| GWR 60562 Ballast Wagon | |
|---|---|
 GWR 60562 Ballast Wagon | |
| Built By | GWR Swindon |
| Status | Stored |
| Number | 60562 |
| Other Numbers | DW 150262 |
| History | |
| Built | 1900 |
| Diagram | P2 |
| Lot | 261 |
| Type | 4-wheel ballast wagon |
| Capacity | 14 tons |
| Telegraphic code | none |
| 1980 | Entered preservation |
| 1996 | Arrived on the SVR |
GWR 60562 is 4-wheel ballast wagon. It has a capacity of 14 tons (12 cubic yards) and is fitted with three drop-down doors per side, each 6ft 8in in length and 2ft 2½ in high. The underframe is 20ft over headstocks. When built it was fitted with Thomas brakes,[1] an early form of braking operated by turning a crank on each side of the wagon – clockwise on one side and anticlockwise on the other.[2]
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Service
60562 was built at Swindon in 1900 to Diagram P2, Lot 261.[3] Construction of these wagons began in 1899 with more than 200 built by 1901. 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.[4]
Preservation
60562 was acquired by the current owners The GWR 813 Preservation Fund in 1980.[5] It arrived on the SVR on 31 October 1996 from the Avon Valley Railway at Bitton, near Bristol. It is stored at the Stourport Triangle awaiting restoration.
See also
References
- ↑ Atkins et al (1976) Vol 2 p. 75.
- ↑ GWR.org.uk
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey (SVR Stock Book gives 1899)
- ↑ SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
- ↑ gwr813.org