Nice to see some pics of Thorpe Marsh. I spent a couple of years working there in the early 70's. The yellow things on the sidings automatically pulled a lever on the coal trucks & opened a door in the bottom of it to empty the coal out without the train stopping, it was slow moving though.
Posted 6 September 2008, 11:00 From gary.yates
Gordon is correct in saying that the yellow items at the side of the track do play a part in the unloading of coal, however they only activated the safety catch on the coal wagons. The doors on the wagons were opened by two coal plant APA'S using a wooden club, at the end of the unloading shed the were more that closed the wagon doors when the loco moved forward and applied the safety catches. The loco travelled at 3-4mph
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Posted 16 October 2007, 16:10 From Gordon Cameron
Nice to see some pics of Thorpe Marsh. I spent a couple of years working there in the early 70's. The yellow things on the sidings automatically pulled a lever on the coal trucks & opened a door in the bottom of it to empty the coal out without the train stopping, it was slow moving though.
Posted 6 September 2008, 11:00 From gary.yates
Gordon is correct in saying that the yellow items at the side of the track do play a part in the unloading of coal, however they only activated the safety catch on the coal wagons. The doors on the wagons were opened by two coal plant APA'S using a wooden club, at the end of the unloading shed the were more that closed the wagon doors when the loco moved forward and applied the safety catches. The loco travelled at 3-4mph
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