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− | + | |image = Rudd Ballast Wagons.jpg | |
+ | |caption = Train of Rudd Ballast Wagons in use by the Permanent Way Department at Highley | ||
+ | |construc = See table | ||
+ | |status = Operational | ||
+ | |wagno = See table | ||
+ | |othernos = See table | ||
+ | |designed = | ||
+ | |diagram = See table | ||
+ | |lot = See table | ||
+ | |wagtype = 4-wheel steel open | ||
+ | |capacity = 21 tons | ||
+ | |telcode = RUDD | ||
+ | |topscode = ZBA | ||
+ | |brakes = Air braked | ||
+ | |built = See table | ||
+ | |years1 = 2007 | ||
+ | |events1 = Arrived on SVR on loan | ||
+ | |years2 = 2015 | ||
+ | |events2 = Acquired by SVR(H) | ||
+ | |years3 = | ||
+ | |events3 = | ||
+ | }}The SVR's '''RUDD ballast wagons''' were originally built in the 1950s as 21-ton coal hopper wagons and converted into their present form in the 1980s. Fifteen wagons arrived on the SVR on loan following the 2007 storm damage and have remained in use by the P-Way department since. | ||
− | The | + | ==RUDD ballast wagons== |
+ | The original 21-ton coal hoppers were a BR development of an earlier LNER design. All but one of the fifteen later to arrive at the SVR were originally built to Diagram 1/146, of which all the Lots had a welded body with bottom discharge doors, vacuum brakes and a standard 20-ton hand lever brake. The exception, built to Diagram 1/149, had roller bearings and self-contained buffers with 100 out of the 1,000 also being vacuum through-piped.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]] pp. 53, App. 2, 4.</ref> The original [[TOPS code]] for the vacuum-fitted hopper wagons was '''HTV'''. They were used in revenue-earning service.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Larkin Vol 3 (2013)]] p22.</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | A surplus of such revenue-earning hopper wagons in the early 1980s led to their withdrawal. This coincided with a requirement for 'new' civil engineers ballast and spoil wagons to replace the elderly Grampus open wagons and second-hand 16-ton minerals wagons then in use. A programme was therefore put in hand to convert more than 2,000 such wagons into CLAM, RUDD and TOPE wagons.<ref name=LTSV>LTSV.com (wagon class information)</ref> | ||
− | Following the storm damage of 2007, the SVR acquired 15 | + | The RUDD variant involved the replacing the existing hopper body by a new box body with three drop-side doors per side, and also fitting air brakes in place of the existing vacuum brakes. 800 of these were converted by Marcroft Engineering of Stoke and C C Crump of Connah’s Quay (400 each) to design ZB001A. The RUDD, which has a 21 ton capacity, was particularly long-lasting with more than 200 still in use at the start of 2008.<ref name=LTSV/> The TOPS code for the converted RUDD is '''ZBA'''. |
+ | |||
+ | ==Acquisition and use by the SVR== | ||
+ | Following the [[2007 Storm Damage|storm damage of 2007]], the SVR acquired 15 RUDD Ballast Wagons on loan from EWS (now DB Schenker). Details of the 14 remaining wagons are as follows: | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
− | !Number !! Originally built !! Originally built by!! Original number !! Rebuilt !! Wagon Survey !! Notes | + | !Number !! Originally built !! Originally built by!! Original Diagram & Lot No!! Original number !! Rebuilt !! Wagon Survey !! Notes |
− | |||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972299 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 ||B 432033|| 1990 Marcroft|| [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11648 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972345|| 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 ||B 432343 || 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11649 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972349 || 1957 || BRCW ||1/146, 3030 ||B 423279|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9671 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972359 || 1956 || Cravens Railway C&W Co, Sheffield || 1/146, 2933 || B 420479|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9672 Link]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972378 || 1956 || Cravens Railway C&W Co, Sheffield || 1/146, 2933 ||B 420561|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11650 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972407 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 || B 432604|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11651 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972416 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 ||B 432511 || 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9673 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972467 || 1955 || BR Shildon ||1/146, 2713 || B 416448 || 1990 Crump || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=14803 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972469 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 || B 433453|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11652 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972513 || 1956 || Metro Cammell || 1/146, 2935 ||B 421521 || 1991 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9674 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972548 || 1957 || Head Wrightson ||1/146, 3033 || B 425624|| 1991 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11653 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB | + | | DB 972655 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157|| B 431469 || 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=14804 Link]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB 972688 || 1957 || BRCW || B 423151 || 1990 || [http://www.ws. | + | | DB 972688 || 1957 || BRCW || 1/146, 3030 ||B 423151 || 1990 Crump || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11302 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | DB 972724 || 1957 || Head Wrightson || B 426121 || 1991 || [http://www.ws. | + | | DB 972724 || 1957 || Head Wrightson || 1/146, 3034 ||B 426121 || 1991 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11655 Link] || |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | The wagons arrived in 2007 filled with ballast<ref name=SVR166>SVR News 166, ''Track Topics'', Roger Ford</ref> and were used extensively during the repair project. They were then put into use for other purposes, including moving ballast, waste ash and similar materials. | ||
