Chaldron Wagon Harton Colliery - Pack O Freight Type_Snow Plough Tadpole Classification

Tadpole Classification

this had many of the later features you would associate with the type

29 wagons converted

Throckley’s fleet of Chaldrons were in use right up to 1947

Chaldron Wagon Harton Colliery - Pack O Freight Type_Snow Plough Tadpole ClassificationThree wagon multi pack, NER 4T Chaldron Pack O: The Harton Coal Company With two sets of Staiths on the River Tyne, the area around South Shields was the centre of the Harton Coal Companys operations, its pits being linked by an extensive railway system. This system was electrified in 1907, and the Chaldrons were a common sight on the system until the inter war years, when the fleet was disbanded, with a number of differing lettering styles being