time to the X on a fresher patch of black paint! We half-hoped there would be a left-over working timetable inside, but no such luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted July 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2014 The opening in the end of the van was a reasonably common feature in former LNER vans - one 'alleged' reason being for the carriage of lengthy items that could poke out of the end ??? If it was so long that it needed to poke out of the end, how would you get it in through the side doors? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 ??? If it was so long that it needed to poke out of the end, how would you get it in through the side doors? Perhaps it was put in via the hole as well? I remember British Telecom vans that carried poles like that.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 as in this one from 1982, in Crewe station. XDB 875188, with an odd (wrong?) M suffix. Under the DM patch can be seen "VENTILATED", and it looks like the D prefix was added at a different time to the X on a fresher patch of black paint! We half-hoped there would be a left-over working timetable inside, but no such luck. N40_0000 ZRV XDB 875188 M.jpg A Ventilated Fruit van. There was a period when LMR painters painted the 'M' suffix erroneously on all sorts of stock; when checking wagons at BSC Landore in summer 1974, I encountered a 16t mineral lettered 'DMxxxxxxM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 We half-hoped there would be a left-over working timetable inside, but no such luck. But at least you looked - that's what counts. Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Gas cylinders for point heaters? Or maybe for buffet/restaurant cars - didn't they have gas cooking? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Or maybe for buffet/restaurant cars - didn't they have gas cooking? I don't think, by that period, that many loco-hauled trains with buffets were dealt with at Shrewsbury. In any case, Howard St Landing is adjacent to the station, whilst Greenfields appears to have been at the southern end of Coton Hill Yard, north of the station. Shrewsbury carriage sidings are (were?) on the Up side of the Wolverhampton line, south of the station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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