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The 1939 GWR Telegraph Code Book included the following introduction: ''To facilitate the transmission of Telegraph Messages, a code of Phrases in common use in telegrams sent on the Company’s business has been prepared, each phrase being represented by a distinctive word, and that word only to be sent instead of the complete phrase which it represents''.<ref name=ABT>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] p. 9.</ref>
Codes were used for all sorts of administrative matters, for example LIMA meant "can you spare a horse for a few days". However it is the codes used to describe types of carriage and wagon that are still used on the SVR today. Some carriage and [[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|Brown Vehicle ]] types and most wagon types were assigned telegraph codes, although engineers’ vehicles were usually not. Wagon codes often had a suffix letter added to distinguish variants within a particular type, eg LORIOT A, LORIOT B etc. Frequently the code would be painted on the wagon, although this was not done on the most common types such as OPEN and MINK.<ref name=ABT/>
The following examples of rolling stock on the SVR were assigned GWR telegraph codes:
