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[[File: Gareth Price 20.7.17.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 991124 at [[Bridgnorth]] in July 2017 (Gareth Price)]]
 
The BR 'Tunny' Ballast Wagon (ZCO) was based on the GWR ballast wagon, with 3 doors per side and a 20 ton capacity.   
 
The BR 'Tunny' Ballast Wagon (ZCO) was based on the GWR ballast wagon, with 3 doors per side and a 20 ton capacity.   
  
 
==991124 in service==
 
==991124 in service==
DB 991124 was part of a single batch of 120 of these wagons built at Swindon at some time between 1948<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> and 1950<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.
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DB 991124 was part of a single batch of 120 of these wagons built by BR at Swindon at some time between 1948<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> and 1950<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.
  
 
==991124 in preservation==
 
==991124 in preservation==
991124 arrived on the SVR in December 1990 from Southall, London, owned by Mr J J Smith.  It was regularly used by the P-Way department as a spoil carrier
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991124 arrived on the SVR in December 1990 from Southall, London, owned by Mr J J Smith.<ref name=SB9/> It was regularly used by the P-Way department as a spoil carrier, although by 2012 it was stored in [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]].<ref>Gareth Price Photo</ref> In 2017 it was photographed at Bridgnorth.
 
 
==Gallery==
 
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Gareth Price 20.7.17.jpg |991124 at [[Bridgnorth]] on 20 July 2017, courtesy of Gareth Price
 
 
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 09:29, 24 July 2017

991124 at Bridgnorth in July 2017 (Gareth Price)

The BRBritish Rail or British Railways 'Tunny' Ballast Wagon (ZCO) was based on the GWRGreat Western Railway ballast wagon, with 3 doors per side and a 20 ton capacity.

991124 in service

DB 991124 was part of a single batch of 120 of these wagons built by BRBritish Rail or British Railways at Swindon at some time between 1948[1] and 1950[2].

991124 in preservation

991124 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in December 1990 from Southall, London, owned by Mr J J Smith.[2] It was regularly used by the P-Way department as a spoil carrier, although by 2012 it was stored in Kidderminster Carriage Shed.[3] In 2017 it was photographed at Bridgnorth.

See also

List of Goods Wagons

References

  1. Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
  2. 2.0 2.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
  3. Gareth Price Photo

Links

Gareth Price photo in Kidderminster Carriage Shed in March 2012 on Flickr