Moving the burnt-out coaches

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John Ashworth
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Moving the burnt-out coaches

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On the afternoon of Saturday 04 September 2010 we used 19D 2650 to move the two burnt-out main line coaches (23443 and 25301) out of our Hermanstad site onto a storage line next to the TFR infra compound, ready to be taken away for scrapping. We moved them one at a time, slowly and carefully!

Here is a series of photos by John Ashworth
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2650 stands in Hermanstad station platform, ready for action
2650 stands in Hermanstad station platform, ready for action
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Nathan scrambles through the burnt-out interior of the sitter coach
Nathan scrambles through the burnt-out interior of the sitter coach
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Setting back slowly
Setting back slowly
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Nathan and Dewald clear the seldom-used crossing in front of TFR's infra depot. In days to come this piece of track will be the main entrance to FOTR's locomotive shed
Nathan and Dewald clear the seldom-used crossing in front of TFR's infra depot. In days to come this piece of track will be the main entrance to FOTR's locomotive shed
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Still setting back slowly
Still setting back slowly
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Nathan stops the coach short of the old tender before applying the handbrake and a wooden scotch
Nathan stops the coach short of the old tender before applying the handbrake and a wooden scotch
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2650 pulls away after leaving the first coach
2650 pulls away after leaving the first coach
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The final move - both coaches in their new location and 2650 ready to depart
The final move - both coaches in their new location and 2650 ready to depart
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Whats the story with the old tender?
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Those caoches are sorry sight
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Dylan!

If I am correct It's a spare 15CA tender, that was not cut-up when the last official scrapping took place in CPX back in the late 80's. Will be kept by FotR . . . .
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Ja, better take that tender out of the way or it may too end up as a heap of cut-up metal...
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