Report - Carriages - Staffs Oct 18

[Bikin Glynn]

A bit more backlog I thought Id share

I managed to drag my young lad out on this one which makes a change as exploring dosent come with a screen attached so hes not really that interested any more (any of you with teenage children will laugh anyway)
Everyone loves trains & this is a really easy explore so we had a butchers, Im assuming these are surplus from the nearby heritage railway as they are a real mix bag of rolling stock.
Either way they are now marooned on their own small stretch of line slowly decaying!

apologies a bit pic heavy this one

 

[HughieD]

Some lovely rail-porn there mate. Good work...

 

[tomba]

I wonder what that steamer is...

 

[raisinwing]

Nice, looks like there was some interesting stuff there when you visited. The oil tanker is a nice bit of local history.

 

[westernsultan]

Nice, looks like there was some interesting stuff there when you visited. The oil tanker is a nice bit of local history.

William Walker & Sons, Hanley, used to deliver oil derived from coal. Their century oil works was served from the extensive sidings between Hanley and Waterloo Road Stations on the Loop Line. However I believe this tank wagon to be a 4-wheel former Esso oil tanker that was restored in 2007 and painted in the colours of the local Oil firm. Listed as currently stored at Leek Brook (ESSO 2305).

 

[tomba]

Steamer mystery solved. That boiler is from 8F 48173, the bottom end of which is being restored at the Churnett Valley Railway.

 

[westernsultan]

Steamer mystery solved. That boiler is from 8F 48173, the bottom end of which is being restored at the Churnett Valley Railway.

I agree

 

[cumbalili]

Hello, where is this because I would also love to take my teenager out.

 

[tomba]

Hello, where is this because I would also love to take my teenager out.

In mid 2017 the railway stored stock at these three locations; Lat/Long:

53.018217 -1.961130
53.015670 -1.958461
53.062814 -2.025999

 

[Down and beyond]

Never new you was into trains , Great work mate !