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|[[Wickham Trolley LNER no 748 | 748]]||1580/1934||Type 17||2 cylinder||Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968||Yes|| ||Operational
 
|[[Wickham Trolley LNER no 748 | 748]]||1580/1934||Type 17||2 cylinder||Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968||Yes|| ||Operational
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| [[Wickham Trolley PWM 3189 | PWM 3189]]||5019/1949 ||Type 17A||2 cylinder||Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968||Yes|| ||Unpowered trailer
 
| [[Wickham Trolley PWM 3189 | PWM 3189]]||5019/1949 ||Type 17A||2 cylinder||Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968||Yes|| ||Unpowered trailer
 
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| [[Wickham Trolley DB965054 | DB965054]]||7577/1957||Not recorded||Not recorded||Not recorded but post-1998?||Yes|| ||Unpowered trailer
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| [[Wickham Trolley DB965054 | DB965054]]||7577/1957||Type 17A<ref>[https://groups.io/g/WickhamofWare/message/319?p=,,,20,0,0,0::Created,,7577,20,2,0,21941251 Wickham of Ware Forum]</ref> ||2 cylinder||Not recorded but post-1998?||Yes|| ||Unpowered trailer
 
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  |[[Wickham Trolley TP49P | TP49P (PT1P)]] ||7690/1957||Type 17A||2 cylinder||Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968||Yes|| ||Awaiting restoration
 
  |[[Wickham Trolley TP49P | TP49P (PT1P)]] ||7690/1957||Type 17A||2 cylinder||Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968||Yes|| ||Awaiting restoration
 
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  |[[Wickham Trolley 9021 | 9021]]||8085/1958 ||Type 27 Mk III ||4 cyl Ford ‘Anglia’||Ex Longtown (Army) 1977||Yes|| ||Operational
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  |[[Wickham Trolley 9021 | 9021]]||8085/1958 ||Type 27 Mk III ||4 cyl Ford ‘Anglia’||Ex Longtown (Army) 1977||Yes|| ||Operational
 
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|B198W (P2P)||?/?||Type 17A?||2 cylinder||Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968||No||[https://www.rcts.org.uk/photographs/archive/380/CUL/CUL2965.jpg RCTS Photo] ||Cannibalised for spares<ref>SVR Stock Book Sixth Edition</ref>
 
|B198W (P2P)||?/?||Type 17A?||2 cylinder||Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968||No||[https://www.rcts.org.uk/photographs/archive/380/CUL/CUL2965.jpg RCTS Photo] ||Cannibalised for spares<ref>SVR Stock Book Sixth Edition</ref>
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|PWM2830 (B193M)||5008/1949||Type 27A||4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’||Ex Bilston 10 July 1971||No|| ||Now at Royal Deeside Railway.<ref>[http://www.ontrackplant.com/otp/PWM2830 Ontrack Plant]</ref>
 
|PWM2830 (B193M)||5008/1949||Type 27A||4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’||Ex Bilston 10 July 1971||No|| ||Now at Royal Deeside Railway.<ref>[http://www.ontrackplant.com/otp/PWM2830 Ontrack Plant]</ref>
 
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|9032||8200?/Unknown||Type 27 Mk III ||4 cyl Ford ‘Anglia’||Ex Longtown (Army) 1977||No||[https://www.flickr.com/photos/71592768@N08/7157311136 Flickr photo] ||Still present in 1998. Believed scrapped since.<ref>[https://groups.io/g/WickhamofWare/topic/severn_valley_railway_type/25618346?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,25618346]</ref>
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|9032||8200?/Unknown||Type 27 Mk III ||4 cyl Ford ‘Anglia’||Ex Longtown (Army) 1977||No||[https://www.flickr.com/photos/71592768@N08/7157311136 Flickr photo] ||Still present in 1998. Believed scrapped since.<ref>[https://groups.io/g/WickhamofWare/topic/severn_valley_railway_type/25618346?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,25618346 Wickham of Ware Forum]</ref>
 
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Revision as of 23:50, 9 January 2019

The SVRSevern Valley Railway has five Wickham Trolleys in various states of repair. Originally built by D. Wickham & Co Ltd of Ware in Hertfordshire, these trolleys were used in service as railway engineering personnel carriers, transporting PWPermanent Way working parties and materials to sites along the line.

The trolleys were designated 2w-2 PMR under the Whyte notation, denoting that they were 4-wheeled, petrol-engined, mechanically driven and reversible. They were lightweight, cheap to operate and very flexible, so they were popular with operators of railways of all kinds. The SVRSevern Valley Railway includes one Pre-War example; post-War more than 600 were built for BRBritish Rail or British Railways before the Wickham factory closed in 1991.

The Wickham trolleys feature an unusual stepless variable speed and reversible transmission.
Power is transmitted via a steel flywheel attached to the engine to a wheel with a friction lining on its surface which is able to slide along a splined shaft set at 90° to the crankshaft. Sliding the driven wheel towards the outer edge of the flywheel increases the gearing. Sliding it across to the opposite side of the flywheel reverses the drive.

SVRSevern Valley Railway Wickham Trolleys

A number of different Wickham Trolleys have been at the SVRSevern Valley Railway in preservation, although the precise details are a little unclear. The following references to Wickham Trolleys have been noted:

Number(s) Works no Type Engine as built Arrived Still present? Links Status / Notes
748 1580/1934 Type 17 2 cylinder Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968 Yes Operational
PWM 3189 5019/1949 Type 17A 2 cylinder Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968 Yes Unpowered trailer
DB965054 7577/1957 Type 17A[1] 2 cylinder Not recorded but post-1998? Yes Unpowered trailer
TP49P (PT1P) 7690/1957 Type 17A 2 cylinder Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968 Yes Awaiting restoration
9021 8085/1958 Type 27 Mk III 4 cyl Ford ‘Anglia’ Ex Longtown (Army) 1977 Yes Operational
B198W (P2P) ?/? Type 17A? 2 cylinder Ex Northampton 28 Nov 1968 No RCTS Photo Cannibalised for spares[2]
PWM2827 (B190W) 5005/1949 Type 27A 4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’ Ex Worcester 3 Apr 1971 No
PWM3774 (B13W) 6653/1953 Type 27A 4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’ Ex Worcester 3 Apr 1971 TBC Listed as an unpowered trailer in 2006.[3] Whereabouts now unknown.
PWM2830 (B193M) 5008/1949 Type 27A 4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’ Ex Bilston 10 July 1971 No Now at Royal Deeside Railway.[4]
9032 8200?/Unknown Type 27 Mk III 4 cyl Ford ‘Anglia’ Ex Longtown (Army) 1977 No Flickr photo Still present in 1998. Believed scrapped since.[5]

A thread discussing the identity and fate three Type 27A trolleys can be found here.

Gallery

See also

List of other rolling stock on the SVR

References

  1. Wickham of Ware Forum
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Sixth Edition
  3. SVR-Online Forum
  4. Ontrack Plant
  5. Wickham of Ware Forum

Links

Wickham Trolley page on Wikipedia
Video of Wickham Trolley run from Highley to Arley on YouTube

Pages in category ‘Wickham Trolley’

The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.