Pictures of PW Dept staff

[Sulzer201]

I came across a couple of pics which may be of interest, source: Barry, M. ' Tales Of The Permanent Way ' Andalus, Dublin, 2009.

 

[Garfield]

Great photos! The tamper(?) in the bottom picture looks interesting... I wonder if there's any more photos of it out there somewhere?

[heirflick]

Great photos! The tamper(?) in the bottom picture looks interesting... I wonder if there's any more photos of it out there somewhere?

 

she has lovely lines to her pat, unlike the box shape the modern stuff has! the first tamper - you see something new everyday! great pics sulzer

[minister_for_hardship]

What's the little Wanderly Wagon/tramcar-like thing top right?

 

They even managed to make tampers good looking back then, rather than variations on a brick shape.

Edited February 5, 2013 by minister_for_hardship

[kevrail]

Permanent way work at Downpatrick yard, before line reached the Home Junction and Cabin, 1907

 

 

 

[Mayner]

The Wanderly Wagon looking thing is a fairly typical 1950s style Matista tamper http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Stefcomatic

 

Although probably posed its quite a scary shot as the men working around the tamper would have have had little warning of an approaching train, tampers are damn noisey things.

[heirflick]

The Wanderly Wagon looking thing is a fairly typical 1950s style Matista tamper http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Stefcomatic

 

Although probably posed its quite a scary shot as the men working around the tamper would have have had little warning of an approaching train, tampers are damn noisey things.

 

ffair play to you john, i thought it was a crew coach of some sort!

[Garfield]

she has lovely lines to her pat, unlike the box shape the modern stuff has...

 

Found a good image of an identical one in the UK: http://www.hondawanderer.com/DX74108_Rolvenden_1991.htm

 

A nice-looking machine, alright!