Wroxham boasted this facility (long since out of use) for loading rail wagons in a siding to the north of the station. I believe that it has now been demolished. Grain was discharged into a hopper from a road vehicle before being lifted via a continuous bucket type elevator and allowed to drop down into the wagon below. The right hand of the two loading chutes has broken away and dropped down to reveal the outlet from the splitter. The second picture shows how the angled duct that comes back down to the bottom acted as a return for any grain that couldn't flow down into a wagon. The provision of the twin loading chutes suggests it was designed for use with the 4 wheel Grain wagons. According to the plate on the front it was constructed by J.S. Engineering (Norfolk) Ltd Norwich
PS - apologies for lack of photos - if someone can explain how to load photos, I will happily add some photos of the Grain elevator if anyone is interested
Bachmann grain wagon
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Wroxham boasted this facility (long since out of use) for loading rail wagons in a siding to the north of the station. I believe that it has now been demolished. Grain was discharged into a hopper from a road vehicle before being lifted via a continuous bucket type elevator and allowed to drop down into the wagon below. The right hand of the two loading chutes has broken away and dropped down to reveal the outlet from the splitter. The second picture shows how the angled duct that comes back down to the bottom acted as a return for any grain that couldn't flow down into a wagon. The provision of the twin loading chutes suggests it was designed for use with the 4 wheel Grain wagons. According to the plate on the front it was constructed by J.S. Engineering (Norfolk) Ltd Norwich
PS - apologies for lack of photos - if someone can explain how to load photos, I will happily add some photos of the Grain elevator if anyone is interested
Jeremy