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[[File:GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van under repair]].
 
[[File:GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van under repair]].
  
103592 was built in 1923. Owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]<br>
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103592 was built at Swindon in 1923 to Diagram V14, Lot 901. It is a ‘Mink A’ 4-wheeled ventilated covered van with a 10 ton capacity.  After GWR and BR(W), the wagon was used at British Steel in Sheffield. It was acquired from there, arriving on the SVR on 6 May 1987.  It spent some years in need of restoration – the 1999 Stock Book mentions that the wagon was regularly “blown up” at War Weekend events. It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
 
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
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==References==
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SVR Stock Book 9th Edition==
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 16:42, 13 May 2016

GWRGreat Western Railway 103592 MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van 'A' Covered Goods Van under repair
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103592 was built at Swindon in 1923 to Diagram V14, Lot 901. It is a ‘MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van A’ 4-wheeled ventilated covered van with a 10 ton capacity. After GWRGreat Western Railway and BRBritish Rail or British Railways(W), the wagon was used at British Steel in Sheffield. It was acquired from there, arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 6 May 1987. It spent some years in need of restoration – the 1999 Stock Book mentions that the wagon was regularly “blown up” at War Weekend events. It is owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund.

See Also

List of goods wagons

References

SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition==

Links

103592 on www.gwr813.org
103592 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org