Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2006 3:29:22 GMT
Hi
Maybe a bit of a strange question but how did materials for engineer's use get delivered to LU from the 1950s onwards? I am referring to ballast, rails and sleepers mainly in pre Metronet/GBRf days. Was BR involved to any extent in the traffic? I have been looking at Traffic Circulars in the LT Archive at Covent Garden as well as Met Line WTT for 12/9/60 and it has got me thinking...
I assume that ballast was sourced from a quarry and then delivered via BR to a collection point for LU- ? Lillie Bridge, Neasden or Ruislip. Was the ballast transported in LU wagons or would it arrive in BR hoppers and then be transferred to a stockpile at the relevant depot - much in the same way as the virtual quarries of today. If so I would then assume the ballast was loaded into LU wagons as required for each trip. Again I assume that the main departure points were Lillie Bridge, Neasden and Ruislip. I have read that BR were not keen on the LU 4-wheel ballast hoppers being used over their metals as they had a tendency to derail on some routes - any ideas as to which stock was used instead? Used ballast that could not be cleaned and reused (did they have a ballast cleaner then) I assume would be dumped at Croxley tip?
Sleepers- where did LU source these from and were where they delivered to and how?
Rails - I assume that these came in 60ft lengths from BSC Workington and were then welded as necessary at the depot - IIRC this was either Ruislip or Lillie Bridge. How were they transported to LU - were BR wagons used and the wagons offloaded at the LU depot? Again what happened to used rails - was there a policy of using them on sidings and lightly-used lines as on BR? Once the rail was deemed fit only for scrap - how and where did LU dispose of them. Did they send trains or wagons of scrap out from their depots to scrap merchants via BR.
Apologies for asking lots of questions as usual but I'm a nosey cow...
Any help given will be gratefully received as ever.
Maybe a bit of a strange question but how did materials for engineer's use get delivered to LU from the 1950s onwards? I am referring to ballast, rails and sleepers mainly in pre Metronet/GBRf days. Was BR involved to any extent in the traffic? I have been looking at Traffic Circulars in the LT Archive at Covent Garden as well as Met Line WTT for 12/9/60 and it has got me thinking...
I assume that ballast was sourced from a quarry and then delivered via BR to a collection point for LU- ? Lillie Bridge, Neasden or Ruislip. Was the ballast transported in LU wagons or would it arrive in BR hoppers and then be transferred to a stockpile at the relevant depot - much in the same way as the virtual quarries of today. If so I would then assume the ballast was loaded into LU wagons as required for each trip. Again I assume that the main departure points were Lillie Bridge, Neasden and Ruislip. I have read that BR were not keen on the LU 4-wheel ballast hoppers being used over their metals as they had a tendency to derail on some routes - any ideas as to which stock was used instead? Used ballast that could not be cleaned and reused (did they have a ballast cleaner then) I assume would be dumped at Croxley tip?
Sleepers- where did LU source these from and were where they delivered to and how?
Rails - I assume that these came in 60ft lengths from BSC Workington and were then welded as necessary at the depot - IIRC this was either Ruislip or Lillie Bridge. How were they transported to LU - were BR wagons used and the wagons offloaded at the LU depot? Again what happened to used rails - was there a policy of using them on sidings and lightly-used lines as on BR? Once the rail was deemed fit only for scrap - how and where did LU dispose of them. Did they send trains or wagons of scrap out from their depots to scrap merchants via BR.
Apologies for asking lots of questions as usual but I'm a nosey cow...
Any help given will be gratefully received as ever.
