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Details of Lloyds of London building, always on the lookout for another interesting composition of this iconic building
Home of insurance. All services lifts, pipework, ducts etc on outside.
I was going to upload a slightly tighter image, but I like the street scene in this image gives context.
Nikkor 24 mm tilt shift lens;
The Bowater's Sittingbourne Paper Mill pipework was part of the scene at the heritage 2ft 6in gauge Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway (S&KLR), and in places offered timeless industrial cameos. Sadly, all this had to change when the railway was forced to close in 2008. The railway was churned up and damaged during some of the pipeline removal and by the mill demolition contractors, and even track-work was stolen by metal thieves. Happily, volunteers at the railway have worked tirelessly to get things back to presentable again after the reopening in 2012, on a much more secure site than before. Just before the closure, an opportunity was taken to charter the railway for a day, and thanks to the organiser David Fletcher, a number of virtually timeless opportunities were on offer to those lucky enough to attend on 15th November 2008. I have chosen monochrome for this series of images which I consider to be more in keeping with the vintage feel of the occasion, taking me back to my visit to the Bowater system in July 1969, the last year of industrial steam operation at the Mills and Ridham Dock. In this scene, William Bagnall 0-6-2 tank 'Triumph' (works No.2511 built in 1934) has just moved off from the loco shed and is setting back, beneath the former steam supply pipe to Sittingbourne Mill, onto a mixed rake of stock adjacent to the paper mill at Kemsley.
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Literally.
This part of a former pipe plant was being stripped and demolished during the photo shoot.
Still working on these, need a little more pipework and I need to get new rods sorted out for them, too.
My Coos Bay engines were definitely not the most dated locos in my fleet, but they're the ones I most wanted to rebuild. I've made several improvements to the shaping and details and I think once they're done they should be right on par with my #2926, or better.
I'm very glad to finally have the proper size wheels for the trucks. They make a tremendous difference.
The engines have been updated from PF+M Motor to PUp+L Motor. This gives them a pretty huge power upgrade.
The few remaining remnants of a once thriving Teesside steel industry in the South Bank and Lackenby area will soon be eradicated, with hopes of regeneration and a prosperous future ahead in a different guise. Removal of remaining pipework over the railway will require line closure at some stage, but demolition work elsewhere continues apace, with the former South Bank coke works rapidly becoming an open space, and the Lackenby converter shop in the background gradually being dismantled. DB Cargo 60015 (with 66155 DIT) passes through the desolate landscape with empty steel slab flats, the late running 6D05 12:50 Lackenby to Scunthorpe steel empties. Had it been on time, the scene would have been sunlit, but we have all been in that situation so many times before!
The following YouTube clip offers a fascinating drone overview of Lackenby Steelworks before part demolition commenced. Recommended viewing, but very poignant:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKVpQAL4W2M
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Wisbech based Fenland transport DAF XF coupled to a three axle tipper and Ratford transport Renault coupled to a three axle skeleton trail loaded with a container tank unloading at the Nestle Purina pet food factory at Sudbury
The Crown Pipeworks in Broseley Shropshire, makers of clay tobacco pipes were abandoned in 1960, and as the buildings and equipment had not changed in 80 years the pipeworks became a true time capsule.
Open days are few and far between however, save for two heritage days when they are once again open for the public to enjoy.
Apart from the buildings and manufacturing equipment, there are indeed many pipes to be seen, probably numbered in their thousands!
The Crown Pipeworks, makers of clay tobacco pipes were abandoned in 1960, and as the buildings and equipment had not changed in 80 years the pipeworks became a true time capsule. In the years that followed the buildings slowly began to crumble however they were saved from demolition in the 1980s and were grade II listed. Open days are few and far between however, save for two heritage days when they are once again open for the public to enjoy.
Change of colours for Marks tey based Witham Plant Hire Renault coupled to a three axle tipper trailer unloading at the Nestle Purina pet food factory at Sudbury
Stanton Pipeworks 3-3-2000 56032 has just drawn the loaded pipe wagons out of the loading bay at Stanton Pipeworks and is preparing to shunt the empties into position to be loaded. The pipes were tripped to Toton Yard from where they were moved to Tees Dock for export
Pipework at the hydro power station, Kinlochleven, Scotland. The village grew as housing for the workers at the aluminium factory. The hydroelectric plant is fed from a reservoir high up on Rannoch Moor and is still in use today, though aluminium smelting has ceased. The village has a very interesting history and is worth looking up.
First serious use of my new Canon G5X. Very small but all the external controls of a DSLR. Lovely to use and great for when I just don't want to carry the 5DMk3 plus heavy glass.
Copper pipework dominates this section of Standard 9F 2-10-0 heavy freight locomotive 92212 standing in the shed yard at Ropley, Mid Hants Railway, 29th August 2015. Above the running plate in front of the cab are the two injector steam valves and below the cab are the injector water valve (top), exhaust steam injector (inside bottom) and live steam injector (outside bottom).
Still working on these, need a little more pipework and I need to get new rods sorted out for them, too.
My Coos Bay engines were definitely not the most dated locos in my fleet, but they're the ones I most wanted to rebuild. I've made several improvements to the shaping and details and I think once they're done they should be right on par with my #2926, or better.
I'm very glad to finally have the proper size wheels for the trucks. They make a tremendous difference.
The engines have been updated from PF+M Motor to PUp+L Motor. This gives them a pretty huge power upgrade.
33109 is one of two 33/1's at the ELR (the other being 33117). Nicknamed 'Bagpipes' due to the additional air pipework on the front, a total of 19 class 33/1's were adapted from 33/0's to include buckeye couplers with '3rd buffer', high level air pipes and control system modifications so that they could push or pull EMU sets on the Southern Region of British Railways, providing diesel traction where no 3rd Rail electric was available, most notably on Weymouth Harbour Tramway.
33109 was stored at Crewe for some time following the demise of the Fragonset company but was secured by a group from the ELR. The locomotive is named 'Captain Bill Smith RNR' and a photo of the plaque explaining his story can be seen below in the gallery.
Following remedial work on arrival at the ELR, 'Captain Bill' was returned to traffic on the 2nd of February 2008 performing a loaded test run pulling D335 and 47402 from Bury to Heywood and return then, later in the day, piloting D5054 on the regular diesel diagram.
Currently running in BR Blue with white window surrounds, 33109 is operational and a useful loco to the ELR. 2013 saw visits to both the Mid Hants and GCR(N) for Gala appearances, notably running at the MHR as Push-Pull with 4-VEP, 423417.
Impression from the former compressed air plant of the coal mine in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, during Stephan Vanfleteren's exhibition 'Koempelkoppen'.
The Crown Pipeworks, makers of clay tobacco pipes were abandoned in 1960, and as the buildings and equipment had not changed in 80 years the pipeworks became a true time capsule. In the years that followed the buildings slowly began to crumble however they were saved from demolition in the 1980s and were grade II listed. Open days are few and far between however, save for two heritage days when they are once again open for the public to enjoy.
The Crown Pipeworks, makers of clay tobacco pipes were abandoned in 1960, and as the buildings and equipment had not changed in 80 years the pipeworks became a true time capsule. In the years that followed the buildings slowly began to crumble however they were saved from demolition in the 1980s and were grade II listed. Open days are few and far between however, save for two heritage days when they are once again open for the public to enjoy.
Dover based Mike Beer Online DAF XF 530 coupled to a three axle tipper trailer unloading at the nestle Purina pet food factory at Sudbury