GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van

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GWRGreat Western Railway 103592 MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van 'A' Covered Goods Van in Bewdley Yard (March 2015)

103592 was built at Swindon in 1923 to Diagram V14, Lot 901. It is a ‘MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van A’ 4-wheeled ventilated covered van with a 10 ton capacity. After GWRGreat Western Railway and BRBritish Rail or British Railways(W), the wagon was used at British Steel in Sheffield. It was acquired from there, arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 6 May 1987. It spent some years in need of restoration – the 1999 Stock Book mentions that the wagon was regularly “blown up” at War Weekend events. It is owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund.

Gallery

See Also

List of goods wagons

References

SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition

Links

103592 on www.gwr813.org
103592 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org