The Wreck aka Ashlands Farm, Tamworth June 08

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Found about this place on the SABRE forum. It's a pretty complete albeit extremely trashed farm located just outside Tamworth. There's the remains of the farmhouse, stable block, another couple of small buildings and some barns. There's also a railway truck for some reason.

The farmhouse

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Barns

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Stable block

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Railway wagon

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I like the old railway truck and the way its buried in all that vegetation.. Why is it that old railway cars are always found on derelict farms?
 
re: ashlands farm

this is the kind of place that is right up my street.....any chance you could pm me with some location info please???? :)
 
Nice pics and not too far from me.

Got friends who have a smallholding and they use old railway trucks for keeping chickens in.

Built to last - as they say.
 
Great find and report. The railway truck is indeed a brake van, used at the end of unfitted good trains to add braking force, with concrete blocks at either end to add weight, and a screw brake (which can be seen in the picture). It is withpout its original body, here is pic of what one looks like.

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Sadly not in use anymore due to modern braking systems on wagons, although it is odd to find one on a farm, much more common was the standard box van, which in effect is a portable shed, they turn up all over the place!!
 
Kind or reminds me of the state my parents brought back in 2002.

Was a derelict bungalow, which had been empty for 5 or so years, and the farm had previoulsy been used as a pig & chicken farm! It was pure filth not sure If I have pics lying around..

Anyways there were numerous train carages on the land aswell.. always wondered what they were used for other than for keeping chickens in!!

Good Pics btw!
 
Excellent pics mate, like this a lot. Love old farms and such.

Just looking at the old guards van on there, and it looks like there's a rail underneath it. Was there a line going through the centre of the farm at some point? Just looks unusual.

Cheers,

:) Sal
 
Nice pics and not too far from me.

Got friends who have a smallholding and they use old railway trucks for keeping chickens in.

Built to last - as they say.
Do you know the location? I’d love to take my home educated children for a look around!
 

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