'GCRN  Wagons' Covered Vans

 

Palvan B778771 

This Palvan with the number B778771 was at Ruddington Feilds station in 2010 at the Great Central railway Nottingham.

Palvan WGB 4023

Palvan WGB 4023 number WGB 4023 at Ruddington Feilds station at the Great Central Railway Nottingham in 2010 

12T covered van WGB 4178 

12T covered van WGB 4178  

12T Van WGB 4178 at Ruddington Feilds station in 2010 at the Great central North Nottingham.

12T covered van DB 784455

12T covered van DB 784455 

This Widefit covered van is number DB 784455 and it was at Ruddington Feilds station at the Great Central Nottingham in 2010.

 Covered van 200 (VAA 200631 ?)

Covered van 200 (VAA 200631 ?)

This  Van is I think VAA 200631? This covered van was at Ruddington Feilds station in 2010 at the Great Central Railway Nottingham.

GWR Siphon G bogie gangwayed Milk Van 

GWR Siphon G bogie gangwayed Milk Van

GWR Siphon G bogie gangwayed Milk Van which I think is number W1025W was at Ruddington Fields station in 2010. The gangways have been removed some time and boarded up. It looks like some work is under way on this van.  

Ferry Van B786902

British Railways Ferry Van number B786902   

This British Railways Ferry Van number B786902 was at Ruddington Fields station in 2010. This van is in it as it came state and a 2nd photo will be added here when its done up.

 

The wagons in the list below are just some of the wagons that have been saved at the Great Central Nottingham at Ruddington Fields. When the new bridge build over the Midland Main line and this railway is joined to the main Great Central and trains start running, these wagons will then  become part of The Great Central wagon fleet.

The very slow pick up freight, stopping at small way side stations are long gone. Todays airbraked trains of long wheel base wagons can now do 60mph. These freights are now in block trains.

The local pick freight would pick up one wagon from a small wayside station. This  train took the wagon to a larger freight yard. The wagons were then shunted onto to another freight train to another yard, were it would then be shunted into another pick freight. This traffic was slow. These trains used wagons that had change little over the years. It often took days to get from A to B.

Coal oil and fish and livestock plus parcels newspapers and mail were all moved by rail plus ever sort of cargo that day goes by road. Moving cargos like coal and iorn ore was why the railways were opened. The roads were often only muddy tracks when the railway first opened. Trains to carry people came later. Saving wagons is just as important as locomotives.

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