Hoppers
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A01=Paul Harrison
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Author_Paul Harrison
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History of Engineering & Technology
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IMPN=Amberley Publishing
Industrialisation
ISBN13=9781445695280
Language_English
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POP=Chalford
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Railway Books
Railways
Social & Economic History
Subject=Transport: General Interest
Trains
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Product details
- ISBN 9781445695280
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 303g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 2020
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Since the 1860s trains have conveyed crushed limestone from Derbyshire to the soda ash and chemicals works in mid-Cheshire. By the 1930s a new higher capacity design of wagon was needed, and so the ‘Hoppers’ were built by Charles Roberts for Imperial Chemical Industries. The fleet of 152 bogie hopper wagons became instantly recognisable to railway enthusiasts. For just over sixty-one years between 1936 and the end of 1997 the wagons worked almost every day of the year, running several times per day. Modern wagons took over the duties from 1998 and the traffic still runs around six times per week, feeding the sole remaining soda ash plant.
Many companies and locomotive classes and types have hauled these services since 1936 including the LMS, BR, Transrail, EWS, Freightliner Heavy Haul and now DB Cargo. The locomotives used include steam classes 4F, 8F and 9F; and diesel-electric classes 25, 37, 60 and 66.
Paul Harrison has previously written books looking at the history of the wagons originally used on the Tunstead to Northwich limestone traffic and also a booklet commemorating two railway anniversaries in his home town of Hazel Grove. He enjoys visiting the rail freight operations in the Peak District.
