RMweb Premium pete_mcfarlane Posted June 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 19, 2017 That looks LSWR - not sure which diagram as they came in wood and steel underframe versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 spotted on my way to the Yorkshire wartime Experience nnear East Brierley 8-7-2018 (2) by Sam, on Flickr 8-7-2018 (1) by Sam, on Flickr https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7522268,-1.7091487,138m/data=!3m1!1e3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted July 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2017 Don't know if its been mentioned on here but there is quite an early GE van on the lineside at the south end of Reedham swing bridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 spotted on my way to the Yorkshire wartime Experience nnear East Brierley 8-7-2018 (2) by Sam, on Flickr 8-7-2018 (1) by Sam, on Flickr https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7522268,-1.7091487,138m/data=!3m1!1e3 ex-LNER wartime/immediately post war build, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Here's another one at Dungeness It's actually in someones front garden. Edited September 18, 2017 by Unicorn1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2017 Here's another one at Dungeness It's actually in someones front garden. Van.jpg That's a BR Vanwide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2017 On saturday from the top deck of a bus when passing through Lympsham I glimpsed a grounded van body in a farm yard. Moments later I saw what looked like a van body, but with timber planking painted and in good order and a new chimney through the roof, if I did not know better it looked like a new build, does anyone manufacture a 'shepherds' hut in the style of a van body? edit - I think it is here https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2860152,-2.9609199,3a,75y,182.9h,81.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syDDbtu9OMWSfY-lmbWlA5A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Here is a closer view, taken when I passed by yesterday IMG_6171 a.jpg Lympsham 20/6/2017 cheers Nice to see one getting some TLC and being useful instead of just rotting away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 I recently heard a story from someone, who I would regard as reliable and usually well-informed, that someone had come across what appeared to be a railway horse box in a farm in South Wales. Having taken a tape measure back to it he realised that it was broad gauge. When he spoke to the farmer he said 'Oh there's several more old railway wagons like that around the place', but they were in much poorer condition. The well made roof of the horse box seemed to have preserved that a bit better. Has anyone else heard that story? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2017 I recently heard a story from someone, who I would regard as reliable and usually well-informed, that someone had come across what appeared to be a railway horse box in a farm in South Wales. Having taken a tape measure back to it he realised that it was broad gauge. When he spoke to the farmer he said 'Oh there's several more old railway wagons like that around the place', but they were in much poorer condition. The well made roof of the horse box seemed to have preserved that a bit better. Has anyone else heard that story? Well, I do know of a horsebox body in reasonably decent condition in mid-Wales - but that is of LMS origin. Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2017 I recently heard a story from someone, who I would regard as reliable and usually well-informed, that someone had come across what appeared to be a railway horse box in a farm in South Wales. Having taken a tape measure back to it he realised that it was broad gauge. When he spoke to the farmer he said 'Oh there's several more old railway wagons like that around the place', but they were in much poorer condition. The well made roof of the horse box seemed to have preserved that a bit better. Has anyone else heard that story? Well, I do know of a horsebox body in reasonably decent condition in mid-Wales - but that is of LMS origin. Regards, John Isherwood. Theres nothing on the Vintage Carriages Trust site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 Theres nothing on the Vintage Carriages Trust site. The LMS horsebox is / was very remote, and I've not been in a position to check that it's still there for about ten years. Typing Bronant into Google Earth (UK) will bring up the area in question. I saw the horsebox during a walk, from north to south, along the north / south road indicated on the attached plan. The body was on my left side - ie. the east side of the road. My recollection is that it was in a field, immediately behind a fairly substantial hedge / row of trees, and near some sharp bends in the road - quite possibly near the centre of the red rectangle. I will not have the opportunity to revisit the area, but if anyone is sufficiently interested it should be detectable - assuming that it's not been removed / demolished. Regards, John Isherwood. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradyblue Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Grounded van body residing in the beer garden of The Three Horse Shoes pub near Barry, South Wales. 24/09/17 Edited September 25, 2017 by bradyblue 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Grounded van body residing in the beer garden of The Three Horse Shoes pub near Barry, South Wales. 