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| − | One of only two vehicles built to Diagram G39 in 1939, the Telegraph Code 'Loriot Y' denotes them as 25 ton machinery trucks with a 20' well. | + | One of only two vehicles built to Diagram G39 in 1939, the Telegraph Code 'Loriot Y' denotes them as 25 ton machinery trucks with a 20' well. Built just before the Second World War, they were used for transporting the company bulldozers which no doubt saw much use during the wartime bombing. |
| − | The | + | The wagon ended its BR service at Radyr and was moved to Bescot in 1994, from where it was saved on the day of being dispatched for scrapping by the intervention of a group of interested railwaymen. This allowed negotiations for its sale into preservation to take place, with 41990 arriving at Bewdley in September 1994.<ref Name = "SVR9">SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> |
| − | + | 41990 is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]], and has been used to carry locomotive boilers and frames as well as P.W. materials. | |
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| + | The sister vehicle to 41990, 41989, featured in the 1953 film "The Titfield Thunderbolt".<ref>http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_B1.htm</ref><ref>A history of GWR goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1</ref> It was subsequently scrapped<ref Name = "SVR9" />, leaving 41990 as the only surviving Loriot Y.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 29 April 2016
One of only two vehicles built to Diagram G39 in 1939, the Telegraph Code 'LoriotGWR telegraphic code signifying a machine truck Y' denotes them as 25 ton machinery trucks with a 20' well. Built just before the Second World War, they were used for transporting the company bulldozers which no doubt saw much use during the wartime bombing.
The wagon ended its BRBritish Rail or British Railways service at Radyr and was moved to Bescot in 1994, from where it was saved on the day of being dispatched for scrapping by the intervention of a group of interested railwaymen. This allowed negotiations for its sale into preservation to take place, with 41990 arriving at Bewdley in September 1994.[1]
41990 is owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund, and has been used to carry locomotive boilers and frames as well as P.W.Permanent Way materials.
The sister vehicle to 41990, 41989, featured in the 1953 film "The Titfield Thunderbolt".[2][3] It was subsequently scrapped[1], leaving 41990 as the only surviving LoriotGWR telegraphic code signifying a machine truck Y.[4]
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition
- ↑ http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_B1.htm
- ↑ A history of GWRGreat Western Railway goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
Links
41990 on www.gwr813.org
41990 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
