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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 ...
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
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.
GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0: Swindon Works: GWR Unlined Green, GWR lettering Built in 1918. [6]: 61 Last worked in January 2023. [28] 5164 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]
This is a list of past and present rolling stock used on the Vale of Rheidol Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Cwm Rheidol), a 1 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (603 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway, opened in 1902, that runs for 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (19 km) between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.
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.
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 ...
Carriage and wagon classification has never been quite the same as locomotive and multiple unit classification. 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.