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bit of help needed : 92250 and some strange rolling stock

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  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    I have added this photo of 92250 unknown location with a strange collection of rolling stock

    Does anyone know what it is


    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/BRStandardSteam/BR-Standard-9F-2-10-0-92/9222192250-Built-1958-Crewe/9222192232/i-wWf94kp



    Neil
     
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    It looks like ex L&YR stock - possibly that used on the Liverpool Overhead Railway services which continued through to Southport. I presume that the stock is en route to a scrap merchant - but which one ? Location of image would be useful to pinpoint more accurately.
     
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    No info on back of photo other than loco number

    Neil
     
  6. Tobbes

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    Interesting, I took the window deceration on the last coach to be an LT roundel?
     
  7. neildimmer

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    Yes it does look like it now that it has been pointed out

    Thanks

    Neil
     
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    Could be a coupling adapter wagon between brake van and first coach?
     
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    LT F stock looks favourite. All withdrawn by the early 60's (all steel construction). The 9F spent most of it's short life in South Wales, so there may be a clue to where the train was heading for scrap.
     
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    Definitely LT “F” stock.
     
  11. Fred Kerr

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    I concur; my original suggestion was based on the roof-mounted vents which suggest a tunnel environment and were similar to the vents on the Class 502 / 503 trainsets. I have little knowledge of the London Transport loco-hauled stock from the 1960s so would be interested to know more.
     
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    I’m fairly certain that a lot of LT stock went to Cashmores at Newport for scrap and one of the assembly points for withdrawn stock was and still is Ruislip Depot adjacent to the GW/GC joint line. From there the route may have been Oxford -Cheltenham-Gloucester which would explain why this is not the S Wales Mainline. 92250 was allocated to Ebbw Junction in the early 60s and I remember seeing it at Old Oak and Southall.

    Perhaps someone else can confirm if any of this theory is correct
     
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    Quite a lot of LT Stock went to Cohen's, Kettering also.
     
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    I remember LU tube stock being dragged through Birmingham Snow Hill by 9F's on a couple of occasions.
    Possibly to Cashmores at Great Bridge?
     
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    That could be it. I thought Cashmores were only based at Newport
     
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    The only LT stock I noted at Cohens yard during frequent visits in the 1960s was "normal" tube stock
     
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    Not Oxford - Cheltenham - Gloucester but Swindon - Gloucester - Newport. At the time I believe that condemned locos and perhaps condemned rolling stock were not allowed through the Severn Tunnel. As a result it was a regular thing in Gloucester to see locos & stock making their last trip to S Wales.
     
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    F stock was a District/Circle/Met lines EMU, not loco hauled.
     

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