National Coal Board
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.
Miscellaneous Items
pdf files of notes and drawings
- Loco information given by NCB Blaaenavon
- Blaenavon wagon livery - letter from J. Wilson
- Notes on Blaenavon wagons, locos, pit head 1962
- wagon labels
- drawing - notice, couplings (file 13MB)
- drawing - wagon wheel (file 18MB)
- drawing - wagon 1193 side tipper see photos above (file >200MB)
notes on hopper wagon 70603
- sloping floor - 12 lengthwise planks
- other end - strapping same inside and out
- floor crosswise planks, 6 by door, 9 to end
- planking 2¼" thick
- side door width 4'1"
- bottom doors 3'8"*2'1" - 3 planks lengthwise
wagons seen at Blaenavon 1964-09-07
type | No. | tare | planks on door | notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 plank | 78556 | 5 small | hence 6 planks by door, unbent V hangers | |
6 plank | 467 | 4 | ||
6 plank | 2669 | 6-1 | 4 | |
6 plank | 70620 | 5-14 | 4 | |
6 plank | 70635 | 5-13 | 4 | |
6 plank | 75601 | 5-18 | 4 | |
7 plank | 70614 | 5-17 | 4 | |
7 plank | 70653 | 4 | unbent V hangers, no diagonal strapping | |
7 plank | 70658 | 5-13 | 4 | |
7 plank | 70661 | 5 | ||
7 plank | 70671 | 5-13 | 5 | |
7 plank | 70680 | 5-8 | 5 | |
7 plank | 70901 | 5 | ||
7 plank | 70921 | 5-16 | 4 | |
7 plank | 75764 | 5 | ||
6 plank hopper | 70603 | 5-11 | 4 | see comments above |
6 plank hopper | 70608 | 4 | ||
7 plank hopper | 74702 | 5-10 | 5 | no diagonal strapping |