GWR 80603 Ballast Wagon

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GWRGreat Western Railway Ballast Wagon 80603

This open steel dropside 10-ton 'Starfish' Ballast Wagon was built at Swindon circa 1935-37 to Diagram P15, Lot 1215. It is sister to 80684 and one of 16 extant examples listed by the Vintage Carriages Trust.

It was purchased from BRBritish Rail or British Railways Swindon by SVRSevern Valley Railway(H) for PWPermanent Way Department use and arrived in November 1973.

See also

List of goods wagons

References

Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey (states build date as 1935)
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition (states build date as 1937)

Links

80603 on vintagecarriagestrust.org