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{{Infobox wagon
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|image      = GWR 99766 4 plank Open Goods Wagon.jpg
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|caption    = GWR 99766 4 plank Open Goods Wagon
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|construc  = W.R. Renshaw, Stoke-on-Trent
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|wagno      = 197
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|othernos  = 99766, RNAD233
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|lot        =
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|wagtype    = Open 'A' 4 Plank Open Wagon
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|capacity  = 10 tons
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|built      = 1902
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|years1    = 1923
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|events1    = Absorbed, renumbered and modified by GWR
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|years2    = 1944
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|events2    = Withdrawn and sold for RNAD use
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|years3    = 1990
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|events3    = Preserved
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}}The only surviving complete vehicle from the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, this Open 'A' four plank open was built in 1902 by Renshaws of Stoke-On-Trent as B&MR number 197. The body only of BMR coach no. 111 also survives.<ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=5153 BMR Five Compartment coach no. 111 on the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey Project database]</ref>
  
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The only surviving vehicle from the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, this four plank open was built in 1902 by Renshaws of Stoke-On-Trent as B&M number 197.
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197 was one of 55 B&MR steel framed opens fitted with 'OK' oil axle boxes and buffers by the GWR at the 1923 grouping and one of only three to survive beyond the 1930s, eventually being condemned and apparently sold to the War Department or Admiralty in 1944 and renumbered RNAD233. Hidden from public view within the Royal Navy's Armament Depot at Gosport for over 40 years, it was bought at auction by the [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1990.<ref>[http://www.gwr813.org/pagen1.html GWR 813 Preservation Fund Newsletter Summer 1997]</ref>
  
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197 was one of 55 B&M steel framed opens fitted with 'OK' oil axle boxes and buffers by the GWR at the 1923 grouping and one of only three to survive beyond the 1930s, eventually being condemned and apparently sold to the War Department or Admiralty in 1944.
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Hidden from public view within the Royal Navy's Armament Depot at Gosport for over 40 years, it was bought at auction by the [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1990.<ref>http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_B1.htm</ref>
 
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==See Also==
 
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
  
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==Links==
 
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[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew51.html 99766 on www.gwr813.org]<br>
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[http://www.gwr813.org/pagen1.html GWR 813 Preservation Fund Newsletter Summer 1997]<br>
 
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9640 99766 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9640 99766 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecon_and_Merthyr_Tydfil_Junction_Railway#Remaining_vehicles Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway on Wikipedia]
  
  
 
[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
 
[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
 
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]
 
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]

Revision as of 13:05, 31 December 2018

B&MRBrecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway 99766 4 plank Open Goods Wagon
GWR 99766 4 plank Open Goods Wagon.jpg
GWRGreat Western Railway 99766 4 plank Open Goods Wagon
Built By W.R. Renshaw, Stoke-on-Trent
Number 197
Other Numbers 99766, RNAD233
History
Built 1902
Type Open 'A' 4 Plank Open Wagon
Capacity 10 tons
1923 Absorbed, renumbered and modified by GWRGreat Western Railway
1944 Withdrawn and sold for RNADRoyal Naval Armaments Depot use
1990 Preserved

Goods Wagons

The only surviving complete vehicle from the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, this Open 'A' four plank open was built in 1902 by Renshaws of Stoke-On-Trent as B&MRBrecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway number 197. The body only of BMR coach no. 111 also survives.[1]

197 was one of 55 B&MRBrecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway steel framed opens fitted with 'OK' oil axle boxes and buffers by the GWRGreat Western Railway at the 1923 grouping and one of only three to survive beyond the 1930s, eventually being condemned and apparently sold to the War Department or Admiralty in 1944 and renumbered RNAD233. Hidden from public view within the Royal Navy's Armament Depot at Gosport for over 40 years, it was bought at auction by the The GWR 813 Preservation Fund in 1990.[2]

See also

List of goods wagons

References

  1. ↑ BMR Five Compartment coach no. 111 on the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey Project database
  2. ↑ GWR 813 Preservation Fund Newsletter Summer 1997

Links

GWR 813 Preservation Fund Newsletter Summer 1997
99766 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway on Wikipedia

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