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  1. nicktamarensis
    Attached is a photo of E738500, a NBR Cowlairs-built 6-wheel van dating from 1921. Photo taken at Cambridge in 1952. Has anyone got the correct diagram number, number built, survivors (if any) etc for this type please? There were three types apparently, one with a 'flexible' wheelbase, another with a sliding centre axle and another with a rigid wheelbase . Many thanks, Nick. Apologies, I posted this in error first on the modelling tips
  2. nicktamarensis
    Attached is a photo of E738500, a NBR Cowlairs-built 6-wheel van dating from 1921. Photo taken at Cambridge in 1952. Has anyone got the correct diagram number, number built, survivors (if any) etc for this type please? There were three types apparently, one with a 'flexible' wheelbase, another with a sliding centre axle and another with a rigid wheelbase . Many thanks, Nick.
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    Thanks very much gents and particularly to Porcy Mane for settling the matter and providing the illuminating photo's. Nick.
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    Thanks again gents and particularly to Tony for a closer look at the buffer - definitely a square hole!
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    Many thanks gentlemen. I attach the main photo of this wagon - is it a 'Warwell' or a 'Warflat' - presumably the latter as it predates the development of the Sherman tank? In close-up of the photo the number can be read as 'FVF 45C'. The tare appears to be 8-2? Thanks again. Nick.
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    Slight amendment to the above - these were 50ton capacity wagons not 45ton. Apologies, Nick.
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    Hello, On the buffers of this vehicle photographed at Cambridge in August 1952 there are square(ish) insertions made to the crown of the buffers and also one in the buffer beam/headstock. Was this for some international requirement when these wagons were used abroad by the WD or for some other UK purpose? This particular 45ton wagon was one of a batch of 60 made by Metro Cammell in 1940/1 and coded 'WD FVF' (Fighting Vehicle Flat). Photo attached.
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    Ah, OK, thanks FC. Noted.
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    Thanks Mark, I hadn't realised this resource was available. I have had a look at this excellent site and unless I've missed the blindingly obvious (probably!), I still couldn't find what the 'P' stood for? Nick.
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    Apologies for my ignorance, but what did the 'EP' stand for? I've read somewhere that this originally indicated any movement of these wagons thus coded had to be reported to the wagon control centre of the region - how correct this may or not be I've no idea. 'EP' was the BR code for these 25T wagons which had an LNER origin as 'PV'. There were also BR 'EO', and 'EQ' Lowmac 20T types ' Many thanks in advance. Nick.
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    Hello, Does anyone know the frame size/levers which comprised this box please? Many thanks. Nick.
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    Got it! (I think) thanks to Google Earth and Old Maps. I believe the building is the surviving goods warehouse located to the south of the site of the former L&NWR Dukinfield & Ashton station on their branch to Stalybridge. The building is accessed from the intersection of Wharf Street and Railway Street and is now owned by Chartrange Ltd, a civil engineering and reclamation company. According to the owners the building, although still complete, is now in need of repair. Nick.
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    Thanks very much Mozzer. Found your Mossley suggestion on the 'Disused Station' site, but from the past and present photo's of that building there are some differences which might rule it out. All too ready to be corrected though - a lot can happen over the years................ Nick.
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    Hello, The attached photo came with post-closure views of Ashton Park Parade Station - but I don't think it is that particular goods depot as the shape doesn't look right. Could it be somewhere in the Stalybridge or Guide Bridge areas perhaps? Any help in identifying this location gratefully sought. Many thanks in advance. Nick.
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    Thanks for the tip Mark, Much appreciated. Nick
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    Hello, Can anyone suggest a good written or other source for the private railway system and the engines used? Many thanks, Nick.
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    Brilliant. Thanks Trev. Much appreciated. Nick
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    Thanks Mark. Much appreciated.
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    Thanks very much Mark. Any idea how long the workshops stayed open? Nick.
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    As an ongoing item to this topic, did the workshop facility at Ashington continue for some while after the closure of the colliery? If so, did it continue to function as an MPD and workshop support to the remaining collieries until their closure? If not, presumably the facility (if it existed as late as this) was transferred again until the closure of the last colliery at Ellington in 2005. Thanks in anticipation. Nick.
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    Ah, thanks Stuart. Spot on I reckon. Many, many thanks. Nick.
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    Thanks Ian and Trev. I should have remembered Ashington was around until 1988. Thanks too for the link - that's a useful little tool for 'then and now'. Still not sure about the exact location though of the workshops though. On Old Maps what seem to be them isn't confirmed by a clear language description. Nick.
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    Hello, Can anyone out there confirm where these were exactly? I'm assuming from a look at contemporary maps they were located in a qudrangle of buildings to the south east of the colliery on the other side of the mineral line which used to run up to New Hartley and Gloria pits. Another question - when S.D. colliery closed in 1960 I am assuming (again) that the workshops continued to operate for some years afterwards until at least the endof steam in the area. Many thanks, Nick.
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    Thanks again gents for all the info. The two photo's came to me as subjects photographed 'in the Rochdale area' hence the thread title. Nick.
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    Thank you gents. Any idea when the sidings and the southern part of the triangle were removed? Looking at Google Earth it would appear that M&S and Waitrose now occupy the sidings site with IKEA a little to the east. There appear to be no surviving parts of the factory as seen in the photo's although there are some in the eastern section of Wellington Road. Nick
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