Bulk Grain wagon
lordspen
operated in and what did BRT stand for.
Brian Williams
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"lordspen" <psys...@cableinet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me which era the 35T Bulk grain wagon model by Bachmann
> operated in and what did BRT stand for.
>
They were in common use in the east of the UK from the mid/late '60's until
the mid-'80's.
BRT were a leasing and rental company (British Railway Traffic and
Electrical?) later absorbed into Procor. Some were air-braked and labelled
'Grainflow', ending their days on limestone traffic from Hindlow and alumina
traffic from North Blyth
Brian
Jim Guthrie
<bhwil...@spamstop.letra.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Brian,
>> Can anyone tell me which era the 35T Bulk grain wagon model by Bachmann
>> operated in and what did BRT stand for.
>>
>They were in common use in the east of the UK from the mid/late '60's until
>the mid-'80's.
They were operating in the 50's. I remember them being used to
deliver grain to the local distillery at Dumbarton when I worked there
in my school holidays.
Jim.
John Isherwood
I think that you're mixing-up the BR standard grain hoppers with what
we knew in the 60's & 70's as 'whiskey wagons', and which I think are
the subject of the original enquiry. These were a more modern wagon,
dating from the late sixties, and the majority were originally painted
blue with large placard advertising various brands of whiskey.
John Isherwood.
In article <4gke0t8v5atp2q77l...@4ax.com>,
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Before you buy.
Paul Harrison
wagons refurbished and painted into Grainflow livery had BSC Friction
Pedestal suspension fitted as per the Lima model of the same wagon.
Unfortunately, Lima retained the advert board on the side of the wagons -
this can be rectified though by removing the board and applying new
Grainflow transfers from Cambridge Custom Transfers
Cheers Paul
lordspen
> Thanks for the info. I just had the feeling that I remembered some of
> these wagons on goods trains on the Settle and Carlisle during the mid
> sixties and wanted to include them on my layout.
John Nuttall
Was that the one where the security was provided by a flock of geese? Can't
recall the name at the moment.
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John
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Jim Guthrie
<jo...@jwnuttall.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
John,
>Was that the one where the security was provided by a flock of geese? Can't
>recall the name at the moment.
Yes :-) The distillery is Hiram Walkers and the main blends of
whisky produced are George Ballantines, Ambassador and Old Smuggler.
The geese were actually stationed at their bonded warehouse site at
Dumbuck to the east of the town and were very successful at deterring
burglars, etc. They also became part of their advertising campaigns
many years ago, which must have been part-successful since you
remember them (but not the whisky) :-)
And John Isherwood is correct - I was remembering the smaller BR
standard grain wagon - I forgot about the other, larger variety.
Jim.