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[[File:GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|General Goods Container BR 49408B mounted on GWR 'Conflat' Container Wagon 39860]]
 
[[File:GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|General Goods Container BR 49408B mounted on GWR 'Conflat' Container Wagon 39860]]
  
This General Goods Container was designed to be carried by 'Conflat' Wagons such as [[GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon | GWR 39860]], on which it is shown in the photograph. It was built at the Glasgow St Rollox
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These "Type B" General Goods Containers were designed to be carried by 'Conflat' Wagons such as [[GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon | GWR 39860]], on which Container 49408B is shown in the photograph. The containers are commonly used as storage units. 
Works in 1958.
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The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey gives details of three such containers at the SVR. 49405 and 49408 were built at the Glasgow St Rollox Works in 1958. 55730 was built at Swindon in 1956.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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==Links==
 
==Links==
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[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7455 49405B on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7479 49408B on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7479 49408B on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
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[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7489 55730B vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]

Revision as of 17:30, 20 August 2015

General Goods Container BRBritish Rail or British Railways 49408B mounted on GWRGreat Western Railway 'ConflatGWR telegraphic code signifying a flat wagon for containers' Container Wagon 39860

These "Type B" General Goods Containers were designed to be carried by 'ConflatGWR telegraphic code signifying a flat wagon for containers' Wagons such as GWR 39860, on which Container 49408B is shown in the photograph. The containers are commonly used as storage units.

The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey gives details of three such containers at the SVRSevern Valley Railway. 49405 and 49408 were built at the Glasgow St Rollox Works in 1958. 55730 was built at Swindon in 1956.

Sources

Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey

Links

49405B on vintagecarriagestrust.org
49408B on vintagecarriagestrust.org
55730B vintagecarriagestrust.org

See also

List of goods wagons