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43989 was the first of 51 four wheel tank wagons constructed between 1894 and 1911 to Diagam DD3, with the 3108 gallon tanks being built by the GWR locomotive department.
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Originally intended for carrying oil, creosote and similar liquids for departmental use, after almost 100 years, it ended it's working days storing engine coolant at Reading Diesel Depot until being sold to [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in the early 1990s.<ref>http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_A1.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>
  
43989 was the first of 51 four wheel tank wagons constructed between 1894 and 1911 to Diagam DD3, with the 3108 gallon tanks being built by the GWR locomotive department.<br>
 
Originally intended for carrying oil, creosote and similar liquids for departmental use, after almost 100 years, it ended it's working days storing engine coolant at Reading Diesel Depot until being sold to [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in the early 1990s.<ref>http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_A1.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><br>
 
 
Currently in the custody of [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]].
 
Currently in the custody of [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
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[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
  
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
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==References==
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==Links==
 
==Links==
[http://www.gwr813.org/GW43989.htm 43989 on www.gwr813.org]<br>
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[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew91.html 43989 on www.gwr813.org]<br>
 
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9646 43989 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9646 43989 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
  
==References==
 
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[[Category:Rolling stock at Kidderminster Railway Museum]]
 
[[Category:Rolling stock at Kidderminster Railway Museum]]

Revision as of 17:27, 30 March 2016

GWRGreat Western Railway 43989 Cylindrical Tank Wagon

43989 was the first of 51 four wheel tank wagons constructed between 1894 and 1911 to Diagam DD3, with the 3108 gallon tanks being built by the GWRGreat Western Railway locomotive department.

Originally intended for carrying oil, creosote and similar liquids for departmental use, after almost 100 years, it ended it's working days storing engine coolant at Reading Diesel Depot until being sold to The GWR 813 Preservation Fund in the early 1990s.[1][2]

Currently in the custody of Kidderminster Railway Museum.

See Also

List of goods wagons

References

  1. http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_A1.htm
  2. A history of GWRGreat Western Railway goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1

Links

43989 on www.gwr813.org
43989 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org