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Chesterfield Wagon Works As prev reports there is little history of the Wagon Repair Ltd more commonly know as Chatsworth Wagon Works. They were part of a larger company established by Andrew Nelson in 1880. Part of the Glasgow Rolling Stock company Hurst, Nelson and Co, outside of the...

Visited here with my usual two exploring friends. We were in the area and I remember Hughie D's report on it and thought it looked quite nice. Even though it's just some old shells that remain of the old wagon works and an old small office block which is trashed to hell. But even though it is...

this is not abandoned but I though it was pretty cool Not really an explore but we saw that beacon country park in bean has a old looking rail cart in it so just we went down and had a look (: was a nice walk around the park to tbh ! History ...

This place has fascinated me from a young age, my Nine (grandmother)(granny crow) lived in a caravan on the edge of a farm for some years at Cwmystwyth in the mid 90s we would drive past the mine workings and slag heaps and i would beg to go and wander around them but was never allowed, By the...

1. The History Given just quite how extensive this place is, there is scant history about these former wagon works. Named Chatsworth Wagon Works, they were part of a larger company established by Andrew Nelson in 1880. Part of the Glasgow Rolling Stock company Hurst, Nelson and Co, outside of...

Visited with @Humpa On the whole this year has been relatively unsuccessful exploring wise, I've spent the majority of my time nosying around local stuff, with not a great deal of luck so far, but who know's what 2019 will hold for Stoke! o_O Anyway, I was chatting with @Speed a few weeks...

Another one thats been a rather long time in the making.. Metro Cammell stopped making trains in 2004 after they had finished producing the Pendolinos for the West Coast Mainline. By then the company had been taken over by GEC Alsthom (Latterly just 'Alstom Group') This French owned firm had...

1. The History Scant history about these former wagon works. Named Chatsworth Wagon Works, they were part of a larger company established by Andrew Nelson in 1880. Part of the Glasgow Rolling Stock company Hurst, Nelson and Co, outside of the company’s main works in Motherwell, Scotland there...

This is my secound report after the Hippodrome I went to Derby Carriage and Wagon Works to photography the hoppers train and the crane on the site. I found entry point and then I noticed I guy inside doing garending I waved and smiled he come over to me.I explained why I was there and let me in...

Not a lot of information can be found about this once significant wagon works, except that it closed in the early 1980's and was in existence for around one hundred years. The works were also known as Chatsworth Wagon Repairs Ltd. Chesterfield had two large wagon works, the other being...

The wagon repair shop was built in 1897 as part of the Great Central Railways London Extension, which passed through Leicester on a series of impressive viaducts and bridges. The building was situated in the large goods yards south of the city, a site which in later years became famous for being...

Wagon, formally the Edward Rose Co Ltd, closed this year due to the pressure put upon the automotive trade with the economic climate. Wagon is a huge company, and this closure was the company attempting to streamline the business in order to costcut. The works was a presshall, making parts...