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as at 1st November 1999 |
For details of locomotives and passenger train vehicles - see the locomotive and passenger rolling stock page.
Works Vehicles:-
No.22. All steel body bogie dropside wagon. No.24. 4 wheel wooden bodied dropside open wagon. No.25. 4 wheel wooden bodied dropside wagon. No.26. 4 wheel steel bodied dropside wagon. No.27. 4 wheel locomotive re-fuelling wagon. No.28. 4 wheel wooden bodied flat wagon. No.29. 4 wheel Hudson chassis. No.30. 4 wheel braked mess or tool van. No.31. Bogie well wagon. No.32. Machine transporter wagon. No.33. 4 wheel skip wagon. No.34. 4 wheel skip wagon. No.35. 4 wheel skip wagon. No.36. 4 wheel skip wagon. No.37. 4 wheel chassis. No.38. 4 wheel chassis. No.39. Bogie compressor wagon. No.40. Bogie hydraulic tipping wagon. No.41. Bogie hydraulic tipping wagon. No.42. Bogie tipping wagon. No.43. Bogie tipping wagon. No.44. Bogie tipping wagon. No.45. Bogie tipping wagon. No.46. Bogie flat wagon. No.47. Bogie flat wagon. No.48. Bogie flat wagon. No.49. Bogie flat wagon. No.50. Bogie flat wagon. No.51. 4-wheel weed-killer wagon. Nos.52 to 56. 4-wheel, ex-military wagons, with various open bodies.
No.57. British military brake van.
Nos.58 & 59. All steel, bogie dropside wagons.
Built by Hudson. Formerly operating at R.A.F. Fauld. Bought by the Festiniog Railway from whom it
was purchased by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society in 1981. Chassis batch number 97004
of 1955.
Dimensions: Length = 22 ft (6706 mm); width = 5 ft (1524 mm); height = 3 ft 9 in (1143
mm); wheel diameter = 11 in (280 mm); bogie wheelbase = 2 ft 3 in (686 in); distance between bogie
centres = 13 ft 5 in (4090 mm).
Built by Hudson. Fitted with hand brake. Formerly operating at R.A.F. Fauld. Bought by the Festiniog
Railway from whom it was later purchased by the Durham Narrow Gauge Group in 1981. This wagon remains
in its original condition.
Dimensions: Length = 11 ft (3353 mm); width = 5 ft 4 in (1626 mm); height = 3 ft 8
in (1118 mm); wheel diameter = 12 in (305 mm); wheelbase = 2 ft 11 in (889 mm).
Fitted with end-chute wagon for distributing ballast. Originally built by Hudson, with the same
history and dimensions as number 24 above. Conversion carried out at Alston in 1989. Owned by South
Tynedale Railway Preservation Society.
Originally built by Hudson with the same history and dimensions as number 24 above. Conversion carried
out at Alston in 1985, using materials from Hudson bogie wagons used to build coaches Nos. 1 to
3. Owned by Durham Narrow Gauge Group.
Originally a wooden bodied, open dropside wagon built by Hudson and fitted with a hand brake. Previously
operating at R.A.F. Fauld, it was purchased by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society,
from Geesons of Ripley, Derbyshire in 1984. Converted at Alston in 1984, to carry a 500 gallon rectangular
tank for diesel oil. Fitted with hand pumping equipment. Original dimensions are the same as for
number 24 above.
Current dimensions: Length = 11 ft (3353 mm); width = 4 ft (1219 ft); height = 5 ft
9 in (1753 mm).
Originally built by Hudson, with the same history and original dimensions as number 27 above, but
purchased by the Durham Narrow Gauge Group. At Alston, it was first converted to carry a mobile
compressor in 1985, and then into a flat wagon in 1988.
Originally a wooden-bodied, dropside wagon built by Hudson, with the same history and original dimensions
as number 27 above, but purchased by the Durham Narrow Gauge Group.
Current dimensions: Length = 9 ft (2743 mm); width = 4 ft 11 in (1499 mm); height
= 2 ft 1 in (635 mm).
Originally awooden-bodied, dropside wagon built by Hudson, with the same history and original dimensions
as number 27 above. Rebuilt at Alston in 1988, with a fully enclosed wooden body, gas ring and internal
hand brake. The vehicle is air-piped and was used primarily on works trains operating during the
construction of the between Gilderdale and Kirkhaugh.
Current Dimensions: Length = 11 ft 3 in (3429 mm); width = 6 ft 2 in (1880 mm); height
= 9 ft 3 in (2819 mm).
Originally operated by Tyne Tees Tunnelling. Purchased by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation
Society, from Nettlesworth Mine in 1984. Carried on two 4-wheel bogies.
