Tony
Forgive me if you know this, but after grouping in 1923 (some) coal
trucks became 'common user', in other words anybody's. Second thoughts
that this may have been a wartime thing (WWII).
However, back to websites. Try these:
http://members.tripod.co.uk/southernrailway/powags.html
http://www.hmrs.org.uk
In fact if you put 'private owner coal wagons into google you'll get
possibly more information that you bargained for! Most of the historical
information seems to be in the hands of railway modellers who publish
loads of stuff on the web.
Good Luck
john
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Tony Brewis
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Sorry to be vague. I obviously need to start browsing in my local
>library, for a start, and steer clear of bookshops!
>
>My interest stems from the fact that, as a youngster, I was
>encouraged to see if, in a passing goods train, I could spot any
>coal trucks belonging to Tyne Main.
>
>This was a coal merchanting company set up in London
>in the 1880s by my grandfather. In hindsight, it was amazing how
>often one could see a Tyne Main truck in a goods train in south
>east Lancashire - usually never more than one per train of fifty or
>so wagons. I was just wondering how far afield any individual
>company's trucks tended to wander. Goods trains in the late
>1930s and 1940s seemed mostly to be a random mix of different
>company's trucks.
>
>Tony Brewis
>
--
John Colby
Please note that we have changed Internet Service Providers.
My email address is now - [log in to unmask]
New website at http://www.btinternet.com/~johnandsandy.colby
Last Updated Sunday 21st May 2000
|