GWR 107291 Macaw B Bogie Bolster

GWR 107291 Macaw B Bogie Bolster
GWR 107291 Macaw B Bogie Bolster
Built By	GWR Swindon
Number	107291
History
Built	1935
Diagram	J21
Lot	1169
Type	Bogie bolster
Capacity	30 tons
Telegraphic code	MACAW B
1971	Arrived on SVR
1985	GWR 150 main line appearance
Goods Wagons

107291 was built at Swindon in 1935 to Diagram J 21, Lot 1169. It is a ‘MACAW B’ 45 foot 30 ton Bogie Bolster wagon. Bolsters are the raised wooden baulks on which the load was carried; often these had movable stakes at the ends of each bolster to prevent the load sliding off the side of the wagon. The wagon was fitted with two bogies, each with 4 wheels.

107291 was acquired by The Great Western (SVR) Assoc. in 1971 from the Round Oak Steel Works, Brierley Hill, arriving on 22 March in that year. It was quickly restored for use in service as a P.W. vehicle, that use being interrupted by a brief spell as a mock ‘Pullman’ carriage for filming in 1975.

In 1985, 107291 appeared on the main line when it was used in the GW 150 demonstration freight train which ran to Newport behind GWR freight loco 2857. It was completely re-decked and repainted in 1986, and saw regular use as a transporter of rails, sleepers and point-work on the railway.

See also

List of goods wagons

Links

• 107291 on GW(SVR)A website
  
• 107291 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line