montyburns56 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Millom Iron Works Hodbarrow Mine 1968 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Millom Iron Works Hodbarrow Mine 1968 A truly odd wagon! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 06/06/2021 at 20:13, Wickham Green too said: I think the 'S' number might be a clue as to its origin - and resemblance to a certain recent Hornby product. S4606S was the final Scenery van turned out by Lancing in 1949 and lasted a further five years in traffic before entering internal use ( where ? ) in Feb.'81. Somehow became British Steel property and was donated to the Gwili Railway in 1993 ...... they didn't know what to do with it and couldn't find anyone to offload it to so the metal bits returned to the steel industry in 2012. I saw it in a sad state at the Gwili Railway and was told it was soon to be scrapped, HOWEVER I believe I saw it at Buckfastleigh under repair a couple of years later. Can anyone confirm this? Tony 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 16/07/2021 at 19:28, montyburns56 said: Stores van QRV ADM40254, ex LMS designed 6 wheel fish van4, Crewe Works Open Day 1981 by Jamerail Does anyone know when these Fish vans were converted for stores use? Would it be as early as 1958 by any chance? (I know someone who needs stores vans on his layout..........) Tony 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) ex NBR 6 wheel goods van Billingham 1961 Edited August 7, 2021 by montyburns56 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Tooley Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: ex NER 6 wheel goods North British Railway, rather than North Eastern. Interesting photo, there aren't too many colour photographs of wagons in LNER livery. D 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 39 minutes ago, Darryl Tooley said: ...... there aren't too many colour photographs of wagons in LNER livery. it's only the surroundings that are in colour - the wagon's in grey ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Rail-Online said: I saw it in a sad state at the Gwili Railway and was told it was soon to be scrapped, HOWEVER I believe I saw it at Buckfastleigh under repair a couple of years later. Can anyone confirm this? My information on 4606 came from the Carriage Survey ( http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2648 ) - which gives no clues to this, or anything similar, at Buckfastleigh. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Not that odd in itself, but I don't recognise it's origin (is it NE?) and the "Not to run in the Scottish area" markings bemused me. NE 1624 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Tooley Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: (is it NE?) Looks to be a Great Eastern dia 17 horsebox; 160 built 1903-1910. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 What WAS it about Great Eastern vehicles and Scotland ? - I don't think it was resolved on the 'Portable Engine truck' thread ! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 On 06/08/2021 at 18:01, Rail-Online said: Does anyone know when these Fish vans were converted for stores use? Would it be as early as 1958 by any chance? (I know someone who needs stores vans on his layout..........) Tony I think these vans may have gone over to Stores use in the early 1960s. Trying to remember what was in use at Derby Loco Works when I started there in 1961 (60 years ago come the end of this month) there were some older 6-wheel Milk/Fruit/Fish vans in faded red livery, either Gulf red or faded Maroon. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 28 minutes ago, Poor Old Bruce said: I think these vans may have gone over to Stores use in the early 1960s. Trying to remember what was in use at Derby Loco Works when I started there in 1961 (60 years ago come the end of this month) there were some older 6-wheel Milk/Fruit/Fish vans in faded red livery, either Gulf red or faded Maroon. Thanks. Could these 1961 memories could possibly have been of ex LNWR vehicles of the 'Combination Truck' variety with louvered sides, a high hipped roof and end doors? Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Roadrailer Carlisle 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 22 hours ago, Rail-Online said: there were some older 6-wheel Milk/Fruit/Fish vans in faded red livery, either Gulf red or faded Maroon. There's at least one D1872 LMS CCT which was in departmental service at Derby and now exists in preservation. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 23 hours ago, Rail-Online said: Thanks. Could these 1961 memories could possibly have been of ex LNWR vehicles of the 'Combination Truck' variety with louvered sides, a high hipped roof and end doors? Tony Quite possibly 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Enlighten me... Woodburn 1963 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 This is from an old 'Railway Bylines' annual, apologies if I am infringing copyright and I will remove the photo if asked. It shows side-tipping wagons of the classic 'MSC' type still in use in the mid-1950s. They appear to have been fitted with more conventional buffers rather than just relying on the ends of the solebars. I assume these were only used within the area of the tip but would love to hear from anyone with more info on their usage! Note also the runner wagon in the foreground. Mol 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 17 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Enlighten me... ..... your previous guess was correct - this one IS North Eastern ! 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) North Eastern Railway Tranship van, diagram G6. You can see the preserved survivor at Beamish. Edited August 9, 2021 by jwealleans 5 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 19:29, Wickham Green too said: ..... your previous guess was correct - this one IS North Eastern ! Even a stopped clock... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 19:29, jwealleans said: North Eastern Railway Tranship van, diagram G6. You can see the preserved survivor at Beamish. The odd thing is that that location almost looks the same as that in the picture that I posted! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) On 09/08/2021 at 19:10, montyburns56 said: Enlighten me... Woodburn 1963 Is it a grain hopper? Obviously not. That will teach me not to scroll to quickly to the last post Edited August 10, 2021 by doilum 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) There once was a wagon of cement Whose solebar almost looked bent The suspension was leaf Built by Mr O'Keefe With sides constructed of old tents. Limerick 2001 Edited August 11, 2021 by montyburns56 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 The first one's at the Junction, as it says ..... a good few miles from Limerick. These are, of course the rebuilt cement wagons - they originally has peculiar two-part folding sides with an ingenious winding mechanism on the ends. Note the 'double-deck' wagons in the background : Beet Wagons converted from Mr.Bulleid's open wagons by sticking a second body on top ( less floor ). The hoppers were for ballast, dolomite or gypsum - apart from the number series I don't know what the differences were. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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