The middle wagon is in fact a BYA and would have been built for carrying steel;
Its presence between two stone wagons mighty be explained by examining the drawgear. The hopper on the left is fitted with buckeyes and the box on the right with the conventional British buffer and hook arrangement. The BYA however is fitted with both, so it seems that its being used as a converter wagon to allow the box and the hopper to be coupled together;
I could of course be completely wrong about this!
Further up the line I spotted a lone PGA;
Its quite unusual to see a 4 wheel hopper wagon around here;
Note the repair patches.
Also spotted...
...the remains of a narrow gauge line by the roadside set in concrete.
Paul.
Some interesting photos...definitely one for the "prototype for everything" department. Also noted was that there seems to be no rust on some of the rails...or is that just limestone dust in the air? The last photo is a wonderful study in textures and detail, and the n.g. is a real bonus. I heard that Penmaenmawr have just won a big contract and Minfford too...I see that Peak Forest isn't short of work either judging by the massive piles of product. I wonder why there is such a demand for stone just now...
ReplyDeleteI did think 'prototype for everything' when I snapped these shots Iain. I always think that its a phrase used to justify all kinds of silliness, especially when it comes to narrow gauge modelling.
DeleteThe track here is kept in very good order, hardly suprising when you think of the tonnages that travel over the line! Limestone dust gets everywhere, on some of the fences near Tunstead (just down the line) there are solid deposits which must be several millimetres thick.
Finding the n.g. was a real bonus. I had heard rumours of a surviving length of track, until today I had no idea where to look. It was of course right under my nose...