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Our Rolling
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Original Rolling Stock
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Park Waterworks Railway was scrapped around 1945-47.
Most of the wagons for carrying coal were tipper trucks as seen
in the photograph alongside a very smartly turned-out
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Present Rolling Stock
For the latest Information on "Rolling Stock" developments contact
John Morson
on 07976-257187.
Devon Coach:
We have purchased a passenger coach based on a Hudson Bogie
frame from the Devon Railway Centre, hence the 'title'. It will need a lot of
work which John Morson is directing. It will be quite a long task and John
needs lots of help - so if you want to speed up the day when the Hampton to
Kempton Waterworks Railway carries it first passengers, then this is one more
way you can help - contact John
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Here
it is loaded on Dick's trailer ready to transport to Kempton.
It needs a lot of re-furbishing of
course, so come and help John Morson on Sundays at
Kempton.
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Here it is, partly sheeted under the A316 at Kempton
and ready
to be worked-on.
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Tippers :
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The nearest we have to an original coal wagons is the mass-produced "Hudson"
Tipper, of which we have two on loan to the Society, these numbered 401 &
402.
Hudson Tippers and indeed other "Hudson" rolling stock were
mass-produced in
vast numbers for 2 ft gauge industrial railways.
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We have acquired another potentially useful tipper,
which needs
lots of TLC.; this Hudson Tipper has the
body and tipping framed
turned through 90 degrees and
welded back on to another
Hudson frame, as you can see.
This means that it 'tips' along the track - rather than
to the side.
This can be very useful in placing ballast
and constructing
embankments etc. You may be able to
spot that the wheel-base
has been extended to resist the
tendency of the vehicle toppling over
when tipping heavy
loads. The picture shows it "as received"
End Tipper:
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Watch this space to see the
progress of its refurbishment. |
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The End
tipper which will be used extensively for transporting
and delivering ballast on the Hanworth Loop.
It is
being created from a Skip donated to us by Thames Water
and the non-braked bogie from a Hudson Bogie Wagon.
First the skip had to be emptied and recovered:
Picture 1
Tipper body is recovered from the South
Field - first the water
and other debris had to be tipped out!
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Then
taken apart for extensive refurbishment...........
Picture 2
Work starts on the Tipper
by separating the body from the frame.
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...... and 'mocked-up' on the Hudson frame:
Picture 3
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See also here.
Picture 4
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End
Tipper in use tipping ballast - it
still needs the addition of a means
to control the tipping action.....
Picture 5 
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..........and here is stored ready for
further use in the
Hanworth Running Shed:
Picture 6
Note also that the internal white painting of the Shed
is progressing - giving improve 'light' inside.
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The End Tipper
on the left is now fully
painted and ready
for action.
Picture 7 |
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Along-Track Tipper
In August 2011 we acquired another potentially useful tipper,
which needs lots of TLC.; this Hudson Tipper has the
body and tipping framed turned through 90 degrees and
welded back on to another
Hudson frame, as you can see.
Watch this space to see the
progress of its refurbishment. |
This means that it 'tips' along the track - rather than
to the side.
This can be very useful in placing ballast
and constructing
embankments etc. You may be able to
spot that the wheel-base
has been extended to resist the
tendency of the vehicle toppling over when tipping heavy
loads.
The picture shows it "as received"
The tipper bucket has been
dismounted for repair when time permits
- it needs some serious TLC - Can you
help? |
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Other Hudson Vehicles :
We also have two "Hudson" bogies and a Hudson frame; the latter has had a
temporary flat deck put on it to use in the recovery of the TWI rail.
Hudson Frame with Flat deck
No. 201
A simple four-wheel trolley, or skate (see below)
has also been
created to assist with
that rail lifting.
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The two together can be seen at TWI moving two curved rails |
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We also have 4 off Hudson
Bogies from 2 Hudson wagons, No.295
& 292, which are in serious need of
renovation. This has now
commenced and the initial disassembly
of the bogie-Hudson can
be seen in the picture below.
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The parts being worked on can be seen
alongside manrider
No.292 in the picture,
which shows the Repair line just
created adjacent to the workshop under the A316.
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Manrider :
A manrider was obtained from Yaxham Light Railway and
as
you can see, it
was need of some TLC.
Picture 1
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It was intended to make it suitable for carrying railway
workers, rather
than passengers
Picture 2
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First it had to be totally dismantled (the wood-work
was
beyond recovery)
and it has received some serious attention.
Picture 3
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All the parts
were repaired, cleaned then painted painted:
Picture 4
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This is a picture of the same
wagon, No.501, which
will soon be back in action.
Picture 5
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And
now finally completed, it is almost ready for
use:
Picture 6
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Warflat
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Members have also purchased an
ex MoD "WarFlat" This is a fairly long wheel-base 4-wheeled flat truck of
quite sturdy construction and this is what it looked like after arrival.
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But after a bit of TLC, No.287 now looks much smarter:
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Light-Weight,
4-Wheeled Trolleys or 'Skates :
We have created a number of simple 4-Wheeled
trolleys or 'Skates' to transport construction tools and materials
around, while being easy to lift off the track, out of the way.
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The
first light-weight 4-wheel
trolley, or 'Skate', was created
by Dick as an easily transported
trolley to help move equipment
and rail around TWI railway as we
dismantled it, including the
movement of the lifted rail :
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This proved so
useful at TWI that we determined to create a
couple more
of these vehicles which are easy to lift on/off the
track.
Mk2, created by Jim, now moves the (very heavy!) jimcrow
around to the length of track where it is
needed:
If you didn't know, a jimcrow is used to
put bends in rail and is pictured in action on the News
page for December 2010 .
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A
third skate, shown below,
is also Jim's
creation and is used to move
wheelbarrows, typically full of
ballast. The
deck has a slot for the wheel of
the barrow to locate the barrow
and aid the tipping. Both Mks 2
& 3 have bolsters available to
assist with the transport
of lengths of rail.
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They
run very well on 'plain' track,
but due to the small wheels,
with very shallow flanges, they
need careful coaxing to pass
over facing points.
Recent (July/August
2011) re-profiling of
the flanges and modest widening
of the gauge has profoundly
improved the reliability of
these Trolleys, thanks to work
by Jim Hewett. They are proving
invaluable in the construction
phase of the Hanworth Loop
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In
the future pictures of the laying of the Hanworth Loop track I expect you
will see one or more of these
very handy skates, either
in
use, or else put to one side
after having served their
purpose -
a very useful
attribute.
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The Mk3 Skate
in use, tipping crushed concrete to
create a "trap" at the far end of
the Head Shunt / Trap Siding |
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