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For most railways, specific types were identified by their Diagram Number. This could simply be arranged by consecutive number, or there could be some greater organisation of numbers so that similar types were grouped together. However, carriages and wagons have rarely been referred to in general terms by their Diagram Number.
Most of these were small iron open wagons varying from 8 to 20 tons capacity, but some had specialised discharge systems – P6, P7 and P22 were hoppers, and a number of side-tipping wagons were also bought in 1930 but never allocated a diagram number. [26] Rail wagons ('Ganes') were mixed in with revenue earning bogie bolsters in the J ...
The first Siphons - named after the GWR's Telegraphic code for a milk wagon - appeared from Swindon Works in the 1870s, later given diagram O.1. 75 wagons were built to this diagram under lot numbers 180 and 217, able to carry 17 gallon milk churns stacked two high.
Diagram codes were introduced by George Jackson Churchward for easy reference to different carriage types. Each type could then be identified with a diagram that combined a letter (which represented a general type) and a number (which represented a distinctive design of that type ), for instance C3 or H16.
Chaired sleeper wagon to GWR diagram T12. [112] 105493 GWR Gunpowder 1924 [99] 114751 GWR Brake van 1934 Great Western Railway diagram AA20 'Toad'. [113] 126779 GWR Van 1934 'Mink A' van, original number unknown. [103] 135744 GWR Open 1937 GWR diagram O32 five-plank wagon. [114] 137696 GWR Open 1938 Five-plank wagon. [115] 139760 GWR Van 1939
Wagon number, 81 stands for Austria This ITL Hbbillns goods wagon with country code 56 is based in Slovakia Wagon number of an Italian Rgmms flat wagon. Wagon numbers (or coach numbers) are key data for railway operations. They enable a railway wagon or coach to be positively identified and form a common language between railway operators ...
A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), [a] railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).
Railway Number Type Builder Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image Peak Forest Tramway: 174 Four-wheel quarry truck 1815 York [200] 1975–7053 Four-wheel Chaldron wagon 1826 Shildon [201] 1975–7054 Thomas James, Stratford and Moreton Tramway: Horse-drawn wagon c.1840-45 York [202] 1995-7001 Dandy cart c.1845 design York [203 ...