Hi, from a new boy.
I'm trying to establish the origines of a wagon. It may have been a Private Owner wagon but I was told it was of LNER/LMS origins. The only clue appears to be the legend on one of the axle boxes. It is "BLAIR CAST STEEL" I can find no clues on Google or a series of relevant books on the subject. Has anyone come across this particular manufacturer on LNER/LMS or a Private Owner manufacturer? Tony.
Mystery wagon origins.
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jwealleans
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Re: Mystery wagon origins.
Hello Tony,
A picture or description would be much more helpful. Even if you could track down that particular company, there's no guarantee you can extrapolate from them (who may only have been a component manufacturer or even a jobbing repairer) to the origin of a wagon.
A picture or description would be much more helpful. Even if you could track down that particular company, there's no guarantee you can extrapolate from them (who may only have been a component manufacturer or even a jobbing repairer) to the origin of a wagon.
Re: Mystery wagon origins.
Could be Blair Steelworks in Tow Law, County Durham- they carried out casting works in the. 1940's
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Re: Mystery wagon origins.
Agree with previous correspondents that a picture or description of the wagon would be helpful. However, the mention of Blair Steelworks at Tow Law would indicate a wagon from 1941 onwards, and probably before the nationalisation of the coal mines in 1947. The production of the steel chassis for the wagon by Blairs could enable a local private owner to complete the wagon, with the wooden plank arrangement on top, presuming that we are talking about a wooden plank wagon?
The only companies that I know that had their own wagon repair or construction capability in that area at that time, would be Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co Ltd, based out of Tudhoe Works at Spennymoor and Darlington, but which previously did have colliery connections at Tow Law, but only up to 1931. My second contender would be Pease & Partners Ltd, again of Darlington, BUT who did own a number of collieries in the Crook area, close to Tow Law, as well as a coke works at Bankfoot, Crook. Pease & Partners did have a local wagon workshop at Roddymoor Colliery or Peases' West Colliery near Crook.
Details of the former are provided in Private Owner Wagons, Vol 4 by Bill Hudson; and the latter in Private Owner Wagons, Second Collection by Keith Turton.
Happy hunting
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Greedy Boards
The only companies that I know that had their own wagon repair or construction capability in that area at that time, would be Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co Ltd, based out of Tudhoe Works at Spennymoor and Darlington, but which previously did have colliery connections at Tow Law, but only up to 1931. My second contender would be Pease & Partners Ltd, again of Darlington, BUT who did own a number of collieries in the Crook area, close to Tow Law, as well as a coke works at Bankfoot, Crook. Pease & Partners did have a local wagon workshop at Roddymoor Colliery or Peases' West Colliery near Crook.
Details of the former are provided in Private Owner Wagons, Vol 4 by Bill Hudson; and the latter in Private Owner Wagons, Second Collection by Keith Turton.
Happy hunting
Regards
Greedy Boards
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