+ | |||
+ | At the end of 2008 the P-Way department were notified that the wagons were required in Cardiff at short notice. Seven were collected from various locations at Bridgnorth, Highley and the Tenbury siding. After being emptied, they were moved to Kidderminster and re-united with the other eight which were parked on carriage siding CS1. However they were then moved back to Bridgnorth for use in a New Year's Eve log collection train,<ref name=SVR166/> after which they returned to their regular duties. | ||
+ | |||
+ | During 2012 the mechanical maintenance exam procedure for the SVR’s wagons was reviewed and updated in the light of past experience; the reasons including "''the variations in some GWR wagon handbrake ratchets, and the peculiarities of the Rudd wagons on long-term loan''". All 15 Rudds were examined and some minor repairs carried out.<ref>SVR News 180, ''Wagon Repair Notes'', Steve Peplow</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | In 2015 an SVR NBI announced ''DB Schenker contacted the SVR this year to inform us that the wagons were available for purchase, and following negotiation I can announce that they have been bought for a competitive price. I would like to thank two individuals who have provided finances to assist with the cost of purchase''.<ref>SVR NBI</ref> Having become SVR property, the following summer all fifteen RUDDs underwent air brake reservoir internal inspections and working exams, for insurance purposes and at the same time all the wagon identification numbers were repainted on the wagon sides by sign writer Clive Hyett, making identification of the individual wagons easier<ref>SVR News 197, ''Kidderminster Carriage Works Notes'', Hugh McQuade and Nigel Hanson</ref>. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left"> | ||
+ | Rudd_Wagons_Highley_20150426.jpg| RUDDs 972513 (nearest) and 972724 carrying ballast at Highley, April 2015. | ||
+ | Rudd_20160731.jpg | One of the numbers repainted in 2016 | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==RUDD Wagon formerly resident on the SVR== | ||
+ | DB 972677, the 'one-off' ex-Diagram 1/149 example, was [[Wagons formerly resident on the SVR|sold]] and moved to the Telford Steam Railway in November 2023<ref>[https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/new-rollingstock.html Telford Steam Railway] (Retrieved 1 June 2024)</ref>. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:BR_972548_20150406.jpg | 972548 | File:BR_972548_20150406.jpg | 972548 | ||
File:BR_972655_20150307.jpg | 972655 | File:BR_972655_20150307.jpg | 972655 | ||
− | File:BR_972677_20150426.jpg | 972677 | + | File:BR_972677_20150426.jpg | 972677 (sold) |
File:BR_972688_20150426.jpg | 972688 | File:BR_972688_20150426.jpg | 972688 | ||
File:BR_972724_20150426.jpg | 972724 | File:BR_972724_20150426.jpg | 972724 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
− | == | + | ==See also== |
− | + | [[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] | |
− | + | ||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | <references/> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | [http://www.ltsv.com/downloads/w_profile_045.pdf LTSV Wagon information] | + | *[http://www.ltsv.com/downloads/w_profile_045.pdf LTSV Wagon information] |
− | + | [[Category:Featured articles]] | |
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Latest revision as of 10:23, 1 June 2024
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | |
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Train of Rudd Ballast Wagons in use by the Permanent Way Department at Highley | |
Built By | See table |
Status | Operational |
Number | See table |
Other Numbers | See table |
History | |
Built | See table |
Diagram | See table |
Lot | See table |
Type | 4-wheel steel open |
Capacity | 21 tons |
Telegraphic code | RUDD |
TOPS code | ZBA |
Brakes | Air braked |
2007 | Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway on loan |
2015 | Acquired by SVRSevern Valley Railway(H) |
RUDD ballast wagons
The original 21-ton coal hoppers were a BRBritish Rail or British Railways development of an earlier LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway design. All but one of the fifteen later to arrive at the SVRSevern Valley Railway were originally built to Diagram 1/146, of which all the Lots had a welded body with bottom discharge doors, vacuum brakes and a standard 20-ton hand lever brake. The exception, built to Diagram 1/149, had roller bearings and self-contained buffers with 100 out of the 1,000 also being vacuum through-piped.[1] The original TOPS code for the vacuum-fitted hopper wagons was HTV. They were used in revenue-earning service.[2]
A surplus of such revenue-earning hopper wagons in the early 1980s led to their withdrawal. This coincided with a requirement for 'new' civil engineers ballast and spoil wagons to replace the elderly Grampus open wagons and second-hand 16-ton minerals wagons then in use. A programme was therefore put in hand to convert more than 2,000 such wagons into CLAM, RUDD and TOPE wagons.[3]
The RUDD variant involved the replacing the existing hopper body by a new box body with three drop-side doors per side, and also fitting air brakes in place of the existing vacuum brakes. 800 of these were converted by Marcroft Engineering of Stoke and C C Crump of Connah’s Quay (400 each) to design ZB001A. The RUDD, which has a 21 ton capacity, was particularly long-lasting with more than 200 still in use at the start of 2008.[3] The TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. code for the converted RUDD is ZBA.
