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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 ...
The Vale of Rheidol Railway has a total of 16 carriages and 1 brake van. All were built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon to replace much older rolling stock built by the Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company for the opening of the line. Twelve bogie carriages were built for the opening.
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.
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.
GWR 5101 Class 2-6-2 T: Swindon Works: GWR Green with Great Western lettering. Built in 1930. [6]: 61 From 2014 following withdrawal from service the engine was stored on static display at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. [12] The engine was moved from Barrow Hill Roundhouse to Tyseley Locomotive Works for assessment in November 2023. [29] 7325 GWR 4300 ...
'Lowmac' is the telegraphic term within the Great Western Railway's coding of railway wagons for a flat wagon with a recessed floor. In full the code is 'Low Machine Wagon'; meaning a wagon with a low floor used for carrying machinery. [1] The term was also employed by British Railways but as an actual wagon name.
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 ...
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