GWRGreat Western Railway 112889 MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van 'G' Covered Goods Van
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GWRGreat Western Railway 112889 MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van 'G' Covered Goods Van
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Built By |
GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
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Status |
1931
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Number |
112889
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History
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Built |
1931
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Diagram |
V22
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Lot |
1067
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Type |
4-w ventilated van
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Capacity |
20 tons
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Telegraphic code |
MINK G
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1993 |
Arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway
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Goods Wagons
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The majority of short wheelbase goods vans such as the '
MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van A' had a 10 ton or 12 ton capacity, although the individual loads they carried rarely made use of this. In a bid to improve economy, the
GWRGreat Western Railway built a number of ‘
MinkGWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van G’ 30 foot covered goods wagons with a 20 ton capacity and a 19ft 6in wheelbase. They were used to transport consolidated batches of loads from goods depots on overnight shuttles.
[1] They were fitted with
InstanterA type of three link chain coupling with a special triangular-shaped middle link which provides sufficient slack for coupling, but when rotated through 90 degrees shortens the length of the chain, reducing the slack without the need to wind a screw. couplings (an entry in the
GWRGreat Western Railway Lot book states "
InstanterA type of three link chain coupling with a special triangular-shaped middle link which provides sufficient slack for coupling, but when rotated through 90 degrees shortens the length of the chain, reducing the slack without the need to wind a screw. decided by Mr
CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 22 October 1930") and due to their length had large-headed self-contained buffers to guard against buffer locking when negotiating curves.
[2]
112889 was built at Swindon in 1931 to Diagram V22, Lot 1067.[2] It spent the last 29 years of its life at Thisk in Yorkshire, on Internal Use with the P.W.Permanent Way Department. It was acquired by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund in 1993, arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 21 May 1993. After arrival it was quickly restored into the GWRGreat Western Railway livery it now carries[1].
See also
List of goods wagons
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013) p. 34.
Links
112889 on www.gwr813.org
112889 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org