AJC
Western Thunderer
Coincidentally I've been sorting out tarps today!
Here's one of several I acquired from the sheet maker who used to be in part of the old Melton Constable Works (M&GNJR).
Recognise the logo?
They are ex. china clay high-bar open wagons and have been keeping some of my old machinery and trucks dry for the last 28 years.
I imagine they date from the late 60s - does anyone know when that logo came into use?
This one has gone a little brittle (sorry, a Michael Crawford moment) so I managed to offload it onto a friend after lunch for further service protecting his old Gardner LW engines.
Another was too far gone so is now on the waste pile - a good innings.
Still have another three giving sterling service.
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A bit later - the fixed hoods came along in the early '70s (and I'm not certain they were blue to start with); one of dad's early scratchbuilt wagons represents the prototype of the conversion, apparently which he saw when newly released to traffic. The logo was around in the '50s if not earlier, witness this: Tamar Bridge construction (dad's earliest memories of Saltash include these two-stroke Commers going up the hill).
Adam