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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 ...
20-ton rail wagon: PC850-PC851: 1931: 1965: Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport: personnel carrier: converted from pre-1938 trailer 7061/7063 ...
Railway Number Type Builder Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image Peak Forest Tramway: 174 Four-wheel quarry truck 1815 York [201] 1975–7053 Four-wheel Chaldron wagon 1826 Shildon [202] 1975–7054 Thomas James, Stratford and Moreton Tramway: Horse-drawn wagon c.1840-45 York [203] 1995-7001 Dandy cart c.1845 design York [204 ...
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.
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.
Rail Truck 62 ft 0 in 18,900 mm 1973 24224-24240 20 long tons 10 cwt 23.0 short tons; 20.8 t Instanter 41.5 long tons 46.5 short tons; 42.2 t Wagon Instanter Cement "Bubble" 20 ft 0 in 6,100 mm 1964-1972 25050-25199 10 long tons 4 cwt 11.4 short tons; 10.4 t 10 long tons 10 cwt 11.8 short tons; 10.7 t Instanter 20 long tons
British Railways: 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 ...