K801 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Is this still in use or close to scrapping? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riversuir226 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 It's out if use for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 There is one almost identical to that in Northwall yard too stored next to the retired ballast hoppers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 15 hours ago, Railer said: There is one almost identical to that in Northwall yard too stored next to the retired ballast hoppers. I don't think there's a Lowmac on the North Wall. There's a converted 42' flat wagon with a crane on the end though ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shrives Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 The lowmac has modern axleboxes and a modern style handbrake wheel just to add to fun of modelling.. nodoubt experts can say but I wonder if it was an import job. Great finds still to be had Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 It's first cousin is this - https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brlowmacwv Since they'd have had to push the sideframes out for gauge reasons, the top deck and supporting steel fins would have gone outward too, making it a BR pattern, but CIE-ized to suit. In departmental use for perway and I've only seen 645A, 650A, & 651A, but there might be more. Last inspection date I've seen is 1993, but they were knocking around until 2006, as captured by Mr Gordon Hawkins. A Priestman Crawler was it's guest load on that occasion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 8 hours ago, Glenderg said: I don't think there's a Lowmac on the North Wall. There's a converted 42' flat wagon with a crane on the end though ? Right you are Rich, but I could have sworn I got a pic of it right there from the now closed upstairs Odeon Costa across the road from the yard about 2 years back. Trawling though my collection...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Definitely an interesting oddity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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