GWR 134290 Fruit A Van

GWRGreat Western Railway 134290 Fruit A Van
GWRGreat Western Railway Fruit A Van 134290 (March 2015)
Built By	GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status	Static use
Number	134290
History
Built	1937/8
Diagram	Y8
Lot	1270
Type	4-w ventilated van
Telegraphic code	FRUIT A
1970	Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
Goods Wagons

134290 is a 12 ton ‘Fruit A’ Van (SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book says 10), built at Swindon circa 1937-38 to Diagram Y8 Lot 1270. The code ‘Fruit A’ originally designated a dual-braked ‘passenger’ fruit van to Diagram Y2, but after 1930 was re-applied instead to ‘goods’ fruit vans. The 200 wagons of Lot 1270 were introduced for the Guernsey tomato traffic which at the time amounted to more than 16,000 tons per year.

Preservation

The van was awaiting scrapping at Barry Scrapyard in 1970 when purchased by SVRSevern Valley Railway member Bob Sim of the 4566 Group, arriving 25 August. It was initially used as a stores van. A planned cosmetic tidy-up in 1989 became an overhaul when inspection revealed that the roof canvas, roof edge planks, all side louvres and several door planks required replacement. By 1998 134290 was in the ownership of the 4566 Group. It received a further repaint in 2002 and repairs to the roof canvas in 2008.

It is photographed at Bewdley.

See also

List of goods wagons

References

Links

• 134290 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line