drduncan Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 On 17/07/2024 at 00:05, Schooner said: Oooh, hobbyhorses and boats? Larvely! Bold leap to see a sprit rig and shout "Thames Barge"! A) It was a near universal set up for inshore craft many and varied, right around the country, so the odds are not in one's favour to start with. B) It's as useful as 'tallship' as a noun or adjective... ...but yeah, I'm with Bill and reckon it's a big old mulie. Jib stay on the left, so it's no stumpy harbour/river barge, and what looks like pretty staunch stays for a big mizzen. Looking at the spars, a comparatively small high-aspect main, and a thumping great topsail. Proper coasting barge, exactly what we think of by 'Thames Barge' today and absolutely not what you'd see if watching barges on the Thames pre-War! Wagon loads: Timber timber timber! Native hardwoods out (whole or rough sawn); deals, Canadian/Baltic softwoods and even tropical hardwoods in. As per Stephen, worked wood sheeted, rough likely not. Barely a station worth modelling without a timber yard adjacent, but barely ever modelled. Of possible interest, ball clay. Distinctive, unsheeted, local enough (Dorset/N Devon via LSWR, but more likely from S Devon pits via GWR?), for the production of whiteware and/or sanitaryware ceramics. Nice for the wagon-modeller, tricky for the layout designer! I’d have found the impromptu lecture very interesting! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pete Haitch Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 (edited) On 07/07/2024 at 12:14, drduncan said: The lead wagon drawing shows a relatively small but heavily built wagon (no surprises there). (Courtesy of @Skinnylinny) Duncan Over on @BlueLightning's Oak Hill Works thread, Skinnylinny has agreed that Oak Hill Works (a Trade Member) may produce kits of this wagon from her CAD. Edited August 18 by Pete Haitch 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade Member BlueLightning Posted August 18 Trade Member Share Posted August 18 4 minutes ago, Pete Haitch said: Over on @BlueLightning's Oak Hill Works thread, Skinnylinny has agreed that Oak Hill Works (a Trade Member) may produce kits of this wagon from her CAD. Coming within the next week or so hopefully! Gary 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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