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| − | 60562 was built in 1900. | + | GWR 4-wheel ballast wagon 60562 was built at Swindon in 1900 to Diagram P2, Lot 261. It has a capacity of 14 Tons and is fitted with three drop-down doors per side. It was allocated to Henry Pooley and Sons, a company who serviced railway weighbridges and weighing machines. It was used to carry test weights and given the departmental number DW 150262. |
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| + | 60562 arrived on the SVR in October 1996 from the Avon Valley Railway at Bitton, near Bristol. It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]. {{as of|2016}} it is stored at the [[Stourport Triangle]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:35, 6 May 2016
GWRGreat Western Railway 4-wheel ballast wagon 60562 was built at Swindon in 1900 to Diagram P2, Lot 261. It has a capacity of 14 Tons and is fitted with three drop-down doors per side. It was allocated to Henry Pooley and Sons, a company who serviced railway weighbridges and weighing machines. It was used to carry test weights and given the departmental number DW 150262.
60562 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in October 1996 from the Avon Valley Railway at Bitton, near Bristol. It is owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund. As of 2016[update] it is stored at the Stourport Triangle.
See Also
Links
60562 on www.gwr813.org
60562 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
