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And this is???
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:21 pm
by CVR1865
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:40 pm
by Flamingo
The caption came up when I clicked on the image. It said its an LNER railcar, picture taken at Fort William August 1934. Image reference given as from Fox Photos/Getty Images # 3138118
They probably may have other LNER photos?
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:13 pm
by Bullhead
Flamingo wrote:The caption came up when I clicked on the image. It said its an LNER railcar, picture taken at Fort William August 1934.
I wonder what service it was being (presumably) trialled on - Fort William to Banavie Pier, perhaps, or the Fort Augustus branch?
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:43 pm
by silver fox
Found this also, note the url
Jamd
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:37 pm
by CVR1865
Those are some brilliant images.
I am left wondering what they washed in the LNER laundry.
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:06 pm
by silver fox
Uniforms, table cloths from dining carrages to name some items.
There was one in York, but it's long since gone
Map it's about the location of that nice curved bit in the middle of the view
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:45 pm
by hq1hitchin
Somewhere in the back of my dull brain I recall reading somewhere that the LNER ordered a Karrier road railer lorry for the p-way, similar to the rather more elegant coach version the LMS used for that hotel to the Welcomlbe(?) Hotel. Could this is be it?
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:47 am
by Bill Bedford
CVR1865 wrote:Those are some brilliant images.
I am left wondering what they washed in the LNER laundry.
The LNER ran hotels and North Sea Ferries, both of which required their laundry washing. The GC had their laundry at New Holland and had dedicated vans to move the linen around the country.
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:07 pm
by hq1hitchin
What a splendid lil vehicle - wonder why the only compartment was a First
???
York laundry
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:41 pm
by 52D
Hey silver fox do you think they washed antimacassars as well ( i hope i have spelled it correctly). it used to be a pub quiz question what is an antimacassar. No doubt you lot out there will correct the spelling if incorrect.
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:35 am
by silver fox
yep spelt correctly
Wikki
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:44 pm
by 60041
Next to the closed ECML station at Christon Bank is a large semi derilect wooden building that used to be the Christon Bank Steam Laundry. It closed sometime around the start of WW2. It was apparently set-up to provide employment during the depression. Baskets of laundry were brought up by train from the various railway owned hotels on Tyneside, and also from the hotels in Seahouses via the North Sunderland Railway.