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SECR "Dance Hall" Brake Vans.

Discussion in 'Heritage Rolling Stock' started by cct man, Jul 19, 2009.

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  1. 6S1001

    6S1001 New Member

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    Can't say for certain if the no. will be there........we have found nos on frames before but in the meantime it's our best bet :)
     
    6S1001, Feb 5, 2010
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    Greetings from Sweden! New to this forum and came across this thread while exploring. Visited Prestongrange last time I was back in Scotland atthe end of last year, and posted pictures of some of their wagons on my blog on Railnuts: http://sweden.railnuts.com/2009/11/11/wooden-private-owner-wagons-etc/

    I suspect the plan is to run brakevan rides, I know that one of their pugs, Barclay No.6 is in an advanced stage of restoration at Boness, I also remember the early days of the site when No.6 was used as the, er, carriage (for want of a better word) behind another pug for rides around the site.

    It would be great to see the railway up and running again at this site. Like many small groups in our hobby, the railway group are facing many challenges, not least of which is that their workshop, located in the old pithead baths, has been declared too dangerous to enter due to the state of the roof ... Even when not running the site is well worth a visit if you are in the Edinburgh area.
     
    Drcassiar, Mar 18, 2010
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  3. yec2521

    yec2521 New Member

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    west coast railways had a mainline registered one about 10 years ago. they used it as a support coach for an 8f hauled mainline engineers freight train to celebrate the finishing of engineering on the settle and carlisle.
     
    yec2521, Aug 13, 2010
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  4. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

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    Wasn't that an SR Bogie Brake as opposed to one of the vans as seen in the RH side of this photo
     
    Martin Perry, Aug 13, 2010
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  5. cct man

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    No, that is definately a "Dance Hall".

    Regards
    Chris
     
    cct man, Aug 13, 2010
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  6. Martin Perry

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    The SR Bogie Brake on the S&C Ballast turn can be seen in the photo on this website
     
    Martin Perry, Aug 13, 2010
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    yeah sorry my mistake. for someone who's dad worked on the southern region i really should know dance halls from queen mary's. sorry y'all
     
    yec2521, Aug 14, 2010
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  8. pmh_74

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    Looking back through this thread, regarding the mystery KESR van... is it a 12" solebar or 15" solebar example? That would pin the date down a bit, at least.
     
    pmh_74, Aug 16, 2010
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  9. river1950

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    Hi,
    Just found this and loved the various comments.
    Anybody get any further tracking down the various vans. And, a couple of the links are broken - probably cos of that foto site falling down the failed business line - anybody keep those pics?
    Just to maintain the excitement, is there a Bachmann model or not?
    R
     
    river1950, Apr 25, 2011
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    Whitwell now owns the stock from wymondham station.
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    Fully restored. New doors and some panels and a new coat of paint.
     
    dman-lewis, Apr 25, 2011
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