GWR 42343 Machinery Flat
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This machinery flat, or ‘well wagon’ was built at Swindon in 1944 and is of type LoriotGWR telegraphic code signifying a machine truck N, having a 20 ton capacity.
It was acquired by SVR(H)[1] from Round Oak Steelworks in March 1971 and initially restored the following year. For some years it was the regular transporter for the P.W bulldozer. When photographed in March 2015 it was sited at Bridgnorth, carrying the saddle tanks of 2047 Warwickshire and GWR 813.
See also
References
Vintage Carriages Trust database
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition