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[[<!--IMAGE FILE-->File:GWR_25190_20160514Country Lorry Service.jpg |thumb|centre|300px|link=<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->GWR 25190 5 plank Open Goods WagonCountry Lorry Service and Cartage Service | As well as transporting goods between stations by rail, the GWR 25190 is an early example of a 5-plank Open Goods Wagon, built at Swindon in 1904 was also able to collect and deliver goods and parcels to Diagram O4and from local addresses. It was sold out of GWR After the First World War they introduced the "Country Lorry" service in , allowing agricultural and other goods to be transported beyond the mid-1930s normal collection and delivery radius which was usually limited to urban areas and acquired by their immediate fringes. The Country Lorry service on the British Waterways Board’s for use Severn Valley Branch began at their Sharpness Docks, from where it was preserved Bewdley in 1927 and Bridgnorth in 19861928. [[<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->GWR 25190 5 plank Open Goods WagonCountry Lorry Service and Cartage Service | (Full article...)]]]]
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