Morello Cherry Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 It is a line that has something for everyone and 'quirky' traffic in almost all eras. Even a small station like Conwy has tons of modelling potential, while Bangor, Llandudno Jnc, Llandudno, Holyhead and Rhyl are big stations and then you've got places like Mostyn Quay, or the branch lines off of it, all of which have tons of potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Steven B said: LWB air-braked vans were used on the Amlwch chemical traffic, usually VAA, VBA or VDA but VIX ferry vans were also seen. Used as barrier wagons. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Petroleum coke traffic: http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/three.htm Amlwch traffic: http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/one.html Sulphur & Roadstone: http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/two.html Point of Ayr: http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/ten.htm Flask Trains: http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/thirtyone.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 6 hours ago, Morello Cherry said: Excellent photos. I always thought Blaenau Ffestiniog in either pre-1946 or post-1982 form would be interesting to model but probably impossible. I am not sure how you could capture Blaenau in all its atmospheric grey and drizzly glory. I'm working on it. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 The Eastern approach to Rhyl station still has engineers' sidings in regular use and signalbox (now disused since the semaphores went about 3-4 years ago), set between two road overbridges, that could form the basis of a compact layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 40 minutes ago, BernardTPM said: The Eastern approach to Rhyl station still has engineers' sidings in regular use and signalbox (now disused since the semaphores went about 3-4 years ago), set between two road overbridges, that could form the basis of a compact layout. And if anyone wants photos I was born in Rhyl and still live there! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morello Cherry Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 23 hours ago, Merfyn Jones said: I'm working on it. Do tell more. Sounds good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 20/05/2022 at 17:23, Morello Cherry said: Do tell more. Sounds good. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 20/05/2022 at 17:23, Morello Cherry said: Do tell more. Sounds good. It is more than good I have seen it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 19/05/2022 at 11:53, Reorte said: but I vaguely recall seeing that they were used for something else when the traffic they were built for stopped. OT Wellingborough https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/branhydritehopper/e3fdee103 and some ended their days going through Hoo Junction https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/branhydritehopper/e6fd335a all along way from North Wales Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 20/05/2022 at 10:33, Nick G said: And if anyone wants photos I was born in Rhyl and still live there! you have my condolences! Don’’t forget the as required trip working to c.c.crumps wagon works in connahs quay too for a bit of wagon variety 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 1 minute ago, big jim said: you have my condolences! No comment, I was driving through Crewe recently and I think Rhyl wins... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Nick G said: No comment, I was driving through Crewe recently and I think Rhyl wins... you’ve got me there! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morello Cherry Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Merfyn Jones said: That is fantastic. I love that you've gone for the FR station in its early 1980s form with the huts and no shelter. It really captures BF. I like the wandering sheep as well. Brings back plenty of memories of waiting in the rain for EoM or the Alco on a train of red carriages. Thank you for sharing. I was looking again at the 2d53 site again and it mentions that goods traffic to BF stopped in 1984. It makes me wonder what would the traffic in and out of BF have been before then: Explosives, slate (as evidenced by the photo on the page) and it mentions coal in. Does anyone have any thoughts on what else might have been in. I assume that good traffic was worked to and from Llandudno Jnc worked by one of the locos from there and traffic was split/added to workings along the rest of the coast. Clearly it wasn't a lot of traffic as it ended in 84. http://www.2d53.co.uk/blaenauffestiniog/Goods Yard.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 On 22/05/2022 at 08:01, Morello Cherry said: That is fantastic. I love that you've gone for the FR station in its early 1980s form with the huts and no shelter. It really captures BF. I like the wandering sheep as well. Brings back plenty of memories of waiting in the rain for EoM or the Alco on a train of red carriages. Thank you for sharing. I was looking again at the 2d53 site again and it mentions that goods traffic to BF stopped in 1984. It makes me wonder what would the traffic in and out of BF have been before then: Explosives, slate (as evidenced by the photo on the page) and it mentions coal in. Does anyone have any thoughts on what else might have been in. I assume that good traffic was worked to and from Llandudno Jnc worked by one of the locos from there and traffic was split/added to workings along the rest of the coast. Clearly it wasn't a lot of traffic as it ended in 84. http://www.2d53.co.uk/blaenauffestiniog/Goods Yard.htm Slate ceased in the 1960s, the explosives didn't begin until 1980s when the Cambrian line closed to loco hauled traffic. Until the end of general goods traffic in the 70s there was just the coal and oil (Esso) traffic, which also had the flasks when they ran. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morello Cherry Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Merfyn Jones said: Slate ceased in the 1960s, the explosives didn't begin until 1980s when the Cambrian line closed to loco hauled traffic. Until the end of general goods traffic in the 70s there was just the coal and oil (Esso) traffic, which also had the flasks when they ran. Thanks. Interesting, in the 2D53 page on the goods yard, the author reckons that there is a large slate block in a wagon to be transported, do you think he is wrong in his interpretation of the load Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Morello Cherry said: Thanks. Interesting, in the 2D53 page on the goods yard, the author reckons that there is a large slate block in a wagon to be transported, do you think he is wrong in his interpretation of the load Looking at the photo, it's difficult to see what the load might be, but I would say that it, if it is slate, then the wagon is significantly overloaded. The load looks to be about 2 cubic metres, which would weigh in excess of 20 tonnes The wagon itself is a 13t Medium open, which appears to be in Departmental Service( there are Overhead Live Wire signs next to the door latches on either end) . When I've seen large pieces of stone being sent by rail, the wagons have almost invariably been 22t Plate wagons. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 5 hours ago, Fat Controller said: Looking at the photo, it's difficult to see what the load might be, but I would say that it, if it is slate, then the wagon is significantly overloaded. The load looks to be about 2 cubic metres, which would weigh in excess of 20 tonnes The wagon itself is a 13t Medium open, which appears to be in Departmental Service( there are Overhead Live Wire signs next to the door latches on either end) . When I've seen large pieces of stone being sent by rail, the wagons have almost invariably been 22t Plate wagons. I totally agree with the fat controller, about the weight, even if they could get a block that size out in one piece. I think both wagons are departmental and if I remember correctly there was an open wagon locally with a water tank and the van possibly was carrying bagged cement. A lot of work on the branch involved pointing the brickwork on the many bridges and tunnels. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLIAM Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 On 19/05/2022 at 13:16, Steven B said: The hoppers are TOPS code JGA Before using JGA wagons the Penmaenmawr - Hope Street roadstone workings used HKV wagons as pictured below (not to be confused by the similar looking but shorter HJV wagons used on the Mostyn sulphur traffic). Other traffic not mentioned yet was TTA fuel oil to Holyhead, although I assume that went as part of the Speedlink workings until they ended, and a short term flow of steel coil for export from Mostyn in 1989 (in the 90's more steel was transported through Mostyn). 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) Taken a few days agowhen was the last time a train went in here? Edited June 19, 2022 by ess1uk To add question 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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