Acquisition and use by the SVRSevern Valley Railway
Following the storm damage of 2007, the SVRSevern Valley Railway acquired 15 RUDD Ballast Wagons on loan from EWSEnglish, Welsh & Scottish Railway, a rail freight company (now DB Schenker). Details of the 14 remaining wagons are as follows:
Number | Originally built | Originally built by | Original Diagram & Lot No | Original number | Rebuilt | Wagon Survey | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DB 972299 | 1958 | Pressed Steel | 1/146, 3157 | B 432033 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972345 | 1958 | Pressed Steel | 1/146, 3157 | B 432343 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972349 | 1957 | BRCWBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company | 1/146, 3030 | B 423279 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972359 | 1956 | Cravens Railway C&WCarriage & Wagon Co, Sheffield | 1/146, 2933 | B 420479 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972378 | 1956 | Cravens Railway C&WCarriage & Wagon Co, Sheffield | 1/146, 2933 | B 420561 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972407 | 1958 | Pressed Steel | 1/146, 3157 | B 432604 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972416 | 1958 | Pressed Steel | 1/146, 3157 | B 432511 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972467 | 1955 | BRBritish Rail or British Railways Shildon | 1/146, 2713 | B 416448 | 1990 Crump | Link | |
DB 972469 | 1958 | Pressed Steel | 1/146, 3157 | B 433453 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972513 | 1956 | Metro Cammell | 1/146, 2935 | B 421521 | 1991 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972548 | 1957 | Head Wrightson | 1/146, 3033 | B 425624 | 1991 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972655 | 1958 | Pressed Steel | 1/146, 3157 | B 431469 | 1990 Marcroft | Link | |
DB 972688 | 1957 | BRCWBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company | 1/146, 3030 | B 423151 | 1990 Crump | Link | |
DB 972724 | 1957 | Head Wrightson | 1/146, 3034 | B 426121 | 1991 Marcroft | Link |
The wagons arrived in 2007 filled with ballast[4] and were used extensively during the repair project. They were then put into use for other purposes, including moving ballast, waste ash and similar materials.
At the end of 2008 the P-Way department were notified that the wagons were required in Cardiff at short notice. Seven were collected from various locations at Bridgnorth, Highley and the Tenbury siding. After being emptied, they were moved to Kidderminster and re-united with the other eight which were parked on carriage siding CS1. However they were then moved back to Bridgnorth for use in a New Year's Eve log collection train,[4] after which they returned to their regular duties.
During 2012 the mechanical maintenance exam procedure for the SVRSevern Valley Railway’s wagons was reviewed and updated in the light of past experience; the reasons including "the variations in some GWRGreat Western Railway wagon handbrake ratchets, and the peculiarities of the Rudd wagons on long-term loan". All 15 Rudds were examined and some minor repairs carried out.[5]
In 2015 an SVRSevern Valley Railway NBINotice Board Issue. The SVR's on-line method of circulating information to working members. announced DB Schenker contacted the SVRSevern Valley Railway this year to inform us that the wagons were available for purchase, and following negotiation I can announce that they have been bought for a competitive price. I would like to thank two individuals who have provided finances to assist with the cost of purchase.[6] Having become SVRSevern Valley Railway property, the following summer all fifteen RUDDs underwent air brake reservoir internal inspections and working exams, for insurance purposes and at the same time all the wagon identification numbers were repainted on the wagon sides by sign writer Clive Hyett, making identification of the individual wagons easier[7].
RUDD Wagon formerly resident on the SVRSevern Valley Railway
DB 972677, the 'one-off' ex-Diagram 1/149 example, was sold and moved to the Telford Steam RailwayTelford Horsehay Steam Trust Limited, a Charitable heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford with proposals for running heritage trains into the Ironbridge Gorge and onto the former GWR Severn Valley branch. in November 2023[8].
Gallery
See also
References
- ↑ Rowland (1996) pp. 53, App. 2, 4.
- ↑ Larkin Vol 3 (2013) p22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LTSV.com (wagon class information)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway News 166, Track Topics, Roger Ford
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 180, Wagon Repair Notes, Steve Peplow
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway NBINotice Board Issue. The SVR's on-line method of circulating information to working members.
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 197, Kidderminster Carriage Works Notes, Hugh McQuade and Nigel Hanson
- ↑ Telford Steam Railway (Retrieved 1 June 2024)