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Grounded wagons at Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway

Discussion in 'Heritage Rolling Stock' started by P Scott, Sep 30, 2008.

  1. P Scott

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    Does anyone know the identities of the two grounded wagons that form the station "buildings" at Furnace Sidings and Whistle Inn Halt?

    The red/cream one at Furnace looks a bit like a fish van body, whilst the bauxite one at Whistle Inn looks like a pre-nationalisation design.

    I can post pictures if this will help.

    Any help is greatly appreciated. Neither of these wagons are detailed on the P&BR's excellent website
     
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    Photos attached. May help jog someone's memory...
     
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    The red and cream one is a bog standard BR 12 ton van body. The other one I'm not 100% on without consulting the scriptures, definitely fairly modern though with those ply wood sides - don't think it's a fish van though with those ventilators.
     
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    Is there anyone on this forum who volunteers at the Pontypool & Blaenavon, who could help identify the vehicle numbers?

    There was also another unidentified 12t Vanfit type-body which was sat on top of a Conflat wagon.

    thanks
     
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    The plywood van with twin end vents is a late GWR design. Quite a few of these were also built by BR after nationalisation to several different Diagram nos eg 1/203 and 1/205 with nos around B753xxx. There were also some quite similar Shock Vans in this style.

    The red and cream van with no end vents is almost certainly a BR Banana Van, probably Diagram 1/246 built around 1959 or 1960 and numbered B882xxx

    David
     
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    I'd agree with that. The GWR V36 and V39 Van fits, allong with the V37 and V38 vans were simular to the plywood one, all with plywood sides and with a mix of plywood or planked ends, and the Wriggly tin van could be one of any number of BR standerd diagrams.
     
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    Thanks for all the replies. I have heard that the red/cream van is no longer on the platform... Can anyone confirm this please?
     
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