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GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon

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[[File:GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon carrying container BR 49408B]]The GWR 'Conflat' was a flat wagon originally designed to carry interchangeable wooden containers, which were secured using chains kept in pockets on the side of the wagon. Container Wagon 39860 was built at Swindon in 1935. It last saw service at Swindon Works where it was used for transporting diesel motors to and from depots.
The GWR 'Conflat' It arrived on the SVR from Swindon in December 1986 and was a flat wagon designed to carry interchangeable containersrestored at Bewdley in April 1987. Container Wagon 39860 It was built used in 1935. Owned by filming [[The GWR 813 Preservation FundOh, Doctor Beeching!]]at Arley in 1996.
39860 is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] and is unique, being the only surviving 'Conflat' wagon. The container mounted on the Conflat in the photograph is No [[BR 49408B General Goods Container | 49408B]], which was unfortunately burnt out in September 2013 in an apparent arson attack at Bewdley.
==See Also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]==References==SVR Stock Book 9th Edition<br>
==Links==
[http://www.gwr813.org/GW3986039860.htm 39860 on www.gwr813.org]<br>
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7478 39860 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
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