GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van
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Built in Swindon in 1914[1], 93016 was one of over 2000 10 ton goods vans built to Diagram V16.
Sent overseas as part of the war effort in 1917, it returned to the GWRGreat Western Railway in 1920.
Condemned in 1961, it was retained as a service vehicle by BRBritish Rail or British Railways (North Eastern Region) until bought by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund in 1972,[2][3] arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Hull on 6 April 1973.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock book says both 1913 and 1914
- ↑ 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
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book, ninth edition
Links
93016 on www.gwr813.org
93016 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
