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I am working on a simulation of Sledmere & Fimber station on the North Eastern Railway (Malton & Driffield Branch) in the Trainz 2009 rail simulator.The dominant feature of the station was a large grain warehouse built by the NER and leased to various corn merchants over the years and in 1924 it produced Barley, Wheat, Oats, Hay and Clover.
My question is - in the 1940 - 1958 (closure of the line) period what type of rail wagons would these products typically be sent out in? It didn't have any chutes on the rail side so they would have been loaded at platform level.
Thanks in advance.

That link leads to grain hoppers, which while an interesting prototype don't really fit here. I'm not familiar wit this station, but if there were no chutes then everything must have been sent bagged - which means any van would be appropriate and possibly (though less likely by the 1940s) sheeted open wagons as well.

Yes if you scroll down they are all there.

PinzaC55 wrote:I am working on a simulation of Sledmere & Fimber station on the North Eastern Railway (Malton & Driffield Branch) in the Trainz 2009 rail simulator.The dominant feature of the station was a large grain warehouse built by the NER and leased to various corn merchants over the years and in 1924 it produced Barley, Wheat, Oats, Hay and Clover.
My question is - in the 1940 - 1958 (closure of the line) period what type of rail wagons would these products typically be sent out in? It didn't have any chutes on the rail side so they would have been loaded at platform level.
Thanks in advance.

If there were no chutes for loading hoppers the products would have been bagged and transported in standard vans.

Thanks guys, it look as though the grain being bagged and put into sheeted open wagons is the most likely solution.The problem is that shots of trains at the station are few and far between.
Apparently when the line closed in 1958 the warehouse was still very busy and the lessee offered to buy it.British Rail demanded that he buy the whole site including the station and the level crossing gatehouse.He couldn't afford it and so the warehouse closed in 1958 and fell derelict.Here's a view looking north to Malton.

PinzaC55 wrote:Thanks guys, it look as though the grain being bagged and put into sheeted open wagons is the most likely solution.

Vans are much more likely, dampness and grain don't really agree very much.

Grain merchants in N Yorks and E Yorks were still using proper grain sacks with LNER printed on them in 1987. They were centrally held by a group (can't remember name) then taken out to individual farms when required.

Interesting...I have seen LNER grain sacks turn up regularly at the Malton Railwayana Auction and wondered how they managed to survive! I guess it is true what they say about Yorkshiremen being careful with their money?