16t mineral wagon photo request
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Phill Dyson
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:scratch: I think somebody asked this question on rmweb a few months ago, so it may worth a search there ?
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Pint of Adnams
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Paul Bartlett?28ten said:
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Paul Bartlett?[/quote:1l8pngje]Pint of Adnams said:
Just about to say the same thing. Google it Guv, cracking site.
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Nick
westernfan
Western Thunderer
you would think that it would be a simple task to search the web for a colour image of the inside of a mineral wagon but no 
there were a few black and white images ,i have come up with lots of trivia about them, for example if one was to form a rake of all the steel mineral wagons built it would be 1100 miles long :shock: still i managed to come up with this image for you . From my days of roaming about Dia Woodhams scrap yard i remember them having rusty dented sides with fine coal dust on the deck with some water puddles .
there were a few black and white images ,i have come up with lots of trivia about them, for example if one was to form a rake of all the steel mineral wagons built it would be 1100 miles long :shock: still i managed to come up with this image for you . From my days of roaming about Dia Woodhams scrap yard i remember them having rusty dented sides with fine coal dust on the deck with some water puddles .Attachments
28ten
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Thank you, thats the best I have so far. It would appear that the inside was a brighter shade of rust, I guess this would be because it was constantly being abraded by the loads would have been wet most of the time.westernfan said:you would think that it would be a simple task to search the web for a colour image of the inside of a mineral wagon but no
Phill Dyson
Western Thunderer
:scratch: Those preserved ones will be a lot more rusty inside than working ones I would have thought as they will spend a lot more time stood around unused .
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Neil
Western Thunderer
I'm sure that these shots aren't as detailed as you'd really want but they give enough of an idea to be able to extrapolate paint shades at least for both well used and box fresh minerals.
http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p32431839.html
http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p34073918.html
http://neilharvey4789.fotopic.net/p22603983.html
Some more here, ex Cambrian route too.
http://andrewsphotos.fotopic.net/p47936690.html
http://andrewsphotos.fotopic.net/p47936687.html
A bit closer, but a preserved example. The way the outside has weathered on this one looks a little strange, not sure I'd trust the colouring.
http://richardjones8646.fotopic.net/p26737346.html
http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p32431839.html
http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p34073918.html
http://neilharvey4789.fotopic.net/p22603983.html
Some more here, ex Cambrian route too.
http://andrewsphotos.fotopic.net/p47936690.html
http://andrewsphotos.fotopic.net/p47936687.html
A bit closer, but a preserved example. The way the outside has weathered on this one looks a little strange, not sure I'd trust the colouring.
http://richardjones8646.fotopic.net/p26737346.html
Neil
Western Thunderer
Simon said:
What achingly nostalgic pictures of Towyn
[/quote:ac9vd7lc]Having only now checked the dates I've just realised that I'd be on holiday in Towyn when the photos were taken. The family stayed in some grim self catering flat half way between the beach and station, it was baking hot, mum was cross that she'd forgot the camera. Dad had forgot his razor, mum was cross again because he bought a pack of disposable ones and she wanted him to grow a beard. My brother would have been an annoying tw*t, he always was.
Ah happy days.