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[[File:GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van under repair]].
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{{Infobox wagon
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|image      = 103592on30.3.2021.jpg
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|caption    = GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van in Bewdley Yard (March 2021)
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|construc  = GWR Swindon
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|status    = Under repair
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|wagno      = 103592
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|othernos  =
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|designed  =
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|diagram    = V14
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|lot        = 901
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|wagtype    = 4-w ventilated van
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|capacity  = 12 tons
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|telcode    = MINK A
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|topscode  =
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|brakes    =
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|built      = 1923
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|years1    = 1987
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|events1    = Arrived on SVR
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|years2    = c 2008
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|events2    = Restored
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|years3    =
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|events3    =
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}}'''GWR 103592 MINK A Covered Goods Van''' was built at Swindon in 1923 to Diagram V14, Lot 901.<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 33-34, 379.</ref> The GWR telegraphic code 'MINK' refers to a covered van used for transporting merchandise, with the 'A' suffix denoting a ventilated version fitted with shutters, or later with hooded vents.
  
103592 was built in 1923. Owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]<br>
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In the earliest days merchandise was carried in open wagons, covered by a tarpaulin if necessary.  During the 1860s the GWR began to build covered goods vans with wooden bodies and body frames. Between 1886 and 1901 they were built of iron and became known as an 'IRON MINK'. After that time the GWR reverted to wooden body construction but with iron angle section frames. MINK A Diagram V14 was first introduced in 1912, with 1,625 examples built by 1923. These were the standard 16ft length over the headstocks with a 9ft wheelbase and had a 10-ton capacity.  A further 2,186 were built between 1923 and 1927 to the same Diagram and dimensions but with a 12-ton capacity, requiring an increase in the size of the journals from 8in by 4in to 9in by 5&frac12;in.<ref group="note">The ends (or journals) of the axles rotate in bearings inside the axleboxes. The journal length and diameter are larger on vehicles with a higher Tare/load capacity.</ref> Both types had ventilation provided by two bonnets at each end of the van.<ref name=Atkins/>
  
==See Also==
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The SVR is home to four MINK As, of which [[GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van|93016]] and [[GWR 93045 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van|93045]] are of the early 10-ton type while [[GWR 101961 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van|101961]] and 103592 are of the later 12-ton type.
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==Service and preservation==
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103592 entered GWR service in 1923 and continued in use with BR(W). It was then used at British Steel in Sheffield, from where it was acquired for preservation by the [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]], arriving on the SVR on 6 May 1987. A [http://www.gwr813.org/pagew32A.html photograph of 103592 at Bewdley in May 1988] shows the wagon in pale yellow paint.
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103592 spent a number of years in need of restoration. The 1999 Stock Book noted that the wagon still required major renovation before use, not helped by being regularly "blown up" for demonstration purposes at War Weekend events.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
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Between 2006 and 2008 the [[Guarantee Company]] helped fund a sympathetically styled 'tin shed' next to the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]] in [[Bewdley Down Yard|Bewdley yard]] to replace a life-expired container which had been used as a store. SVR News noted that the completed shed has been electrically wired by the volunteers from the [[1501 Pannier Tank Association|1501 group]] in a break from their extensive overhaul of GWR Mink A 103592.<ref>SVR News 163</ref> The picture below shows work on 103592 still in progress the following year.
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File:GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van.jpg | Under repair in Bewdley Yard in March 2009 (Gareth Price)
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After the restoration was completed, 103592 spent time in use as a store at the back of Bewdley Yard as pictured below. In March 2021 a shunt brought the wagon out into the open as seen in the main photograph above.
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File:GWR_103592_20150320.jpg| Bewdley Yard (March 2015)
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==See also==
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==Links==
 
==Links==
[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew32.html 103592 on www.gwr813.org]<br>
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*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew32.html 103592 on www.gwr813.org]
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9659 103592 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
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*[http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9659 103592 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 5 April 2021

GWRGreat Western Railway 103592 MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van 'A' Covered Goods Van
103592on30.3.2021.jpg
GWRGreat Western Railway 103592 MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van 'A' Covered Goods Van in Bewdley Yard (March 2021)
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status Under repair
Number 103592
History
Built 1923
Diagram V14
Lot 901
Type 4-w ventilated van
Capacity 12 tons
Telegraphic code MINK A
1987 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
c 2008 Restored

Goods Wagons

GWRGreat Western Railway 103592 MINK A Covered Goods Van was built at Swindon in 1923 to Diagram V14, Lot 901.[1] The GWRGreat Western Railway telegraphic code 'MINK' refers to a covered van used for transporting merchandise, with the 'A' suffix denoting a ventilated version fitted with shutters, or later with hooded vents.

In the earliest days merchandise was carried in open wagons, covered by a tarpaulin if necessary. During the 1860s the GWRGreat Western Railway began to build covered goods vans with wooden bodies and body frames. Between 1886 and 1901 they were built of iron and became known as an 'IRON MINK'. After that time the GWRGreat Western Railway reverted to wooden body construction but with iron angle section frames. MINK A Diagram V14 was first introduced in 1912, with 1,625 examples built by 1923. These were the standard 16ft length over the headstocksThe underframe member across each end of a wagon carrying the buffers and coupling. Known as the Bufferbeam on a locomotive. with a 9ft wheelbase and had a 10-ton capacity. A further 2,186 were built between 1923 and 1927 to the same Diagram and dimensions but with a 12-ton capacity, requiring an increase in the size of the journals from 8in by 4in to 9in by 5½in.[note 1] Both types had ventilation provided by two bonnets at each end of the van.[1]

The SVRSevern Valley Railway is home to four MINK As, of which 93016 and 93045 are of the early 10-ton type while 101961 and 103592 are of the later 12-ton type.

Service and preservation

103592 entered GWRGreat Western Railway service in 1923 and continued in use with BRBritish Rail or British Railways(W). It was then used at British Steel in Sheffield, from where it was acquired for preservation by the The GWR 813 Preservation Fund, arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 6 May 1987. A photograph of 103592 at Bewdley in May 1988 shows the wagon in pale yellow paint.

103592 spent a number of years in need of restoration. The 1999 Stock Book noted that the wagon still required major renovation before use, not helped by being regularly "blown up" for demonstration purposes at War Weekend events.[2]

Between 2006 and 2008 the Guarantee Company helped fund a sympathetically styled 'tin shed' next to the Goods Shed in Bewdley yard to replace a life-expired container which had been used as a store. SVRSevern Valley Railway News noted that the completed shed has been electrically wired by the volunteers from the 1501 group in a break from their extensive overhaul of GWRGreat Western Railway MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van A 103592.[3] The picture below shows work on 103592 still in progress the following year.

After the restoration was completed, 103592 spent time in use as a store at the back of Bewdley Yard as pictured below. In March 2021 a shunt brought the wagon out into the open as seen in the main photograph above.

See also

List of goods wagons

Notes

  1. The ends (or journals) of the axles rotate in bearings inside the axleboxes. The journal length and diameter are larger on vehicles with a higher Tare/load capacity.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013) pp. 33-34, 379.
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
  3. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 163

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