Moving Targets

Moving Targets

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7 October 2026 at 18:29 #868309
Michael Gilligan
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Tentsmuir, Fife

Apologies for the image quality … My brother took this from a very awkward angle.

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I’ve tweaked it a little, to improve legibility

…Hopefully of interest to some.

MichaelG.
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7 October 2026 at 18:32 #868313
Michael Gilligan
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7 October 2026 at 23:01 #868368
Nigel Graham 2
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That’s the chassis for a very common type of mine, quarry and factory narrow-gauge railway wagon, so would have been conveniently readily available for that training-range use.

In mine mode it often carried a side-tipping hopper of Vee-profile, tipped by a curved angle-steel rivetted to the tub, and rolling on the horizontal cross-bar at each end. The central peg still in place at the near end located the hopper in upright position.

The axle-boxes carry roller-bearings, and the suspension is limited vertical movement against rubber pads.

The “arrow-head” at the near end is the top of a coupling-pin, I think to take a chain-link.

Considering it’s been buried in sand and salt-water for so long, it’s in remarkably good condition!
7 October 2026 at 23:28 #868375
duncan webster 1
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Probably made by Robert Hudson in Leeds. A couple of them in much better condition survived at Embsay Steam Railway
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