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Title: Marooned goods vans Post by: Reading General on October 30, 2020, 19:48:57 To the north of the relief lines just east of the Huntley and Palmers tunnel are three goods vans hidden in the undergrowth of the embankment. These should become visible again as the greenery is thinning out. I always wonder whether they are still sat on track as some rails were certainly still laying in this yard in the 90's.
Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: Oxonhutch on October 30, 2020, 20:14:38 I suspect the contents might now be a bit stale
Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: stuving on October 30, 2020, 20:23:35 I suspect the contents might now be a bit stale Well, the railways did have a reputation for losing things - sometimes permanently - or damaging them in transit. That was one reason so many customers were keen to switch to their own road vehicles. Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: AMLAG on October 30, 2020, 20:35:38 They seem to show up on google earth, the roof of the middle one looks to have caved in. They are (unless you have seen their chassis and wheels?) probably grounded van bodies, originally for storage. Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: Bmblbzzz on October 30, 2020, 20:46:59 Are you talking about this? (hope link works)
https://www.google.com/maps/search/huntley+and+palmers+reading/@51.458682,-0.9560222,58m/data=!3m1!1e3 Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: paul7575 on October 30, 2020, 21:31:57 I suspect the contents might now be a bit stale That reply takes the biscuit... ;DTitle: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: johnneyw on October 30, 2020, 22:56:48 I suspect the contents might now be a bit stale That reply takes the biscuit... ;DGroan! Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: chuffed on October 31, 2020, 07:50:02 Crumbs ! ::)
Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: Reading General on October 31, 2020, 08:03:40 Are you talking about this? (hope link works) https://www.google.com/maps/search/huntley+and+palmers+reading/@51.458682,-0.9560222,58m/data=!3m1!1e3 That's them Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: eightonedee on October 31, 2020, 10:52:55 If I recall correctly, nearby there was an abandoned Warship and a Hymek for some time after the purge of the diesel hydraulics in the early 1970s. Is it time to start an urban myth about them still being in the vegetation waiting to be discovered?
Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: grahame on October 31, 2020, 11:12:23 If I recall correctly, nearby there was an abandoned Warship and a Hymek for some time after the purge of the diesel hydraulics in the early 1970s. Is it time to start an urban myth about them still being in the vegetation waiting to be discovered? No, it's not. They were moved to Box Tunnel in the mid 70s as partial replacement for the steam engines that were mothballed there. Title: Re: Marooned goods vans Post by: Electric train on October 31, 2020, 16:30:53 If I recall correctly, nearby there was an abandoned Warship and a Hymek for some time after the purge of the diesel hydraulics in the early 1970s. Is it time to start an urban myth about them still being in the vegetation waiting to be discovered? No, it's not. They were moved to Box Tunnel in the mid 70s as partial replacement for the steam engines that were mothballed there. The Warship and Hymek belonged to a preservation group, the abandoned waggons my have been used by the preservation group as stores / workshop The area was part of Reading Gas Works This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |