16t minerals

[Enterprisingwestern]

There was a full lot of 16 tonners built with tarp cleats for transporting granulated sugar. (Doors sealed with denso tape) See this post.

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/36891-16t-minerals/page-84&do=findComment&comment=1883454

 

It could be dolime, limestone, apples,  (Cider) turnips, swede, grain etc., etc., but those in the pic, stabled outside of a supplier of "foundry requisites" could be loaded with coal dust, gannister, maybe charcoal but with a greater probability of them being loaded with sea sand or moulding sand.

 

P

 

Moulding sand. ( Although in later days it could have been coal dust for use in burners, I don't know the changeover date).

Isaac (Isaiah?) and Israel Walker had a dedicated road in Tinsley marshalling yard.

Along with the sidings at the gasworks in the background, back in the day those were used as storage lines for the scrap locomotives, steam and diesel, on their way to the scrapyards north and south of Rotherham Masborough.

 

Mike.

 

Mike.

edited after clearing a couple of cobwebs out of my old brain.

Edited September 4, 2018 by Enterprisingwestern

[tomparryharry]

Romford 1981 by Timothy Saunders, on Flickr

 

Northallerton Freight by Paul Braybrook, on Flickr

 

47050 by grahamwalker007, on Flickr

 I'm very ashamed of myself. The photo of Tymawr is the landsale yard, just behind Tymawr pit. It was an everyday occurrence, to the point I just ignored it. They say you can repent at your leisure, but it won't let you go...

[Porcy Mane]

In veiw of a recent discussion on loads for 16 ton mineral wagons, I'll leave this link to one of the late John Boyes photographs here.

 

https://flic.kr/p/2b1aq3D

[Fat Controller]

In veiw of a recent discussion on loads for 16 ton mineral wagons, I'll leave this link to one of the late John Boyes photographs here.

 

https://flic.kr/p/2b1aq3D

'Tin' cans bound for Batchelor-Robinson's northern plant in Hartlepool; there, they'd be di-tinned, then compressed into cubes of steel scrap for the steel industry.

[Porcy Mane]

'Tin' cans bound for Batchelor-Robinson's northern plant in Hartlepool;

 

I knew of the southern B/R works (Seaton Tin works) next to the Seaton High Light but didn't know of a Northern works. Where was that located?

[Enterprisingwestern]

'Tin' cans bound for Batchelor-Robinson's northern plant in Hartlepool; there, they'd be di-tinned, then compressed into cubes of steel scrap for the steel industry.

 

 

I knew of the southern B/R works (Seaton Tin works) next to the Seaton High Light but didn't know of a Northern works. Where was that located?

 

Hartlepool?

 

Mike.

(HTH)

[Fat Controller]

Hartlepool?

 

Mike.

(HTH)

The southern works was in Llanelli, where monkeys may walk in safety..

[The Johnster]

But not sospans.

[Porcy Mane]

Hartlepool?

Mike.

(HTH)

 

  Now Hart-le-pool (or The Hartlepools) is a bit complicated.  The Monkey Hangers bit was once better known as Croft on Heugh that had a district called California  (Didn't Everywhere?). Croft on Heugh adjoined Throston. Throston was once once better known as Egypt. Collectively this area is known as Old Hartlepool or just plain Hartlepool.

 

Then we have West Hartlepool which is very much to the South of Old Hartlepool but just a little bit to the west. Immediately to the East of the original West Hartlepool railway station lies Old West Hartlepool! Further south towards the salt marshes there is Stranton that has Hart Dale, through which the Brink Burn flows. Even further South there is Owton Manor that is  locally known as the Fens. These areas are were the swampies abide.

 

Swampies and Monkey Hangers don't see eye to eye(1) there being a great rift between them. There were two adjacent manor farms that lay between the Monkey Hangers and the Swampies, unsurprisingly both manor farms were called Rift House. Also unsurprisingly there is an areas between Hartlepool & West Hartlepool that is called Middleton.

 

Now me being me and knowing that one of Batchelor-Robinson's de tinning plants (right in the middle of this pic) lay to the East and North East of Rift House and just a bit further East than Foggy Furze; It was at Longhill upon which lay the Hartlepool High Light which seamen should never confuse with the Low Light. As an aside the Highlight has been moved from its southerly position to a more harbourly location well to the North. Longhill is well South of West Hartlepool.

So with Batchelor-Robinson having a few plants nationwide and the Hartlepools having more points on the compass than most other areas, is it any wonder that I thought there may have been a second de-tinning plant to Hartlepools North?

