BR 996730 Rail Carrier

BR 996730 Rail Carrier
BR Rail Carrier 996730
Built By	Cravens of Sheffield
Status	In service
Number	DB 996730
History
Built	1950
Diagram	1/641
Lot	2208
Type	Bogie Bolster
Capacity	40 tons
Telegraphic code	GANE A
TOPS code	YLO
1990	Entered preservation on SVR
Goods Wagons

Bogie Bolster / Rail Carrier DB 996730 is one of 95 built for BR by Cravens of Sheffield in 1950 to the former GWR 40 ton 'GANE A' design (Diagram J29), of which the SVR’s 60841 is an example. The 60ft length allowed standard length rails to be carried. It was never vacuum-fitted, which led to an early retirement. During the BR era, the Western Region commonly continued to use GWR-era Telegraph codes for Civil Engineers wagons rather than adopting the 'fish' codes used elsewhere.

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Preservation

996730 arrived on the SVR on 7 November 1990 from Willsden. It was one of a number of wagons that were originally intended for the Southall Steam Centre but which came to the SVR instead during that year, owned by J.J. Smith. It was immediately put to use by the PW department for carrying rails and sleepers. The photograph shows the wagon carring rails in a engineering train at Bewdley in 2015.

See also

List of goods wagons

Links

• 996730 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line