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Actually based on a Lot 2055 Chas Roberts 22T design ore wagon - Paul Bartlett has multiple photos on his site. I cannot find a prototype reference to Cadbury's using this specific wagon, but there are a couple that are similar. One variant is a 12T wagon, no ladder, lower hopper sides, four supporting struts down the side instead of two (meaning a nice even break-up of the lettering on the side), and a nice control wheel mid-frame for opening the hopper doors one presumes. If only it existed in rtr form! This wagon is being re-released by Bachmann in various liveries, but is a very old tooling now. Come on guys, let's have some inspired thinking!!
PS I think the lettering is yellow on both - it is just the flash has washed out the nearer wagon letter colour - I think - I'll go and check now.....
Still looking really nice apart from some tiny scratches on the crossbar. From placing the order in Croydon in 2000 to it arriving at my door in Scotland, six weeks.
Late 1960s Chas Roberts Cycles Track Frame - Pre Restoration
Midland Railway Centre - Swanwick - 10/09/2019
Best viewed Original size.
Chas Roberts built, unfitted, saddle-mounted 14T tank wagon numbered T LP 84 at York - c.06/1964.
Sorry I have no idea which company owned this wagon or what traffic it was used for. Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated,
Please do not share or post elsewhere without permission of the copyright holder(s).
© 2019 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned by me from the original 35mm monochrome negative.
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Four-wheeled fuel oil tank wagon 43 at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, 19th May 2018.
Best viewed Original size.
Esso 35T GLW Class B tank wagon 3555 (Chas Roberts 1959, Diag 6/002 TS027C, Lot No unknown) alongside the turntable at Swindon Works - c.1969.
© 2017 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm colour transparency; photographed by John Senior.
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Four-wheeled iron ore hopper wagon 101011 at Rocks by Rail, 18th June 2017.
ROF four-wheeled non-ventilated van 30452 at Peak Rail, 9th April 2017.
Four-wheeled tank wagon 2363 at Peak Rail, 9th April 2017.
34929 is a Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second built in 1957 by Charles Roberts & Company at Horbury Junction in Wakefield
www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=...
Steam for 50 year anniversary
Jinty steam locomotive No. 47406 will be on loan to Midsomer Norton and operating steam trains on February 27/28 and March 5/6 - the 50th anniversary weekend of the closure of the Somerset & Dorset Railway
Bespoked- Shiny, Chas Roberts
pic by Larry Hickmott at www.velouk.net
A couple of pics for your Flickr site to update the record of one of your frames now 34 years old and still giving good service
After winning European Points race title in 2009 and being the top European performer last year World Masters Championships Bronze (Points and 4th (Scratch) it has now won a Wold title (Scratch race this time) but it did follow up with Silver in the Points race a couple of days later so almost a double
One quick anecdote, before every race (heats & finals) the Whips come around to get every rider to the scrutinisers to check the bikes (weight being one of the criteria) they usually just take one look at my bike and say "Pass" but before the final one particular zealous official insisted that I get it weighed, when the scrutiniser just picked it up and says "OK" I insist he puts it on the scales. My bike comes in 1.5Kg over the minimum weight which nearly every other bike is under weight. 1.1Kg the most I ever heard of - Lee Rowe's tiny Cervelo, he had an 1/8th Chain under the saddle and more in the seat tube!
This frame was bought for me by my father Phil (Sr) in 1979 when I was 17 years old, my brother Philip had a matched pair but he has since lost it (careless boy!) It has only been re sprayed once in about 1981 when I had the forks chromed (essential in those days) and one of the rules that should be made mandatory for track bikes 'The All Track bikes should have some chrome Rule' as the dull carbon makes for a whole less visual spectacle
It has all the same equipment apart from pedals and saddle and several new chains but I did use one of my grandfathers 'Villiers' sprockets which must be 50+ years old on a relatively recent 20 year old Zipp and a hand built (by me!) aero 16 'spoked' front
It had one of its few crashes in the 'Cossavella' 20Km race that concluded the meeting and like its rider was straight back in the race with no damage
It has been brilliant!
Cheers
Colin Parkinson (2013 World Masters Champion o7ò)
PS still getting good mileage out of my Roberts Road as well
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pic by Larry Hickmott at www.velouk.net
pic by Larry Hickmott at www.velouk.net
I came across the sign in
the picture below on a ride from Grenoble that
took in the Alpe
d'Huez, Col du Lautaret and a snow shortened attempt of
the Galibier
and couldn't pass on the photo op!
