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==41277 in service== | ==41277 in service== | ||
| − | Built in 1890 to | + | Built in 1890 at Swindon to Diagram O.21, Lot 556, 41277 is the oldest wagon on the SVR. It is also the oldest known surviving and only complete example of over 18,000 four plank open wagons built by the GWR between 1886 and 1902.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> |
The grease axle boxes were replaced with 'OK' oil axle boxes in 1910 and the original single sided brakes were upgraded in 1928 to comply with Board of Trade regulations by having a second lever operating a single shoe added to the other side.<ref>http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_B1.htm</ref><ref>A history of GWR goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1</ref> | The grease axle boxes were replaced with 'OK' oil axle boxes in 1910 and the original single sided brakes were upgraded in 1928 to comply with Board of Trade regulations by having a second lever operating a single shoe added to the other side.<ref>http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_B1.htm</ref><ref>A history of GWR goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1</ref> | ||
==41277 in preservation== | ==41277 in preservation== | ||
| − | It was bought by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1984 from Sharpness Docks, where it is believed it had been since being condemned by the GWR in 1935, arriving in 1986. It is operational and based at Bewdley. | + | It was bought by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1984 from Sharpness Docks, where it is believed it had been since being condemned by the GWR in 1935, arriving in 1986.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> It is operational and based at Bewdley. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| − | [[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] | + | *[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | [http://http://www.gwr813.org/pagew43.html 41277 on www.gwr813.org] | + | *[http://http://www.gwr813.org/pagew43.html 41277 on www.gwr813.org] |
| − | [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7495 41277 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org] | + | *[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7495 41277 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org] |
[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]] | [[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]] | ||
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] | [[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 30 March 2017
41277 in service
Built in 1890 at Swindon to Diagram O.21, Lot 556, 41277 is the oldest wagon on the SVRSevern Valley Railway. It is also the oldest known surviving and only complete example of over 18,000 four plank open wagons built by the GWRGreat Western Railway between 1886 and 1902.[1]
The grease axle boxes were replaced with 'OK' oil axle boxes in 1910 and the original single sided brakes were upgraded in 1928 to comply with Board of Trade regulations by having a second lever operating a single shoe added to the other side.[2][3]
41277 in preservation
It was bought by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund in 1984 from Sharpness Docks, where it is believed it had been since being condemned by the GWRGreat Western Railway in 1935, arriving in 1986.[4] It is operational and based at Bewdley.
See also
References
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
- ↑ http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_B1.htm
- ↑ A history of GWRGreat Western Railway goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition
