flyingsignalman Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Here's half a body that was by the main Oswestry to Welshpool road just north of the site of Pool Quay station. It was removed many years ago when the entrance to the farm(?) it was situated in was tidied up. the photo was taken about 1982. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnforth Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Mornin, Pics of B55897 B. one of 50 aluminium B boxes made for BR by Park royal, now in use as a store. Steve http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/carnforth/PICT1511.jpg http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/carnforth/PICT1512.jpg http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/carnforth/PICT1515.jpg http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/carnforth/PICT1514.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Threads are great for discussion, but for a searchable resource I'd recommend the Vintage Carriage Trust website. (Please send any new sightings there). http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8501 The cross-framed van formerly at Flockton does remind me of some Great Eastern vans, but what one would be doing there is a mystery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Here's an ex-NER one at Northallerton - it looks to be listed on the VCT database already. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 The cross-framed van formerly at Flockton does remind me of some Great Eastern vans, but what one would be doing there is a mystery. Although there are some similarities, it's not one of the old Worsdell cross-braced GE vans; the doors were cupboard style and internally braced, the roof profile isn't shallow enough, there are too many planks, it shouldn't have T ironwork on the ends, it should have iron bracing rods through the centre of the cross-timbering...ad nausium... Nice van though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Just north of Howden Station. I haven't seen many cattle wagons used as sheds. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Keep them coming! Here are a few more of mine. A Vanwide, at the side of Kebs Road (between Hebden Bridge and Burnley) Three vans in a field adjacent to a layby on the A153 again. Top pic, left appears to be ex-LNER but I have no idea about the other. Bottom pic shows the LNER van again with an ex-GWR or BR (W) van. Any ideas about the other one? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I think the right-hand one, with the vertical planking, could be one of the last-but-one versions of Banana van built by BR- the three hinges on the nearest door, and the absence of end vent would seem to suggest this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Is this a vanwide? Photographed on Tuesday, it is in a reclamation yard on the site of Exminster station. It can be seen from passing trains. The four cast iron poles for sale are apparently ex LSWR from Topsham station. Exminster 6/12/2011. cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Certainly is- the black-painted recess is one of the door handles. There were two on each door on the prototypes, and three on the production build, I believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted December 9, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2011 a couple of my i posted in the old thread. in the grounds of carrick villa, to the east of largo station on the former east of fife railway line i can't remember what it turned out to be, apart from being a demountable container of some kind. btw, haven't been up that way for a while, but i presume it's still there 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnforth Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 a couple of my i posted in the old thread. in the grounds of carrick villa, to the east of largo station on the former east of fife railway line i can't remember what it turned out to be, apart from being a demountable container of some kind. btw, haven't been up that way for a while, but i presume it's still there Mornin' It'll be a BD, side doors as well as the end door. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted December 9, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2011 thanks for that steve. btw a snippet from the railway observer, may 1976: "messrs. w.e. knappet & sons of snailwell are offering for sale the bodies of railway goods vans at '£60 each ex-works plus VAT'" i take it this would be a fairly common thing, scrappies being aware how useful they would be to farmers etc., plus it's presumably more than the value of the scrap wood! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 thanks for that steve. btw a snippet from the railway observer, may 1976: "messrs. w.e. knappet & sons of snailwell are offering for sale the bodies of railway goods vans at '£60 each ex-works plus VAT'" i take it this would be a fairly common thing, scrappies being aware how useful they would be to farmers etc., plus it's presumably more than the value of the scrap wood! There were specialist dealers around the country who would buy up bodies from the scrappies and then sell them on- the wood content would be of no interest to the scrappies themselves, who'd normally burn it in a corner of the yard. These same dealers used to buy old BR trailers, which farmers either used for stores, or fitted with a 'dolly' at the front to allow them to be hauled by a tractor. There's one such just around the corner from here which I must photograph before it rots away. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 9, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2011 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=linstead+suffolk&hl=en&ll=52.337531,1.428429&spn=0.002593,0.004823&hnear=Linstead,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=18&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=52.337531,1.428429&panoid=LZos14gGmpGXXzJzqS4DfQ&cbp=12,59.52,,0,12.31 One I pass twice a day, generally. I do have a photo of it but not with me at the moment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 The previous thread in RMweb3 was continued in this Forum as "Grounded Vans" at RMweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/1486-grounded-vans/page__hl__%2Bgrounded+%2Bvans__fromsearch__1 I have noted a groupof about 4 vans about 400yards from at minor road. I'm trying to get in touch with the farmer for permission to photograph. If successful, I'll be relying on more knowedgable folk than me to Identify them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Three topics now merged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) Sorry about starting another one, Andy. I did a search for Grounded van bodies and all I got was this message: One or all of your search keywords were below 4 characters or you searched for words which are not allowed, such as 'html', 'img', etc, please increase the length of these search keywords or choose different keywords. So being that the word van only has three characters and it's the key word to the whole thing I gave up. That's computers for you! Anyway... This photo, taken near Kirkoswald by a friend, looks to be a GWR FRUIT A if I'm not mistaken? It's had some of the side vents replaced by windows and one end cut to make doors. And on the same site, a BR meat van. This must be GVB gold, being that they only built 150 of them. One of my own, a 14ton anchor-mounted tank. Seen near Westow, Nth. Yorks. Edited December 10, 2011 by Ruston 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkins Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 There is a scrapyard just outside Bourne, that did have two grounded GUV's in blue, but I never got round to taking a picture, and a google earth view shows lines of shipping containers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) looks to be a GWR FRUIT A if I'm not mistaken? I think it is Dave, the opposed angle irons being the giveaway, but I must admit the end door made me think it was a b*stardised Mogo at first*. The meat van is as you say, just gold. * Edit - I'll sleep on it, but I think maybe the end(s) is/are Mogo - there's no trace of the twin vents of the Fruit. Edited December 10, 2011 by Pennine MC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) I thought it was a Mogo at first, due to the end door but I haven't seen pics of any with those side vents. This Mercian kit of the Fruit A does have 4 vents each side. http://www.modelrail...larger/LG11.jpg Edited December 11, 2011 by Ruston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 And on the same site, a BR meat van. This must be GVB gold, being that they only built 150 of them. Finally a prototype for all those layouts that use the Airfix meat van as a grounded body! If only it could be sent back in time to the 1930s to justify the things appearing on Big Four/1950s BR layouts! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Cheating a bit with this one as it is still on it's wheels-just. Ex GER ? at Snape Bernard 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bayford Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Cheating a bit with this one as it is still on it's wheels-just. Ex GER ? at Snape Bernard Is that the Well ventilated variant? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Some more of mine. BR 12t at the Chasewater railway Another at the same location. Ex LNER(?) van near Diggle. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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