Dimensions: Length = 26 ft (7925 mm); width = 3 ft (914 mm); height = 2 ft 4½
in (724 mm); wheel diameter = 1 ft 2 in (356 mm); bogie wheelbase = 2 ft (610 mm); distance between
bogie centres = 20 ft 3 in (6172 mm).
Originally a bogie well wagon with the same history and original dimensions as number 31 above.
Modified at Alston in 1985, to carry large items of equipment within the loading gauge of the line,
for example, the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society JCB.
Dimensions: Width = 6 ft 10 in (2083 mm).
Built by Hudson and purchased by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society in 1982, from Crossley's
Brickworks at Hurworth, Darlington, in County Durham. Original fleet number 20.
Dimensions: Length = 6 ft 7 in (1930 mm); width = 5 ft (1524 mm); height = 3 ft 3
in (991 mm); wheel diameter = 11 in (280 mm); wheelbase = 1 ft 10 in (559 mm).
Identical to number 33 above, Crossley fleet number 30.
Identical to number 33 above, Crossley fleet number 46.
Identical to number 33 above, Crossley fleet number 53.
The chassis of a former mine car, built by Karl-H Muhlhauser, Feldbahnfabrik, Michelstadt/Odw.,
Germany. Purchased by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society in 1982, from Tyne Tees Tunnelling.
Used with number 38, as a pair, for carrying lengths of rail.
Dimensions: Length = 12 ft (3658 mm); width = 4 ft (1219 mm); height = 1 ft 6 in (457
mm); wheel diameter = 11 in (280 mm); wheelbase = 4 ft (1219 mm).
Identical to number 37 above.
Converted from a side-tipping wagon, carried on two 4 wheel bogies, built by Vincenzo Valente s.p.a.,
Milan, Italy. Originally used by Tyne Tees Tunnelling. Purchased by the Durham Narrow Gauge Group
in 1988, from Weardale Minerals. On arrival, the tipping body was removed and the chassis modified
to carry the mobile compressor, previously carried on wagon number 27.
Dimensions: Length = 11ft 7 in (3531 mm); width = 3 ft 10 in (1168 mm); height = 4
ft 10 in (1473 mm); wheel diameter = 10 in (254 mm); bogie wheelbase = 1 ft 2 in (356 mm); distance
between bogie centres = 5 ft 4 in (1626 mm).
Side-tipping wagon, carried on two 4-wheel bogies, built by Vincenzo Valente s.p.a., Milan, Italy.
Originally used by Tyne Tees Tunnelling. Purchased by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society
in 1988, from Weardale Minerals. Hydraulic ram fitted enabling ballast to be tipped in controlled
amounts to the left of the track.
Dimensions: Length = 11ft 7 in (3531 mm); width = 4 ft (1219 mm); height = 5 ft (1524
mm); wheel diameter = 10 in (254 mm); bogie wheelbase = 1 ft 2 in (356 mm); distance between bogie
centres = 5 ft 4 in (1626 mm).
Identical to number 40 above, but tipping to the right.
Identical to number 40 above, but without hydraulic ram.
Identical to number 42 above.
Identical to number 42 above.
Identical to number 42 above.
Built by Hudson for transporting heavy track parts at Vickers Tank Factory, Barnbow, Leeds. Purchased
by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society in 1988.
Dimensions: Length = 15ft 6 in (4724 mm); width = 3 ft 11 in (1194 mm); height = 2
ft 2 in (660 mm); wheel diameter = 11 in (280 mm); bogie wheelbase = 2 ft 3 in (689 mm); distance
between bogie centres = 7 ft 3 in (2210 mm).
Identical to number 46 above.
Identical to number 46 above.
Identical to number 46 above.
Identical to number 46 above.
Constructed at Alston in 1990 from second-hand parts. Fitted with a petrol-engined pump and end
sprays to deliver the correct quantities of weedkiller to the track. Used in conjunction with the
Permanent Way Trolley as a weed-killing train.
Dimensions: Length = 7ft 4 in (2235 mm); width = 4 ft 2 in (1270 mm); height = 1 ft
8 in (508 mm); weight = 11 cwt (560 kg) empty, 15 cwt (763 kg) full; wheel diameter = 1 ft 4 in
(406 mm); bogie wheelbase = 3 ft 1 in (940 mm).
These are similar to wagon No.22 but with larger wheels.
For details of locomotives and passenger train vehicles - see the locomotive
and passenger rolling stock page.
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SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY
The Railway Station, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3JB.
Tel. 01434 381696. Talking timetable tel. 01434 382828.
Registered Charity No. 514939.
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This page was last updated on 10th November 2000.
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