Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Out of the concrete-work

After the Marton loco shed pictures we have had a small group come out of the concrete to say that they like such abominations. Personally I find this odd (and I have a passing affection for the re-cabbed Dg's), but to keep the people meeting in the phone-box who like these sort of things happy, here's some more pictures (thanks to Michael Harrison, sort of:v)

The first is of a perfectly civilized good shed build by good hard working craftsmen in the days of the British empire.


Then we have a collection of sheds built by various layabouts and designed by people with only a t-square for company with all the architectural merits of Te Papa

Woodville

Oamaru

Clyde

Notice that the lack of a nameplate on any of the sheds, possibly due to embarusment.

However all is not lost, and here is my favorite picture of one of these buildings.

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8 comments:

  1. laloverJuly 29, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    Interesting pic of Middllemarch goods shed. Whats with the overhang? Did they build it too wide than cut the side back to give track clearance?????

    Woodville is a goodie, another that comes to mind is Onehunga

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  2. manaiaJuly 29, 2009 at 1:59 PM

    iu

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  3. manaiaJuly 29, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    I like clyde, gose well with matching engin shed

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  4. Andrew HamblynJuly 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    The Mokoia goodshed still stands, and is of concrete block construction.
    The Hawera goodshed seems to be of similar design to the Clyde brick version and I wonder if they were not of the same era of replacements. (1960's?)

    Having grown up as a young railfan with brick rail buildings everywhere, I too am quite interested in the likes of the Marton and Taihape sheds..

    Drew

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  5. Andrew HamblynJuly 29, 2009 at 2:15 PM

    In fact, looking at that Clyde picture, I would say that and the Hawera shed or off the same blueprints...

    Drew

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  6. Motorised DandruffJuly 29, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    Middlemarch shed may have been moved from somewhere else where the clearances were wider and then cut done to fit.

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  7. Amateur FettlerJuly 29, 2009 at 8:57 PM

    You'll be able to snap a shot of Mokoia next time your rumbling past, Drew??

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  8. manaiaJuly 29, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    clyde was 1980

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