12 ton Fruit Van at Tanfield

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drmditch

12 ton Fruit Van at Tanfield

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When visiting the Tanfield Railway on Sunday I got carried away (as I usually do when I visit there) by the range of un-restored rolling stock. This is not that there is not also some very impressive restored stock to see as well!

This particular van caught my attention. I haven't yet looked it up in Tatlow, but I can do so and have larger pictures if anyone is interested.
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Re: 12 ton Fruit Van at Tanfield

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Have consulted Mr Tatlow's 'LNER Wagons' Vol.4A.
This vehicle is to Diagram 152, and is therefore 8' wide.

I would like to visit it again and study the underframe and running gear some more.

(We'll it takes all sorts.........!)
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Re: 12 ton Fruit Van at Tanfield

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drmditch wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:27 pm I would like to visit it again and study the underframe and running gear some more.

(We'll it takes all sorts.........!)
It sure does, but I suspect everyone would be very happy to see your photos.
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Re: 12 ton Fruit Van at Tanfield

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It was newly painted when I saw it in 1975(?)
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Re: 12 ton Fruit Van at Tanfield

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Thank you.
After forty three years in the open it doesn't look too bad!

Why was it painted gray do you suppose?
Being a fitted vehicle surely the LNER colour would have been bauxite?

Perhaps this is colliery/NCB appearance?
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Re: 12 ton Fruit Van at Tanfield

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drmditch wrote: Sun Jun 24, 2018 7:39 am

Why was it painted gray do you suppose?
Being a fitted vehicle surely the LNER colour would have been bauxite?
As it and the adjacent van have some ironwork picked out in black, I suspect little more than somebody thought it looked nice, or that's the paint they had
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