StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: slab waggon

A bit battered and worn !

Finally managed to collect some hooks and shackles. We had to buy new bolts, though. {quite a surprised look on the young lad's face when we went to buy the bolts, one of then older guys took the matter in hand and came back with those shiny monsters ...}

Two slab waggon wheel sets on their delivery pallet. Note the lack of axle boxes. To be cleaned and painted, new bolts will be needed.

Two slab waggon wheel-sets on their delivery pallet. Note the lack of axle boxes. To be cleaned and painted, new bolts will be needed.

Cropped image to highlight the waggon line drawings - this should make it easier to extract certain information ...

Pair of slab waggon axles, with wheels and bearing brackets. Image taken at Talyllyn Railway. a few days prior to their travelling to Haltwhistle. Not my image ; taken on my behalf ; fair use & public education

From another [fairly] reliable source, which confirms that this is the Ratgoed Tramway horse and a rake of waggons loaded with finished slabs at the Aberllefenni Slate Works [dated April 1948]. Note the beams and tensioned wires to hold the slabs on the waggon framework. {Scanned image from book / periodical} . Not my Image : fair use & public information

Although it is grainy, this is quite a good side view of a Corris slab waggon. {scanned from a book, title not known} . Not my Image : fair use & public information

"Up" Corris train, including three unloaded slab waggons. [the Van looks suspiciously like GW 8754] {Scan from a book, title not known}. . Not my Image : fair use & public information

Corris Railway 'down' train, including slab waggons, crossing the River Dovey bridge on the way to Machynlleth. [scan of image from book] . Not my image : fair use & public information

Transhipment of slate slabs brought down from Aberllefenni Quarry to the standard gauge waggons, taking place at Machynlleth. Not light work ! [Scanned from a book, title not specified] . Not my Image : fair use & public information

Scan of drawn illustrations of Aberllefenni Quarry slate slab waggons, these work be worked down the Corris Railway, North Wales, probably to Machynlleth and then transferred to the Cambrian Railway or exported. scanned [from a book, title currently not specified] . Not my Image : fair use & public education

Line drawings for three types of slate waggon [of the types used at Bryn Eglwys] top - slab waggon {internal} middle - carried "rubbish" to waste dumping areas {internal} bottom - wooden two-bar [braked] {main line down to Towyn} The top half of this page has line drawing of track components, including a waggon turntable. Scan of a book page [not sure of title] Not my Image : fair use & public information

Group of Bryn Eglwys workers with a slab waggon, loaded with a couple of unfinished slabs, probably posed at an adit entrance. [Quarry closed in 1948, otherwise undated photograph] Scan from book or periodical [not sure which one] Not my Image : fair use & public information