Osgood Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 They don't get much simpler than this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/5751553609/in/photolist-9Lfdvp-dcwecA-TeiCbF-9mPtm4-ooLSZ5-QFUPQG-d6WQHu-b1aKX2-dbUMGf-9Tvxji-68Snyf-oH4gBo-pKhobK-6buKTV-9sLT3D-e29RJi-dNcARZ-9sPT7o-6uGyUv-77CiB2-XTAuwg-77FZj9-WoryBc-5NuUJm-77EpfP-aiqgJu-9mSwpb-22HtmWY-9XgjqD-CYwF9m-fnuxZ5-Yj1Z8g-oZhsfr-e2xoEL-dSs9Pe-aviQyq-aq2Don-9sLSTi-p96bSf-fksW6P-aMMu7X-qnBEV9-Vne58i-scf8vP-vNUAFu-ejN7E3-eaft7P-bVCSXs-7kYX2A-prnUEY Here is my all-time favourite shot of a colliery shed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbrysn/5490355506/in/photolist-9navpQ-m1VmrE-bAffjU-9mSvw5-9mPsnc-9n7fsk-9qYo3N-9nahpA-9mSvPQ-Tnhi5R-8WnW4S-9mPoNR-dwRD3j-9mSrRA-rzm8bF-9mPf3n-9mSryJ-7Mygni-9mPon4-9mPfuT-e4hyrh-9vgFZA-9mSwyh-9qVoNV-cSH7o9-9mSjdU-9mPsHv-9P3p4B-VCsp22-9qYnRy-9P6h49-9TDUBk-8PrLW7-9P3oAv-S9g7AR-9n7rTX-9nay4w-dU1bc3-5AsnJe-9mPtm4-9P3nEM-e3pSGu-e4bUa6-9mPp5z-aizjid-9mSv9q-r6c1CD-dNbJvi-9P6eqA-e4iKSA 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke the train spotter Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Would be a fun thing to model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2018 Here is my all-time favourite shot of a colliery shed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbrysn/5490355506/in/photolist-9navpQ-m1VmrE-bAffjU-9mSvw5-9mPsnc-9n7fsk-9qYo3N-9nahpA-9mSvPQ-Tnhi5R-8WnW4S-9mPoNR-dwRD3j-9mSrRA-rzm8bF-9mPf3n-9mSryJ-7Mygni-9mPon4-9mPfuT-e4hyrh-9vgFZA-9mSwyh-9qVoNV-cSH7o9-9mSjdU-9mPsHv-9P3p4B-VCsp22-9qYnRy-9P6h49-9TDUBk-8PrLW7-9P3oAv-S9g7AR-9n7rTX-9nay4w-dU1bc3-5AsnJe-9mPtm4-9P3nEM-e3pSGu-e4bUa6-9mPp5z-aizjid-9mSv9q-r6c1CD-dNbJvi-9P6eqA-e4iKSA The result of a bit of rough shunting? Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2018 Another ramshackle NCBOE engine shed, this time at the Glyn Neath Disposal Point (photographer unknown). . The nearer loco is RSH 7296 / 1945, former BR No.68070. . Brian R . PS A generalisation........ NCBOE = National Coal Board Opencast Executive. . Whilst the NCBOE oversaw opencast operations, the actual mining was generally performed by contractors hired in by the executive. . The place where the opencast mined coal was loaded into rail or road vehicles for movement elsewhere was referred to as a 'disposal point' Anybody notice 68070 has it's coupling hook upside down? Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted April 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2018 They don't get much simpler than this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/5751553609/in/photolist-9Lfdvp-dcwecA-TeiCbF-9mPtm4-ooLSZ5-QFUPQG-d6WQHu-b1aKX2-dbUMGf-9Tvxji-68Snyf-oH4gBo-pKhobK-6buKTV-9sLT3D-e29RJi-dNcARZ-9sPT7o-6uGyUv-77CiB2-XTAuwg-77FZj9-WoryBc-5NuUJm-77EpfP-aiqgJu-9mSwpb-22HtmWY-9XgjqD-CYwF9m-fnuxZ5-Yj1Z8g-oZhsfr-e2xoEL-dSs9Pe-aviQyq-aq2Don-9sLSTi-p96bSf-fksW6P-aMMu7X-qnBEV9-Vne58i-scf8vP-vNUAFu-ejN7E3-eaft7P-bVCSXs-7kYX2A-prnUEY The colliery side looks good, but the ballast needs some weathering. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian@stenochs Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Hi, Dunaskin NCB shed, on the West Ayr Area Waterside system, was among the last new shed to be built to house steam locos. It has 4 roads each with a full length pit and long enough for 3 x 4 coupled pugs at a squeeze. It is still in use by the Ayrshire Railway Preservation group and apart from replacement doors is virtually as built. Ian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Anybody notice 68070 has it's coupling hook upside down? Keith Well spotted! Looks like the hook has been straightened making it unsafe to use, hence turning upside down to retain the coupling, but prevent hook use? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2018 Hi, Dunaskin NCB shed, on the West Ayr Area Waterside system, was among the last new shed to be built to house steam locos. It has 4 roads each with a full length pit and long enough for 3 x 4 coupled pugs at a squeeze. It is still in use by the Ayrshire Railway Preservation group and apart from replacement doors is virtually as built. Ian. Dunaskin Trackwork (3).jpg Looks like a boiler from a colliery loco, complete with Giesl Ejector (at left) Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Looks like a boiler from a colliery loco, complete with Giesl Ejector (at left) Keith Is that the boiler for one of the 0-6-0 big Barclays? Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian@stenochs Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Is that the boiler for one of the 0-6-0 big Barclays? Chris. Yes that is the boiler off Polkemmet No8. All of the loco was/ is in very poor condition and of use only for spares. Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I don't have any pics of NCB sheds but here are a few NCB locos from 1967/8. Backworth, Northumberland Bates Colliery, Blyth, Northumberland Crofton Pit, Blyth, Northumberland 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted April 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13, 2018 DunaskinIsn’t that a home for retired quizmasters? Coat, hat, etc... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I don't have any pics of NCB sheds but here are a few NCB locos from 1967/8. Backworth, Northumberland NCB Backworth.jpg Bates Colliery, Blyth, Northumberland NCB Bates Colliery, Blyth.jpg NCB Bates Colliery, Blyth (2).jpg Crofton Pit, Blyth, Northumberland NCB Crofton Pit, Blyth.jpg Nice!! I love that big headlight on the Bates Austerity!! Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktamarensis Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Off topic I know, but as someone not remotely familiar with the area can anyone tell me where the location of Mountain Ash engine shed was? 'Old Maps' indicate a site to the south east of Abergorki and Navigation pits - but is this the site or was it somewhere else in the Mountain Ash area I've missed? BR2975 posted on this thread an excellent b/w view of the place across an area of open ground with a large building like a chapel in the background but I still can't identify where this was in Mountain Ash. Photo's of the shed building also indicate a drastic conversion of a much earlier stone building - possibly the original engine shed or something else? Any clues anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike morley Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 In Gordon Edgar's book on Austerities there is a picture from more or less the same angle but from much closer, revealing a spectacularly overgrown and very modellable retaining wall in the foreground and showing much more detail of that big (and equally modellable) chapel in the background. The caption describes the site as the wagon shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktamarensis Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Thanks Mike, The search goes on! Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) Off topic I know, but as someone not remotely familiar with the area can anyone tell me where the location of Mountain Ash engine shed was? 'Old Maps' indicate a site to the south east of Abergorki and Navigation pits - but is this the site or was it somewhere else in the Mountain Ash area I've missed? BR2975 posted on this thread an excellent b/w view of the place across an area of open ground with a large building like a chapel in the background but I still can't identify where this was in Mountain Ash. Photo's of the shed building also indicate a drastic conversion of a much earlier stone building - possibly the original engine shed or something else? Any clues anyone? There is a map of the Mountain Ash system on P82 of 'Steam in the Coalfields' by Tom Heavyside and a distant photo of the engine shed on P85. It was, indeed, located just south of Abergorki Colliery (closed in 1967) and east of the closed B.R. (ex TVR) station. Unfortunately all my photos of the system are on slides and I haven't got round to scanning them yet! Ray. Edited December 1, 2018 by Marshall5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktamarensis Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Thanks Ray. Bingo! Found it. It was actually within the Deep Duffryn colliery area which was to the north of the two stations (GWR and Taff Vale) and the Abergorki/Nixon Navigation sites. The chapel seen in the background of the photo seen in this thread is the Capel y Ffrwd, a Welsh Baptist Chapel in Duffryn Road and the only one in the area built in this style (early Arts & Crafts). It still survives but is no longer a place of worship. The colliery closed in September 1979 and the last in the area (Penrhiwceibr) closed in October 1985. Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Currently browsing " The Last Years of Coal Mining in Yorkshire" a coffee table book full of not seen before photos by S Grudgings. Photos of pit top and underground are superb with lots of detail for modelers. To my delight S,134 aka Wheldale features strongly and at last I have resolved the question of colour whilst in storage after her final rebuild. The book came courtesy of Wakefield Libraries but a father's day copy is on it's way from Amazon. There are one or two slight inaccuracies in the text but the photos more than compensate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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