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  1. When Stoke Gifford downside closed October 1971 the Margam section was worked to Swindon Cocklebury via Gloucester to join the Ebbw Vale section , in the reverse the split was on the Transfer . Hot box detectors were ignored for these trains as the hot coils set them off
  2. They were lancashire flats which was a flat container with headboard
  3. Apologies getting trunk and connection mixed on steeliner , remember Stoke Gifford shunters getting instruction on the liner wagons on the air brakes which were individual and not in fixed sets . Thats a good shot of a Pantyffynnon 68
  4. The Park Royal originally ran to South Lambeth , coveying strip steel for Dagenham and Luton/ Dunstable
  5. 4F63 1005 Park Royal to Margam freightliner as in WTT above. There was a Pengam to Bell Port and return on the Uskmouth branch for traffic to be forwarded by services from Pengam class 37 worked
  6. There was the steel liner from Margam to Park Royal with a portion from Ebbw Vale which joined at Stoke Gifford due to weight at around midnight returned lunchtime all empty Lancashire flats ,train split STJ .
  7. The vans on the right would be stored , either going back into traffic or condemed , the siding on the left handled full loads , in September of that year there was fertiliser from ICI Severn Beach which was possibly what the vans in shot were carrying
  8. Cant imagine " on the cushions " and IEP go together , better off finding something to sit on in the van . Of course lots on here won't understand what i've just said
  9. By north of Glendon North box i meant further down the line to Market Harborough and Wigston South where the lines were paired by directon . I cant read the milepost with the peak in shot , which would give the exact location . For some reason for a line i'm not familiar with East Langton comes to mind ,
  10. Definitley north of Glendon North Junction box
  11. Dont know about the 1950's . In the 60's when Kingmoor Yard was being built Kingmoor had austerity's to work in stone for the construction from Sandside quarry located on the line from Hincaster Junction south of Oxenholme , banked to Grayrigg and Shap . Most workings were through express freights fitted wagons by this time apart from and to locations on the line , look at various photos by Derek Cross showing a continuous stream of northbound freights in the morning ascending Shap a majority black fives with the odd 9F and other suitable locos . Coalvilles opened Hardendale Quarry to serve the Craig , theres lots of phots this traffic , lime , in 16t mins before more advanced rolling stock was available . Also traffic from Shap Summit quarry and coming in on the Keswick line at Penrith worked by other than black fives
  12. Chipping Sodbury tunnel doesn't flood its the line after its west portal that gets flooded , ever since it was built
  13. J1582 should that be an UP freight , a crippled tippler run hot , and lots of van traffic
  14. I have no clue about models sorry if you look up herring , dogfish etc loads of info will turn up
  15. They dont look like Dogfish plus would they be over the axle weight , are they Herrings ? Woolworths would have had a van once a week probaly more in the summer as did Seaton
  16. Did any Fawley to Bromford Bridge trains run via Acton ? The original routing was Salisbury Bath Bristol chord and Gloucester 9F hauled , then DN&S Oxford to Worcester 2 X 33 hauled locos used on crew training runs to Hereford , then Basingstoke Oxford Banbury , then taken over by pipeline
  17. Originated Banbury Ironstone Branch the junction of the sidings and exstensive system of the Oxfordshire Ironstone Company were located , most likely going to Lloyds at Bilston West via reversal at Priestfield / Stow Heath
  18. The SR had a lot of fitted stock but they were ex traffic dept , they use to get ballast from New Frome via the light railway to Somerset Quarry sidings , Whatley to modern folk , loaded in medfits and hyfits in the early 70's that even seemed archaic at that time , along with other trains of Whales (not very successful ) Walrus and Dogfish mixed
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