Private Owner Wagons : A First Collection

Contents

Introduction 7
Why Private Owner Wagons? 9

The Owners
J. C. Abbott & Co. Ltd 13
Abercrave and International Collieries 15
Arley Colliery Co. Ltd 16
C. & G. Ayres Ltd 17
B. A. Collieries Ltd 19
City of Birmingham Gas Department 23
Alfred Blackmore & Co. Ltd 30
Bolsover Colliery Co. 31
Braithwaite, Heslop & Co. Ltd 34
Breedon & Cloud Hill Lime Works 35
Brentnall & Cleland 37
G. Bryer Ash 39
H. C. Bull & Co. Ltd 41
Burton on Trent Co-op Society Ltd 41
Cain Bros. 42
Charringtons 43
Wm. Clarke & Son Ltd 47
The Cliffe Hill Granite Co. Ltd 48
Geo. J. Cockerell & Co. 49
Colmans Mustard 51
Alexander Comley Ltd 52
Denby Grange Collieries 54
Desford Colliery 55
Diamond Anthracite Mine Co. Ltd 56
A. T. Everitt & Co. 57
John Facer & Son 58
The First Garden City Ltd 58
Glan-Garnant Colliery 59
Gloucester Gas Light Company 61
Griff Collieries 62
Hall's Collieries Ltd 63
Hatfield Main Colliery 64
Highley Mining Co. Ltd 66
Kingsbury Collieries Ltd 67
W. H. Kynaston 68
W. B. Lampard & Co. 68
Leamington Priors Gas Company 70
Linby Colliery Co. Ltd 72
Littleton Collieries Ltd 73
Wm. Lockhart 73
Longbottom & Co. Ltd 74
Lowell Baldwin Ltd 75
The Mains Coal & Cannel Co. 77
Maltby Main Colliery 77
Measham Collieries Ltd 79
Moira Colliery Co. Ltd 80
Walter Moore & Sons 82
Mottram Wood Colliery Co. Ltd 83
J. & N. Nadin & Co. Ltd 85
Newstead Colliery Co. 86
New Cransley Iron & Steel Co. Ltd 87
New Hucknall and Blackwell Collieries Ltd 88
New Lount & Coleorton Collieries 91
John North & Son 92
City of Nottingham Electricity Department 93
James Oakes & Co. 94
Reynolds & Hutton 95
Sheffield Coal Co. 95
Shireoaks Colliery Co. 97
S. W. Smedley & Co. Ltd 98
South Leicestershire Colliery Co. Ltd 99
Spencer, Abbott & Co. Ltd 101
Wallace Spiers & Co. 103
Stafford Coal & Iron Co. Ltd 105
Stockingford Colliery Company 105
Toomer, R. & Co. Ltd 107
Warwickshire Coal Co. Ltd 109
Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery Co. Ltd 112
Whitwick Colliery 112
Whitwill, Cole & Co. Ltd 113
Isaac Wilkinson Ltd 113
Williams Foster and Pascoe Grenfell Ltd 114
J. R. Wood & Co. Ltd 115
Wyken Colliery and Snow & Sons 117

Aftermath 119
Anecdotes 124
Eccentricities 125
Acknowledgements, Sources 126
Models 128
Bibliography 128