Railcar Mixed Goods
Station Building Loading dock & goods shed Hard Standing
Isinglass Manufacturing Co E. W. King
Panoramas of the layout
Railcar
Passenger services are largely run by a railcar
Mixed
The mixed is the last steam worked passenger train and is hauled by a J15
The loco run round
Break van is moved to the buffers
Vans from Isinglass Manufacturing Co are placed against the break van
Vans to Isinglass Manufacturing Co are placed on their siding
The coach is added to the train
Mixed trains are much liked by modellers as they give good shunting opportunities
I suspect railway management and passengers are much less happy with mixed
The mixed departs
Goods
The basic goods service is worked by a class 03
The goods arrives
The 03
Running round
Collecting out bound wagons.
Then the break van
Out bound wagons are left on the loop
In bound vans are left where required
Opens are left by the hard standing
The goods is about to depart
The goods is off
Station Building
As the station serves a small village it has limited facilities of a loading dock and goods shed
Hard Standing
The private siding to Isinglass Manufacturing Co founded in 1847 as Thomas Swinborne & Co
sold to Isinglass Manufacturing Co in 1930 who produced isinglass till 1997 and gelatine till the late 1960s.
Isinglass is the dried, prepared swim bladder of various species of fish and is used to clear beer, wine etc
Gelatine is made from animal skin and bones.
The process patented by George Swinborne uses I assume hot/boiling water rather than chemicals
producing a gelatine that was transparent with no taste or smell so could be used in confectionary like jellies.
For further details see https://coggeshallmuseum.org/isinglass/
E. W. King at one time the world’s biggest wholesale supplier of seeds with offices and trial grounds near Reading as well as in Coggeshall.
E. W. King grows seeds of all sorts, but especially sweet-peas, for which the firm became (and still is) world-famous.
Their flower and vegetable seeds can be bought in local as well as national outlets.
For further details see https://coggeshallmuseum.org/seeds/
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