24/09/17 Someone's gone to a lot of effort re-timbering that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesndbs Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Hope of interest 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ruston Posted October 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2017 Hope of interest That reminds me very much of a place in Norfolk, where there are maybe a dozen van bodies in a field full of pigs. I passed it a few times when down that way for work but never had the time to stop and take any photos. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) That reminds me very much of a place in Norfolk, where there are maybe a dozen van bodies in a field full of pigs. I passed it a few times when down that way for work but never had the time to stop and take any photos. Just east of Thetford by any chance? If so, they're still there and occupied. Edited October 24, 2017 by Osgood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike morley Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 A Mink A (I think) seen today at a farm on the edge of Eversholt, a village near the M1 motorway, close to the borders of Bucks and Beds. The direction and low angle of the sun doesnt help make it apparent that, considering its age, it is in surprisingly good condition. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 OK - I know this isn't a grounded van, and I can't find a 'grounded carriage' thread, but this may be of interest to followers of this topic. This grounded body is just one of many dwellings at Dungeness in Kent made from old railway carriages. Most have been 'extended' but can still be identified by the curve of the original roof structure. This one - opposite the Britannia pub - is still very recognisable. I think its proximity to the road has preserved this aspect. Because of the areas status as an SSSI nothing can be added or taken away, hence the survival of these structures as fisherman's homes. However with Dungeness becoming increasingly popular with tourists, many of these old houses are now second homes or holiday lets. Les 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) OK - I know this isn't a grounded van, and I can't find a 'grounded carriage' thread, but this may be of interest to followers of this topic. This grounded body is just one of many dwellings at Dungeness in Kent made from old railway carriages. Most have been 'extended' but can still be identified by the curve of the original roof structure. This one - opposite the Britannia pub - is still very recognisable. I think its proximity to the road has preserved this aspect. Coach web.jpg Because of the areas status as an SSSI nothing can be added or taken away, hence the survival of these structures as fisherman's homes. However with Dungeness becoming increasingly popular with tourists, many of these old houses are now second homes or holiday lets. Les If you know the OS grid reference you should be able to identify it on the Vintage Carriages Trust website, they maintain a database of most such structures. Jamie Edited July 8, 2018 by jamie92208 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/117631-grounded-rolling-stock/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted July 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2018 OK - I know this isn't a grounded van, and I can't find a 'grounded carriage' thread, but this may be of interest to followers of this topic. This grounded body is just one of many dwellings at Dungeness in Kent made from old railway carriages. Most have been 'extended' but can still be identified by the curve of the original roof structure. This one - opposite the Britannia pub - is still very recognisable. I think its proximity to the road has preserved this aspect. Coach web.jpg Because of the areas status as an SSSI nothing can be added or taken away, hence the survival of these structures as fisherman's homes. However with Dungeness becoming increasingly popular with tourists, many of these old houses are now second homes or holiday lets. Les Judging by the deep arc of the roof, possibly a bogie scenery / elephant / aeroplane van originally? Judging by the length, possibly two? John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/117631-grounded-rolling-stock/ Ah, didn't search for that. Thanks, Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) A quick search of the VCT database turned this up. One of 20-30 vehicles at Dungeness Beach. Vehicles given to railway workers for accommodation after Dungeness line closed. Locals state this vehicle was 'Queen Victoria's Pullman'. Another vehicle at the beach also reported as being 'Pullman' I think it's the same vehicle. Jamie Edited July 9, 2018 by jamie92208 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ruston Posted July 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2018 It has been a while since I added any photos to this thread but I have discovered some more on my hard drive. A couple of vans found round and about The Tanhill Inn in the winter of 2011. Standard BR 12-tonner, near Emley, West Yorks. circa 2010. This coach is seen here in a field near Burton Salmon, which I'm sure used to be a cricket field and the coach the pavilion when I first saw it in the 1980s. I took this photo in 2009, so it may not even exist now. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ruston Posted July 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2018 This one is a rarity. It is a War Department brake van, based on an LSWR design. Found in May 2009 on an allotment in Horbury, West Yorkshire. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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