GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van

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GWRGreat Western Railway 93016 MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van 'A' Covered Goods Van
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GWRGreat Western Railway 93016 MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van 'A' Covered Goods Van
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway, Swindon
Status Operational
Number 93016
Other Numbers DW 93016
History
Built 1913 or 1914
Diagram V16
Lot 742
Type 4-w ventilated van
Capacity 10 tons
Telegraphic code MINK A
1917 Sent overseas for war service
1920 Returned from war service
1961 Condemned, transferred to departmental service in Hull
1972 Purchased for preservation
1973 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Goods Wagons

Built in Swindon in 1914[1], 93016 was one of over 2,000 ten 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

List of goods wagons

References

  1. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock book says both 1913 and 1914
  2. http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_B1.htm
  3. A history of GWRGreat Western Railway goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1
  4. 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