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A page from Andrew Nummelin's personal web site.
Fri 7 Feb 2025

 

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In case they are useful, or just interesting, below are photos I took mostly whilst still in school. The less than good quality may be attributed to poor cameras, degradation after residing for a while in the tropics, or perhaps more accurately, the photographer's lack of skill.

The table below has small images and some photo details, clicking on a small image will lead to a tiff format version that may be downloaded. Most of the images were scanned from black and white negatives or colour slides.

Below the photos are links to scans of various notes and other things.

  comments place & date
wagon at Bettshanger wagon B44 with two end doors and cupboard side doors Bettshanger Colliery, 1964-04-25
office and works office & works building Blaenavon, 1964
loco Toto No. 6 shunting Toto No. 6 shunting Blaenavon, 1968
loco Toto No. 6 shunting, including travelling crane Toto shunting, note travelling crane Blaenavon, 1968
loco Toto No. 6 shunting Toto shunting Blaenavon, 1968
loco Toto No. 6 shunting Toto shunting Blaenavon, 1968
ex GWR brake van outside the loco shed - the ex-GWR brake van was used to take miners to work. Light grey with dark grey roof Blaenavon, 1962-09-13
washery washery Blaenavon, 1962-09-13
entrance to screens entrance to screens Blaenavon, 1962-09-13
pair of drams being hauled up to the screens pair of drams being hauled up to the screens Blaenavon, 1962-09-13
loco Nora No. 5 outside engine shed Nora No. 5 outside engine shed Blaenavon, 1968
loco Joan No. 12 Joan No. 12 Blaenavon, 1962-09-13
frames of loco No. 19 frames of loco No. 19 Blaenavon, 1968
loco No. 6 Toto dropping fire Toto dropping fire Blaenavon, 1968
loco No. 6 Toto dropping fire Toto dropping fire Blaenavon, 1968
unusual rail joint unusual rail joint Blaenavon, 1968
7p wagon 70653 7p wagon 70653
see below for details
Blaenavon, 1962-09-13
side tipping wagon 1193 side tipping wagon 1193
see below for drawing
Blaenavon, 1964
side tipping wagon 1193 side tipping wagon 1193 Blaenavon, 1964
hopper wagon 70603 hopper wagon 70603
see below for details
Blaenavon, 1964
a type of wagon end door catch a type of end door catch Blaenavon, 1968
a type of wagon end door catch a type of end door catch Blaenavon, 1968
a type of wagon end door catch a type of end door catch Blaenavon, 1968
end door from inside wagon end door from inside wagon Blaenavon, 1968
wagon buffing and coupling spring and bottom door hinges wagon buffing and coupling spring and bottom door hinges Blaenavon, 1968
inside wagon showing brake suspension inside wagon showing brake suspension Blaenavon, 1968
inside wagon showing break gear inside wagon showing break gear Blaenavon, 1968

 

Miscellaneous Items

pdf files of notes and drawings

notes on hopper wagon 70603

wagons seen at Blaenavon 1964-09-07

typeNo.tareplanks on doornotes
5 plank78556 5 smallhence 6 planks by door, unbent V hangers
6 plank467 4 
6 plank26696-14 
6 plank706205-144 
6 plank706355-134 
6 plank756015-184 
7 plank706145-174 
7 plank70653 4unbent V hangers, no diagonal strapping
7 plank706585-134 
7 plank70661 5 
7 plank706715-135 
7 plank706805-85 
7 plank70901 5 
7 plank709215-164 
7 plank75764 5 
6 plank hopper706035-114see comments above
6 plank hopper70608 4 
7 plank hopper747025-105no diagonal strapping