BR 257698 Steel Mineral Wagon

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BRBritish Rail or British Railways 257698 Steel Mineral Wagon
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BRBritish Rail or British Railways 257698 in January 2016
Built By Teesside Bridge & Engineering
Status Stored
Number B 275698
Other Numbers DB 257698, I/U 041680
History
Built 1956
Diagram 1/108
Lot 2802
Type 4-wheel steel mineral wagon
Capacity 16 tons
TOPS code MCO
Brakes Unfitted
1993 Arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway

Goods Wagons

More than 200,000 of these 4-wheeled 16 ton open steel mineral wagons were built for British Railways between 1950 and 1957. This example, originally numbered B 275698, was built by Teesside Bridge & Engineering in 1956 to Diagram 1/10/, Lot 2802.[1] It also carried the Internal UserRolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location. number 041680.[2]

It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 13 August 1993 from Stratford, London, as one of a number of wagons owned by Mr J J Smith.[3]. As of 2018 it is stored at the Stourport Triangle.

See also

List of goods wagons

References

  1. Rowland (1996) pp. 9, 41, App 4.
  2. Departmentals.com
  3. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

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