A Wet Day in Allonby

The photos below showing loading of a MR carriage body in Allonby (Cumbria) in the early 1990s are courtesy of Ian Cowan:

An ex Midland Railway 5 compartment carriage body sits on a wagon chassis

Parnaby's tractor unit shunting the carriage .....

..... out of the yard .....

.    ..... onto the main street through Allonby

Ian watching Derek checking the tyre pressures?

Winching the carriage onto the loader

Preparing a support for the overhanging end of the carriage

Tractor unit now on the correct end of the loader, nearly ready .....

.... to leave Allonby

After arrival at Tanfield - to offload in the morning
(This is the carriage body which featured on yesterday's blog at Causey) 

The photos above are courtesy of Ian Cowan