China clay loading

[rob D2]

Hi,

I've done a search but need just a little more info...

I understand traditional clayhoods were loading by shovelling out of the distinctive dries.

What about clay tiger ? Was that loaded by a chute or similar to the above ?

And the polybulk same question please ,

 

Thanks

[Fat Controller]

Hi,

I've done a search but need just a little more info...

I understand traditional clayhoods were loading by shovelling out of the distinctive dries.

What about clay tiger ? Was that loaded by a chute or similar to the above ?

And the polybulk same question please ,

 

Thanks

The photos I've seen show a front-loader being used; for instance , the photo of a Clay-Tiger on p 94 of 'British Railfreight, Today and Tomorrow' by Geoffrey Freeman-Allen.

[rob D2]

Thanks Bryan,

I don't have that one, was the loader on a raised platform ?

Was it in a shed type set up ? Like a prefab farm building style ?

Thanks

[Fat Controller]

Thanks Bryan,

I don't have that one, was the loader on a raised platform ?

Was it in a shed type set up ? Like a prefab farm building style ?

Thanks

The photo shows a front-loader on a platform (slightly higher than the wagon solebar) within a modern building with a sloping roof. The building is steel-framed, and appears to be of corrugated/ profile section sheet on a steel frame. I'm not sure what the tractor-shovel is, but it looks like a back-to-front tractor, with the bucket at the end with the larger wheels, and the driver seeming to sit almost on top of the bonnet.