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Rated at 20 long tons (22.4 short tons; 20.3 t), these had been twice the size of typical wagons of the period, but it was not until 1923 that the company invested heavily in coal wagons of this size and the infrastructure necessary for unloading them at the railway-owned docks; these were known as "Felix Pole" wagons after the GWR's General ...
Vacuum-braked 21 ton coal wagon being loaded from a hopper at Blaenant Colliery, bound for Aberthaw Power Station, c.October 1965. The basic wagon had numerous variants. On creation of British Railways (BR) in 1948 - which took control of all railway assets, including all private owner wagons - the new organisation inherited 55,000 original MoT wagons, they were all given a "B" prefix in their ...
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company: Dia No. 1/272, Lot No. 3361 1961 Shildon [244] 1986–7004 BR: B 882583 Banana Van Wolverton, BR Dia No. 1/246, Lot No. 3290 1960 York [245] 1978–7114 BR: 350000 "Merry-go-Round" hopper coal wagon Darlington, BR Prototype HAA 1964 Shildon [246] 1995–7852 Philips Petroleum: 85209 Bogie Petrol ...
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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.
20 long tons 22 short tons; 20 t 4-wheel Flat 20 ft 0 in 6,100 mm 1970-1975 27101-27791 7 long tons 6 cwt 8.2 short tons; 7.4 t Instanter 20 long tons 22 short tons; 20 t 27756 Preserved at Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway: Bogie Cement 42 ft 9 in 13,030 mm 1979 33001-33012 22 long tons 25 short tons; 22 t Instanter 50 long tons
20-ton tube wagon Built by Faverdale Carriage & Wagon Company to a London and North Eastern Railway design as part of Lot 2049 to Diagram 1/445. Arrived on the K&ESR in January 1998. Number 169 in the K&ESR stocklist. [79] British Railways: 932502 20-ton plate wagon Built in 1954 at Shildon as part of Lot 2604 to Diagram 1/431. Arrived on the K ...
For covered wagons there was the Class A2 wagon with a 15 t (14.8 long tons; 16.5 short tons) maximum load and 21.3 m 2 (229 sq ft) loading area built to a standard template, and the large-volume covered wagon based on template A9, also with a 15 t (14.8 long tons; 16.5 short tons) maximum load, but a 21.3 m 2 (229 sq ft) loading area.