Prototype SRPS Wagons

[Intercity126]

The SRPS at Bo'ness has quite an extensive collection of wagons: SRPS Museum Collection Wagons page

Over the years I have taken photos of individual vehicles which I may be of interest to some of you. First up, two William Briggs 14 ton tank wagons


14 ton Tank Wagon, Briggs No.17.

Info from SRPS Museum Collections pages:

Built 1927, Charles Roberts, Wakefield.
SRPS Core Collection, William Briggs & Sons Ltd., black.
Steel frames, longitudinal tank support saddle, tank heating coils



14 ton Tank Wagon, Briggs No.20

Info from SRPS Museum Collections pages:

Built 1918 by Hurst Nelson, Motherwell.
SRPS Core Collection, Briggs Dundee, black.
Steel frames, tank heating coils.

 

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13 ton Conflat A Wagon, British Railways No.B507115

Info from SRPS Museum Collections pages:

Built 1958, Pressed Steel.
Diagram 1/069, Lot 3153. Acquired 2006, from A. Goodman.

 

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Built 1958, Teesside Bridge & Engineering, Diagram 1/108.
SRPS Core Collection, BR bauxite livery.

Vacuum-braked 'MINFIT' 8 shoe clasp tread brakes, oil axleboxes and self contained buffers. Photos taken in 2010

SRPS Museum page for B555710

 

[AJC]

Thank you so much for sharing these, Andrew, they're really useful (and very nicely restored, of course). I hadn't realised that there were any Minfits in preservation (albeit rebodied and clearly passing through the hands of the engineers - hence the plated over holes on the sides, but presumably not the lack of floor!) so that's a very pleasant revelation.

Adam

 

[Intercity126]

No problem, Adam - I was sorting through my photos and thought they might be of interest. The SRPS collection is quite extensive and the Museum have been careful to obtain a good selection. It's not just about locomotives.... ;-)

I occasionally stop to record a wagon of particular interest to me. There will be more to come as and when I have time to sort through my collection.

 

[Tony Overton]

Thank you for sharing your SRPS photos. I understand they had (may still have) a GNR open wagon. Did you photograph that by any chance?

 

[AJC]

Thank you for sharing your SRPS photos. I understand they had (may still have) a GNR open wagon. Did you photograph that by any chance?

Here: Great Northern Railway Open Wagon 51026

Adam

 

[Tony Overton]

That's the one. I'm looking for other photos of it if possible.

 

[Intercity126]

Hi Tony, I don't have any close up photos of the GN wagon, but assuming it is still in the SRE2 Museum hall I will try to get some photos when I am next in Scotland. I usually work in the adjacent museum hall. I am in Bo'ness for a work week in early August and will try to get some photos then.

[Edit] A small corner of the wagon sneaked into a photo I took last summer, so it's still in the SRE2 building.

 

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BR 13 ton steel sided High Goods Wagon No.E315913
British Railways, built 1949 at Shildon to the LNER design.

When new it was provided with a hinged tarpaulin support bar for sheeted loads. Vacuum brakes from new.

Former Rosyth Dockyard No.15.

SRPS Museum Collection page for this wagon

 

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Great Northern Railway 8 ton 4-plank Open Wagon No.512026​

Built c.1880. SRPS Core Collection, on display, GNR red.

Grease axle boxes, no automatic brake and a handbrake on one side only. Acquired from the Royal Navy internal system at Bandeath.

Photos taken in Scottish Railway Museum in August 2022 (hope they are of use @Tony Overton )

SRPS Museum page for this vehicle