Just picked up tonight at a local toy fair a copy of 'A Railway Modeller's Picture Library', by Chris Leigh, published by Ian Allan in 1995. This has the following photos in it of concrete coaling towers:
Toton (LMS) coaling tower - wagon hoist to top of tower, single track through a wide base.
Kipps (LNER) - narrow base over one line, ground level wagon tippler and conveyor (not visible in photo) to take coal to top of tower.
Thornton Junction MPD - wide base over two tracks, wagon hoist to top of tower.
Patricroft (LMS) - wide base, possibly over two tracks (bushes in photo partly obscure base) Wagon hoist to top - similar to Toton but has a 'hood' covering the area where the wagon tips over.
There is also a photo of a smaller coaling plant (no location) between two widely spaced tracks in which a ground-level wagon tippler feeds a hopper from which a conveyor runs up to two discharge chutes, one on each side. Construction appears to be metal frame with corrugated sheet sides and roof.
Hope this is of help.
Regards,
John Webb
Toton (LMS) coaling tower - wagon hoist to top of tower, single track through a wide base.
Kipps (LNER) - narrow base over one line, ground level wagon tippler and conveyor (not visible in photo) to take coal to top of tower.
Thornton Junction MPD - wide base over two tracks, wagon hoist to top of tower.
Patricroft (LMS) - wide base, possibly over two tracks (bushes in photo partly obscure base) Wagon hoist to top - similar to Toton but has a 'hood' covering the area where the wagon tips over.
There is also a photo of a smaller coaling plant (no location) between two widely spaced tracks in which a ground-level wagon tippler feeds a hopper from which a conveyor runs up to two discharge chutes, one on each side. Construction appears to be metal frame with corrugated sheet sides and roof.
Hope this is of help.
Regards,
John Webb
