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    The Great Western Railway operated a large fleet of freight wagons to transport a wide variety of goods across its network in the UK. By 1902 it had over 59,000 wagons, growing to over 88,000 by 1926. The wagons came in many designs for different cargoes, from open boxes in early days to covered vans and special designs later on. Most were painted gray from around 1904, though earlier colors included black and red. The large fleet demonstrated the important role of freight transport on the Great Western Railway system.

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    The Great Western Railway operated a large fleet of freight wagons to transport a wide variety of goods across its network in the UK. By 1902 it had over 59,000 wagons, growing to over 88,000 by 1926. The wagons came in many designs for different cargoes, from open boxes in early days to covered vans and special designs later on. Most were painted gray from around 1904, though earlier colors included black and red. The large fleet demonstrated the important role of freight transport on the Great Western Railway system.

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    Great Western Railway wagons

    The number of Great Western Railway wagons (freight cars, in American usage) was
    both large and varied because it transported the wide range of products traffic
    around the Great Western Railway (GWR) within the Uk. It was the railway company
    that operated for that longest time period in the united states (from 1838 to 1947)
    and covered a sizable physical area that incorporated large metropolitan areas for
    example London, industrialised areas such as the West Midlands, regions of coal and
    mineral mining for example south Wales, and Somerset along with other important
    farming districts.[1] In 1902 the organization possessed 59,036 wagons, by 1926
    this had risen to 88,580.[4]

    The very first wagons were just open boxes but covered vans were added in the
    1860s and an array of special wagons were eventually created to handle many
    specialized traffics.[5] For the finish of their existence they were all colored inside a
    gray livery, before that both black and red-colored have been used at different
    occasions.

    Most early automobiles were open wagons with four wheels, although a couple of
    six-wheeled automobiles were deliver to special loads. Covered vans adopted,
    initially for transporting cattle but later for just about any type of products which
    must be protected against the elements throughout transit. The very first bogie
    wagons made an appearance in 1873 for heavy loads, but bogie coal wagons were
    built-in 1904 following on in the large four-wheeled coal wagons which had first
    made an appearance in 1898. Ranked at 20 lengthy tons (20 t), these have been
    two times how big typical wagons from the period, but it wasn't until 1923 that the
    organization invested heavily in coal wagons of the size and also the infrastructure
    essential for unloading them in the railway-possessed docks they were referred to
    as "Felix Pole" wagons following the GWR's Gm who marketed their use. Container
    wagons made an appearance in 1931 and special motor vehicle vans in 1933.
    Indeed, special wagons were designed for a variety of goods for example
    gunpowder, china clay, motor cars, central heating boilers, lengthy girders, sheets
    of glass, cattle, fruit and seafood.[4]

    Once the GWR was opened up no trains were fitted with vacuum brakes, rather
    handbrakes were suited to individual wagons and trains communicated brake vans
    where pads had charge of screw-operated brakes. The very first goods wagons to
    become fitted with vacuum brakes were individuals that went in passenger trains
    transporting perishable goods for example seafood. Some ballast hoppers received
    vacuum brakes in December 1903, and a few general goods wagons were built
    together from 1904 let's start, although unfitted wagons (individuals without
    vacuum brakes) still created a lot of the fleet on 1 The month of january 1948 once
    the railway was nationalised to explore British Railways.[4]

    That is similar to other British railways, goods trains were combined together with a
    large three-link chain between sprung hooks on every wagon. Some vacuum-braked
    wagons were fitted with screw couplings that could be stiffened to ensure that
    wagons didn't recover and forwards on their own buffers, where the middle link from
    the coupling would be a threaded bar having a handle to rotate it. More prevalent
    on GWR wagons was an instanter coupling, where the middle link was specifically
    formed to ensure that they may be reduced much more vacuum-fitted trains.[4]

    Wagons were colored brown in early many years of the GWR,[6] however this
    transformed to red-colored prior to the finish from the broad gauge in 1892. A dark
    gray livery was introduced about 1904 and ongoing for use until 1947.[7]

    Who owns the wagon was recognized by 'G.W.R' colored in small letters around the
    underframe or bottom plank from the body. When wagons were colored red-colored
    many were fitted with surefire plates rather. From 1904 the initials transformed to
    some large (25 in or 64 centimetres) colored 'GW' that was reduced to simply 16 in
    (41 centimetres) in 1920. About 1937 the look came back to simply a little 5 in (13
    centimetres) 'GW' colored just over the wagons number.[8]

    The first wagons were of the open type, basically a four-on the sides box having a
    drop-lower door in every side transported on four or sometimes six wheels.
    Individuals with just a few side planks as well as an 8 ton capacity were built until
    1872 through which time 9 ton, four-wheel, three-plank wagons appeared to be
    built. 1886 saw the development of four-plank wagons that have been ranked to
    hold 10 tons however a couple of longer ones (18 ft (5.5 m) rather than the typical
    16 ft (4.9 m)) were ranked at 12 tons. Five-plank wagons were standard construction
    from 1902 but from just 2 yrs later brand new open wagons were constructed with
    seven planks.[9]

    Many early wagons were constructed with semi-circular elevated finishes that may
    support a tarpaulin cover or 'tilt'. From 1902 numerous open wagons were rather
    built having a longitudinal bar above the center of the wagon and glued to some
    pivot each and every finish. This could support a tarpaulin, or 'sheet' because they
    were right now known.[9]

    An experimental bogie open, coded 'Tourn', was built-in 1889. 36 ft (11 m) lengthy,
    it had been two-planks high but soon elevated to four planks and ranked to hold 25
    tons. From 1925 the conventional wagon length for four-wheeled wagons was
    elevated to 17.5 ft (5.3 m) to satisfy Railway Clearing House standards. Numerous
    longer wagons were built for special traffics for example metal tubes or measures of
    timber and because of the telegraphic code 'Tube C'. The very first of those, built-in
    1907, were 25 ft (7.6 m) lengthy and ranked at 14 tons from 1945 these were 30 ft

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