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− | 996730 arrived on the SVR on 7 November 1990 from | + | 996730 arrived on the SVR on 7 November 1990 from Willesden. It was one of a number of wagons that were originally intended for the Southall Steam Centre but which came to the SVR instead during that year, owned by J.J. Smith.<ref name=SB9/> It was immediately put to use by the PW department for carrying rails and sleepers.<ref>SVR News 98</ref> The photograph shows the wagon carrying rails in a engineering train at [[Bewdley]] in 2015. |
==See also== | ==See also== |
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BRBritish Rail or British Railways 996730 Rail Carrier | |
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BRBritish Rail or British Railways Rail Carrier 996730 | |
Built By | Cravens of Sheffield |
Status | In service |
Number | DB 996730 |
History | |
Built | 1950 |
Diagram | 1/641 |
Lot | 2208 |
Type | Bogie Bolster |
Capacity | 40 tons |
Telegraphic code | GANE A |
TOPS code | YLO[1] |
1990 | Entered preservation on SVRSevern Valley Railway |
996730 was built to a modified GANE A design (Diagram J29) which was introduced in 1940 and incorporated two independent long lever brakes instead of the GWRGreat Western Railway's pre-War DC brakes. However it was never vacuum-fitted, which led to an early retirement.[2][3] During the BRBritish Rail or British Railways era, the Western Region commonly continued to use GWRGreat Western Railway-era Telegraph codes for Civil Engineers wagons rather than adopting the 'fish' codes used elsewhere[4].
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Preservation
996730 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 7 November 1990 from Willesden. It was one of a number of wagons that were originally intended for the Southall Steam Centre but which came to the SVRSevern Valley Railway instead during that year, owned by J.J. Smith.[2] It was immediately put to use by the PWPermanent Way department for carrying rails and sleepers.[5] The photograph shows the wagon carrying rails in a engineering train at Bewdley in 2015.
See also
References
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
- ↑ Larkin Vol 1 (2011), p.54.
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 98