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94059 was built in 1914. Owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].<br>
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94059 is one of 500 built at Swindon in 1914 to Diagram O13, Lot 777. It is a 4-wheeled 5-plank open tippler wagon with a capacity of 12 tons. The wagons were used until the 1950s to haul china clay from Cornwall to the Staffordshire potteries, and accordingly were given the telegraphic code 'Clay'. In service they were fitted with zinc-lined floors, as the normal wooden floor of a wagon could stain the clay.
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94059 was sold to the Port of Bristol Authority in 1958 for use on the Avonmouth Docks internal system, where it was numbered PBA 58028.  It was acquired from there, arriving on the SVR on 8 September 1975, and is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
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==References==
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SVR Stock Book 9th Edition
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew48.html 94059 on www.gwr813.org]<br>
 
[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew48.html 94059 on www.gwr813.org]<br>
 
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7460 94059 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7460 94059 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>

Revision as of 16:27, 13 May 2016

GWRGreat Western Railway 94059 China Clay Open Wagon

94059 is one of 500 built at Swindon in 1914 to Diagram O13, Lot 777. It is a 4-wheeled 5-plank open tippler wagon with a capacity of 12 tons. The wagons were used until the 1950s to haul china clay from Cornwall to the Staffordshire potteries, and accordingly were given the telegraphic code 'Clay'. In service they were fitted with zinc-lined floors, as the normal wooden floor of a wagon could stain the clay.

94059 was sold to the Port of Bristol Authority in 1958 for use on the Avonmouth Docks internal system, where it was numbered PBA 58028. It was acquired from there, arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 8 September 1975, and is owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund.

See Also

List of goods wagons

References

SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition

Links

94059 on www.gwr813.org
94059 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org