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Wagons were painted brown in the early years of the GWR, [8] but this changed to red before the end of the broad gauge in 1892. A dark grey livery was introduced about 1904 and continued to be used until 1947. [9] The owner of the wagon was identified by 'G.W.R' painted in small letters on the underframe or bottom plank of the body. When wagons ...
Aero – airscrew wagon (from 1941) [3] Ale – cattle wagon converted for beer barrels (from 1940) [3] Asmo – covered motor car truck; Beaver – flat truck; Beetle – prize cattle wagon. Bloater – large fish van; Bocar – covered truck for car bodies; Cone – gunpowder van; Conflat – flat wagon for containers; Coral – glass wagon
A cattle wagon or a livestock wagon is a type of railway vehicle designed to carry livestock.Within the classification system of the International Union of Railways they fall under Class H - special covered wagons - which, in turn are part of the group of covered goods wagons, although cattle have historically also been transported in open goods wagons.
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3. Dodge Coronet. Years produced: 1965-1976 Original starting price: $2,650 The Coronet, as a family sedan and wagon with brawny V8 engines — including a 7-liter Hemi and a 7.2-liter, 440-cubic ...
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The first patented stock car designs that actually saw use on American railroads were created by Zadok Street. Street's designs ( U.S. patent 106,887 and U.S. patent 106,888 , both issued on August 30, 1870) were first used in 1870 on shipments between Chicago and New York City .
The passenger coaches of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were many and varied, ranging from four and six-wheeled vehicles for the original broad gauge line of 1838, through to bogie coaches up to 70 feet (21 m) long which were in service through to 1947. Vacuum brakes, bogies and through-corridors all came into use during the nineteenth century ...