General Photo Thread

[Parky]

a few photos of megatron that never got made into a report when me and my dad went and almost got stopped by the river trust tour some of my proudest shots

still need to get megatron photos finished but lately been suffering with something called CBA (can't be arsed) but heres a preview

 

[tigger]

Slate snapograph

 

[mookster]

Was doing a work thing about half a mile from the ruined old Environment Agency lab in Reading so took a little wander over there, didn't expect much at all but getting out on a workday always makes a nice break from the grind.

 

[JaxT85]

The original of this was popular but disappeared somewhere, so here's the new place for those explore related shots that will never make it into a thread. Show us what you've got you talented animals

 

[JaxT85]

 

[DE-eVOLVED]

Watching the Fireworks at Southend from out at Sea ... 2022

 

[tigger]

Rarely include myself in photos but I hadn't got the ranging poles with me

Reel to reel tape deck after years of neglect

Yet another winch

 

[westernsultan]

Industrial diesel shunters in storage at Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway in 2009

 

[HughieD]

A few odds and sods from my Summer trip to the Bay of Naples...

 

[urbanchemist]

The other surviving hydraulic lift in Goole - COAL WAGON HOIST, ADJOINING RAILWAY APPROACH AND CONTROL BOXES, Goole - 1160288 | Historic England.
Could only climb to the first stage without being spotted since it’s inside the port and there were forklifts buzzing around.
The jiggers may be in casings on the outsides of the two main vertical columns - definitely pressure flanges on the water pipes though.

 

[Xan_Asmodi]

The other surviving hydraulic lift in Goole - COAL WAGON HOIST, ADJOINING RAILWAY APPROACH AND CONTROL BOXES, Goole - 1160288 | Historic England.
Could only climb to the first stage without being spotted since it’s inside the port and there were forklifts buzzing around.
The jiggers may be in casings on the outsides of the two main vertical columns - definitely pressure flanges on the water pipes though.

Looks good, man! Didn't know this existed, so thanks for bringing it to my attention!

 

[DE-eVOLVED]

Chappel, ESSEX - 2022

 

[westernsultan]

The other surviving hydraulic lift in Goole - COAL WAGON HOIST, ADJOINING RAILWAY APPROACH AND CONTROL BOXES, Goole - 1160288 | Historic England.
Could only climb to the first stage without being spotted since it’s inside the port and there were forklifts buzzing around.
The jiggers may be in casings on the outsides of the two main vertical columns - definitely pressure flanges on the water pipes though.

Coal Wagon Hoist, Goole Docks, East Yorkshire, 1906.
Grade ll listed.
Constructed by Tannett Walker & Co of Leeds for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
The approach viaduct was built by Dransfield & Co. In 2004, Listed Building Consent was granted for the demolition of five of the brick arches which formed the viaduct, leaving only the easternmost in-situ.
Last used on 7 December 1978 to load the MV Per Knut with 46 wagons of coal from Grimethorpe Colliery.

It originally had an inclined viaduct comprising six segmental arches, carrying standard gauge railway lines inclined at contrasting angles. This once extended to the east abutment of the Bridge Street rail bridge (dismantled). Loaded coal wagons were first propelled towards the hoist up the northern track by locomotives, then hauled individually using hydraulic capstans and rope, to the level of the hoist lifting cradle. At the head of the incline there was a turntable, used for aligning wagons to a particular orientation. Beyond the turntable there was a length of horizontal track where loaded wagons were held before tipping; the north and south tracks converged at a set of points between the holding track and the hoist. An iron or steel cradle, carrying a single rail, was used to raise and lower wagons in a shaft within the centre of the tower. At the required height a cable and pulley system tilted the cradle and the loaded wagon on end. The force of gravity discharged the coal into an iron chute and down to a vessel moored alongside. Empty wagons were hoisted back onto the south track of the viaduct where they ran back using gravity, on an incline which began immediately west of the points.​

 

[westernsultan]

non public part - Jurby transport museum in 2015

 

[Lenston]