 

No wonder Benny Hiil referred to the whole bl**dy lot as "British West Hartlepool"!

 

P. (Hoping your reservoir never runs dry)

 

(1) Apart from Sunday afternoons when after a bit of a Rift and on the Brink, a temporary truce would be called and they would all march of the the North of The Hartlepools to do battle with the Yackers (Coal Miners) of Blackhall & Horden in Crimdon Dene.

[Enterprisingwestern]

Apologies Paul, I lost the will to live half way through the third paragraph!

 

Mike.

With a perilously low water level.

[Porcy Mane]

Apologies Paul, I lost the will to live half way through the third paragraph!

 

... but you got as far as the reservoir.

 

North is north

 

and South is south

and the wrong one you have chose,

 

let's go where the sun keeps shining.

 

Through the Rio Amadorio there's low flow

 

and the reservoir level stays critically low.

 

 

Clipitty clop, clop clop, clop,

 

Clipitty clop, clop clop, clop.

 

 

(Hmmmm, thinks I prefer the Kipling version).

 

 

[Enterprisingwestern]

Talking of which.

What goes clip  clop  clip  clop  clip  clop

Bang Bang Bang

Clippety clopp Clippety Clop Clippety Clop

 

 

An Amish drive by shooting.

 

Mike.

 

Now back to mineral wagons before someone shouts at us.

[durham light infantry]

Talking of which.

What goes clip  clop  clip  clop  clip  clop

Bang Bang Bang

Clippety clopp Clippety Clop Clippety Clop

 

 

An Amish drive by shooting.

 

Mike.

 

Now back to mineral wagons before someone shouts at us.

  

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I love you 2. It's like Salvatore Dali and Andy Warhol did model railways. Existential surrealism with added thread drift.

[Michael Delamar]

Modelable scene

 

 

75019 Lancaster Quay Siding, 2nd August 1968. by Gricer1946, on Flickr

[Metr0Land]

Little Irchester Ironstone Sidings by Tony, on Flickr

 

BWR0487 48681 ON FREIGHT PASSING DERBY NOTTINGHAM ROAD STATION FRI 07.01.1966 by David Russon, on Flickr

 

RS0235 37087 DERBY 05.1979 by David Russon, on Flickr

[Michael Delamar]

Manual unloading.

 

https://flic.kr/p/29Egm4W

[Enterprisingwestern]

Manual unloading.

 

https://flic.kr/p/29Egm4W

 

How do you know his name and that he is Spanish?

 

Mike.

[Fat Controller]

Manual unloading.

 

https://flic.kr/p/29Egm4W

For some reason, that brought to mind the 'Derek and Clive' sketch about miners and judges.

[Southernman46]

Manual unloading.

 

https://flic.kr/p/29Egm4W

Working right where I go the flicks these days - the site is still recognisable as once being "railway" - the road overbridges are intact, etc ....... how useful would such a station be these days - right in the centre of Yeovil (Pen Mill is too far out) with an hourly 2-car shuttle to connect with the Waterloo trains at the Junction (the current bus service just isn't right) and also being able to get to Taunton without all the Qing on the A358 ...................... what an absolute waste !!

[RedgateModels]

Modelable scene

 

 

75019 Lancaster Quay Siding, 2nd August 1968. by Gricer1946, on Flickr

 

Thought it was a Chris Nevard layout for a moment

[RedgateModels]

Working right where I go the flicks these days - the site is still recognisable as once being "railway" - the road overbridges are intact, etc ....... how useful would such a station be these days - right in the centre of Yeovil (Pen Mill is too far out) with an hourly 2-car shuttle to connect with the Waterloo trains at the Junction (the current bus service just isn't right) and also being able to get to Taunton without all the Qing on the A358 ...................... what an absolute waste !!

 

Oh that lead me to a quick look on nls maps to see what you were on about Called in at the Yeovil Weathers on our way back from the Fleet Air Arm Museum back in June (staying at Beer) ONly just round the corner from Cineworld I see 

[Metr0Land]

90044 , Clowne Sidings by Phil Sangwell, on Flickr

 

D1782 Clowne South by Phil Sangwell, on Flickr

 

DH - 92012 Birkett by Derek Huntriss, on Flickr

[Michael Delamar]

Birmingham UK Industrial scene by David Hills, on Flickr

[Michael Delamar]

SUBEX 2

 

Aberdeen Electricity Works-beside Wagon Tippler by keith jones, on Flickr

[Michael Delamar]

Cut up at Woodhams.

 

https://flic.kr/p/CD7kfu