A few new screens of chris's Foxfield route.

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:56 am

urm, yes please jimmy, i know i have quite a few at my disposal now but the more the merrier

, thanks for the info about the coal dust etc, Chris may want to use some black ground textures/transfers when i get this back to him

Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:29 pm

Hi Dan

I expect the boilers were inside the building. I don't know if loco movements happened under the screens, but having looked at the pictures of them with 8 plank wagons, I find it hard to imagine it. I believe the boiler house etc is still extant, as is the loco shed and the headgear, so jimmy can get you some good photos of them, hopefully good enough to use as textures. I am currently working on a secret fictional route involving some collieries, so i take it you wont mind me using them when I get the route back. (this route wont get in the way of other things I am doing, so dont worry. I am using it as a way of chilling out, without having to worry about the correct positions of hedges etc like I have with Foxfield.)

Chris

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:28 pm

Most collierys were built on a slope and the empties were run down using the handbrake. There was usually a horse, tractor or JCB about to push any wagon that got stuck.
The wagons were loaded from a shute which could be swung up clear to let a loco thru. Canvas sheets were hung around the sides above wagon hight to prevent dust. These make the clearance look tight in photos but usually a loco could pass thru. They rarely did tho. They blew down all the muck above them.

Triangles were common for turning end door wagons.

Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to this route.

Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:45 pm

Hi Ian

Thanks for the info ian, especially about the screens. I dont believe however that Foxfield colliery was on a slope, as a engine would always be in steam at the colliery to do the shunting, and occasionally bank the mainline trains (so to speak) up the incline.

Chris

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:30 pm

ah excellent, well in that case ill make the screens as low as i can whilst making enough room for a loco,

47522 · Post by **47522** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:48 pm

Hey dudes!

The route is looking Fantastic!

Cant waite!

Keep up the great work!

Matthew

jimmyladd · Post by **jimmyladd** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:19 am

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why does it always happen like this? I went to Caverswall Rd yesterday and it started raining, but I took some pics. However there is so much stock around the site that it was impossiable to get decent square on pics of the buildings. I then went to the first level crossing and took some pics there, and the same at the second, but when I got to Foxfield the place was locked up and is was absolutley pi**ing down with rain.I'm affraid you guys will have to wait until I am next up that way if you want Foxfield pics. P.M. me with an e-mail addy for the other pics though.
Cheers, Jim

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:10 am

b*gger lol, ah well, no probs m8 can't win em all, i expect chris will pm u his addy, as i'm only responsibe for the foxfield colliery part

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:29 am

a tiny bit further

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Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:31 pm

Hi

Looking great Dan

Chris

47522 · Post by **47522** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:13 pm

cool! Looks Wicked

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:30 pm

cheers guys,

unfortunately i realise now that those arn't smoke vents on the roof, they are in fact walkways :s lol, so i have to rebuild the roofs of the screens, not to worry : )

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:43 pm

there we go, thats better

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Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:14 pm

Wow Looking good!

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 1:38 pm

I've just sent Chris Monkton!

Check your e-mails Chris!