Wheel Nut:
Sniffy:
A (presumed) German container park, or maybe Rotterdam or ?shows how popular the ISO tank still is
Anyone seen me tank ?
KTL Ludwigshafen, mainly BASF traffic.
It has rail, road and river links all used to full potential
Any idea who owns, and what’s in the sphere’s to the right of the photo Wheelnut?
Sniffy:
Any idea who owns, and what’s in the sphere’s to the right of the photo Wheelnut?
Hi Sniffy,
AFAIK, the spheres contain either propane or butane, but I’ve no idea who owns them.
dieseldave:
Sniffy:
Any idea who owns, and what’s in the sphere’s to the right of the photo Wheelnut?Hi Sniffy,
AFAIK, the spheres contain either propane or butane, but I’ve no idea who owns them.
They are certainly gas spheres in BASF. Here is a little map I found, the purple pear is Tor 15 at the KTL terminal. The blue cross on the yellow mark at the top is Grubers yard, Bertschi and Talke are on the same estate.
The other yellow mark with a blue cross is Tor 11 where we parked for the weekend. It was about 15 minutes to drive between the two points, it is one hell of a big factory.
That company called Bertschi must be a big concern. I know they are Swiss,from Durrenasch,and I have seen Bertschi run complete trains with their containers on,on the Gotthard line heading for Italia.
nice pic of the hoyer wagon kev
tn74 was one of our shift motors till recently 
wirralpete:
nice pic of the hoyer wagon kev
tn74 was one of our shift motors till recently
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Thanks Pete,taken at Birch Services, right on your home route eh?? Regards Kev.
kevmac47:
wirralpete:
nice pic of the hoyer wagon kev
tn74 was one of our shift motors till recently.
Thanks Pete,taken at Birch Services, right on your home route eh?? Regards Kev.
Not Hartshead moor? 
Bobtailvw:
kevmac47:
wirralpete:
nice pic of the hoyer wagon kev
tn74 was one of our shift motors till recently.
Thanks Pete,taken at Birch Services, right on your home route eh?? Regards Kev.Not Hartshead moor?
CJA1:
Think ur right “Bobtailvw” looks like H/Moor, Chris CJA1.
What a smart looking wagon
adr:
What a smart looking wagon
They ran a lot of Atkis Chris.
Here’s one tipping molten sulphur…
I got to Marchon Whitehaven one sunday morning with a load of toluene and there was one of their Atki units parked on the discharge point. 
Anyroad the keys were in it so I fired it up,built the air up but could I hell as like get the parking brake off,when I found it at side of drivers seat.I’d never driven a wagon with spring brakes before and the air wasn’t built up high enough I found out later. A E Evans were a little bit behind tackle wise. 
Hi Chris, isn’t progress a wonderfull thing, you’re never too old to learn
adr:
Hi Chris, isn’t progress a wonderfull thing, you’re never too old to learn
Evans were still running AEC MK3s in the early 70s.We used to pull on weighbridges and when the weighman asked for the reg number of the wagon you’d say “TWR 573” or summat similar and his pen would still be hovering waiting for the suffix letter.
Chris Webb:
adr:
Hi Chris, isn’t progress a wonderfull thing, you’re never too old to learn
Evans were still running AEC MK3s in the early 70s.We used to pull on weighbridges and when the weighman asked for the reg number of the wagon you’d say “TWR 573” or summat similar and his pen would still be hovering waiting for the suffix letter.
With AEC MK3s etc still about, who needed the new flashy wagons, makes you realise how we once had an Empire! 
What about the Mk 3’ Chris BEFORE spring brakes?? The big ratchet and the little red arm/flag to let you know pressure was there. The little arm always used to droop down slowly as pressure built. 
I used to go with my dad to marchon at Whitehaven in his Foden 8 legger he called the iron horse driving for Prices chemicals/Ancliffes/Glycerine. Sometime in the 70’s, I was just a nipper then.
Thanks dad I owe you so much.
Alcohols in Oldbury gone with a bang this morning. Hope no one was injured. It sounds serious.
grumpy old man:
What about the Mk 3’ Chris BEFORE spring brakes?? The big ratchet and the little red arm/flag to let you know pressure was there. The little arm always used to droop down slowly as pressure built.
Aye Brian,I can see it now,gradually appearing and showing “STOP”. So tha did if tha could.
R Rankin & Sons, anyone know what he’d have been carrying or who for?
