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Goods all-iron wagons 1862; Covered goods wagon (Assam Bengal Railway), 1902 [1] Four wheel cattle wagon (Ceylon Government Railway), 1912 [2] L-types cement wagons 1950s; Pressure Discharge Bulk Powder Wagon ("Presflo") 1955–1963 "Twin-Tub" Prestwin Silo wagons 1960–1962; Cemflo Cement tanker wagon
Pages in category "British railway wagons" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. AeroLiner3000; B.
Covered goods wagons for transporting part-load or parcel goods are almost as old as the railway itself. Because part-load goods were the most common freight in the early days of the railway, the covered van was then the most important type of goods wagon and, for example, comprised about 40% of the German railways goods fleet until the 1960s. [2]
4 Wheel Open Wagon Clam: ZCV 4 Wheel Spoil Wagon [2] Coalfish MHA / MPA 4 Wheel Open Wagon Converted from redundant HAA wagons [1] Cockle - Brake Van with Ballast Ploughs Cod: ZAV 4 Wheel Open Wagon Conger: YVQ / YXA Crab: ZBV / ZCV 4 Wheel Open Wagon Converted from Lamprey wagons [1] Crayfish - A variant of a Mermaid Wagon Never built [1] Dace ...
A Class Ow goods wagon on the Saxon narrow gauge railways with Heberlein brakes Open wagon for peat, 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) . An open wagon (or truck in the UK) forms a large group of railway goods wagons designed primarily for the transportation of bulk goods that are not moisture-retentive and can usually be tipped, dumped or shovelled.
Heritage goods wagons on the West Somerset Railway include many examples from the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Rail (BR) along with some from other companies. 'Operational' wagons are used in engineering trains, other 'heritage' wagons are suitable for use in a demonstration heritage freight train that is used on special occasions ...
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Wagons retained the existing prefixes indicating their origin, and new stock built to British Railways designs was given a "B" prefix. British Railways adopted the following numbering system for carriages and wagons built to its own designs (a small number of types built to pre-Nationalisation designs were later allocated numbers in this series ...