An RAF depot at the end of the Great War

[MikeWilliams]

I stumbled across this picture on a military history website hmvf.co.uk and thought it worth showing here.

The date is thought to be between 1918 and 1923, but the military historians were unable to name the location, with Longmoor being ruled out but RAF camps "Harlescott near Shrewsbury" or "Longtown near Carlisle" are said to be possibilities.

"Tony" has identified the engine. "The engine is really quaint and one of nine produced by Daniel Adamson of Hyde, Manchester for Platt Brothers of Oldham (textile machinery manufacturers) sometime between 1866 and 1896. Six of these were 0-4-0 tanks, the remainder 0-6-0s. Four of the 0-4-0 locos, named OLDHAM, GREENACRES, CHADDERTON and WERNETH, were sold to the Government in 1916. One was photographed at the Ministry (ROD) locomotive dump at Tattenham Corner at the end of the war in the company of other locomotives that had been returned from France. So these locos may have seen service abroad."

The main interest is the wagons of course(!), being:
LNWR 4-plank D9. We do a kit for that.
North British 3-plank D77. We do a kit for that.
Midland 5-plank. Looks like the Slaters kit to me, but I'm sure our resident Midland expert will confirm.
Caledonian 3-plank. Nobody does a kit for that. If anyone fancies doing it I will be able to donate suitable buffers!

I think they all have brakes on one side only.

I'm not a great fan of industrial engines, but this little one is fascinating - does anyone know more about it?  Nobody would believe it if you made a model.

Mike

[blagdon]

Great picture; need a fair few wagons to shift all those barrels!
What capacity do you folks think they are?

Ian the Gauge '3' Pirate

[Spitfire2865]

Not an expert, but after the many many hours staring at a drawing for a Midland D299, that is absolutely a Midland D299.
The loco is strange. The body looks very long for an 0-4-0. Looks like itd suit a small wheeled 6 coupled or perhaos a 0-4-2. 

[Andy B]

I think it is worth giving the full URL to the thread on the hmvf site:
http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/25056-asc-or-rasc-trucks-longmoor-military-railway/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-308451, as further on there is a photo of another Adamson 'Platt' loco.
This shows the inclined cylinders, relatively long overhangs front and rear and relatively large wheels in detail.

Other people in that thread have commented on the various motor lorries and steam wagon (Foden I think, due to the straight top on the panel between cylinder & chimney) and the narrow gauge track panels stacked up.

I agree with D299 for the MR wagon.

Andy

[MikeWilliams]

Thanks Andy.

Mike