Interesting and inspiring photos from Flickr....

[Bob-65b]

21 minutes ago, Artless Bodger said:

I thought at first if was an armoured train wagon - like the Northern Ireland WW2 'cement van', photo from Wartime NI website, 

https://archives.wartimeni.com/location/co-antrim/whitehead/whitehead-railway-station/

Other photos on the site show soldiers leaping out.

 

 

 

As used at Walmington-on-sea ! No they didn't like it up em....

 

Bob

[Mol_PMB]

From the Barrowmore diagram books:

http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/BRFreight1Issue.pdf
 

Who’s going to be first to make a model of one? 

[John Isherwood]

1 minute ago, Mol_PMB said:

From the Barrowmore diagram books:

http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/BRFreight1Issue.pdf
 

Who’s going to be first to make a model of one? 

 

Not uniquely - I believe that these wagons were based on a German original.

 

Interesting that the earlier, timber constructon, peaked roof salt wagons seem to have lasted longer than their later replacements.

 

John Isherwood.

[montyburns56]

Wheldale Colliery 1982 by Auchlander

 

 

[Fat Controller]

On 23/10/2024 at 20:53, John Isherwood said:

 

Not uniquely - I believe that these wagons were based on a German original.

 

Interesting that the earlier, timber constructon, peaked roof salt wagons seem to have lasted longer than their later replacements.

 

John Isherwood.

The Germans seem quite keen on this type of wagon, but BR had a couple of types; variations on the idea were use on aggregate transport to Chichester, limestone to Montrose, colliery waste to Goole and , of course, iron ore to Consett.

[Mol_PMB]

Just now, Fat Controller said:

The Germans seem quite keen on this type of wagon, but BR had a couple of types; variations on the idea were use on aggregate transport to Chichester, limestone to Montrose, colliery waste to Goole and , of course, iron ore to Consett.

If I didn't already have too many unfinished projects I would be seriously tempted to model these salt wagons, perhaps with a custom etch. They are so distinctive and different from the norm, and not well known at all. Yet fairly local to me, it wouldn't be ridiculously far-fetched to have one turn up on the banks of the MSC.

[John Isherwood]

1 hour ago, Fat Controller said:

The Germans seem quite keen on this type of wagon, but BR had a couple of types; variations on the idea were use on aggregate transport to Chichester, limestone to Montrose, colliery waste to Goole and , of course, iron ore to Consett.

 

........ and LMS bogie ones that delivered power station coal for the Euston suburban electrics.

 

John Isherwood.

[montyburns56]

Two North West legends in one picture....

 

Red Bank Sidings 1980 by Ingy The Wingy

 

 

 

[65179]

On 23/10/2024 at 15:19, The Border Reiver said:

Here is a photo of a salt wagon I took at Northwich shed in 1967

 

 

In the same way that when you learn a new word you hear/see it everywhere, the latest edition of the Manchester Locomotive Society magazine includes a photo of 6 of these part way along a train sat at Northwich Station. It's dated 8 April 1961 and the train is apparently destined for Birkenhead docks.

 

Simon