RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 I have come across these tenders - which are clearly in departmental use as some form of tank wagon - the design of which seems to anticipate the WD / BR standard tenders. The RCTS caption reads "Cl O4/1 No. 63727 (ex GCR) at Mexborough shed 16/10/60". Any observations? Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 Slurry tanks perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted November 29, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 1 minute ago, iands said: Slurry tanks perhaps? What variety of slurry had you in mind - surely not the agricultural variety? Sludge, (as in water-softening), seems unlikely - these were usually liberally decorated with white deposits. Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 I was thinking more perhaps the slurry created in the ash pits when engines have the fire dropped and then washed out. Perhaps "sludge" might have been a better description. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2019 Could they be the oil burning conversion tenders? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted November 29, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Could they be the oil burning conversion tenders? Mike. Mike, I don't think so - they have had buffers fitted at the loco end. .... and V hangers. Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) GW Oil burner tenders were standard tenders with a tank and fill pipe added. Some were top fill and others were filled through a valve just below sole bar level. These tanks seem way too big for oil burner tanks. Plus the GW oil burner experiments were done and dusted and conversions back to coal were done before BR days. These seem to be weedkiller train tenders: three linked together and filled with water used to dilute nasty chemicals which were in an old fuel tank wagon. The end tender had in later days, an old cab roof fitted, under which the operator (s) could shelter a little. Stick a brake van at each end and you have a weedkiller train. Edited November 29, 2019 by M.I.B Added more detail. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted November 29, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, M.I.B said: GW Oil burner tenders were standard tenders with a tank and fill pipe added. Some were top fill and others were filled through a valve just below sole bar level. These tanks seem way too big for oil burner tanks. Plus the GW oil burner experiments were done and dusted and conversions back to coal were done before BR days. These seem to be weedkiller train tenders: three linked together and filled with water used to dilute nasty chemicals which were in an old fuel tank wagon. The end tender had in later days, an old cab roof fitted, under which the operator (s) could shelter a little. Stick a brake van at each end and you have a weedkiller train. Now that makes a lot of sense. Regards, John Isherwood. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 Weed killing trains popped up recently: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 The underframes are Bowen Cook, ex-LNWR, if that means anything. The tanks aren't. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted December 1, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2019 The tanks got made, if at all, at time the weedkiller train was put together. I have seen photos of one weedkiller train where the coal bunker was left empty and the tenders were just using their original water tanks to dilute the chemicals which were stored in a seperate tank wagon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 16 hours ago, M.I.B said: The tanks got made, if at all, at time the weedkiller train was put together. I have seen photos of one weedkiller train where the coal bunker was left empty and the tenders were just using their original water tanks to dilute the chemicals which were stored in a seperate tank wagon. I think that's how the Southern one worked : three pairs of tenders coupled face-to-face with the mixing an' spraying in/from a modified parcels van with end windows ( I don't think it was Pull & Push fitted tho'.). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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