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Private Owner Wagons: A Seventeenth Collection

Private Owner Wagons: A Seventeenth Collection


Ian Pope & Keith Turton

128 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

ISBN13 : 9781915069412

£25.00

A Seventeenth Collection follows on the tradition of the previous volumes in this series in covering a wide range of Private Owner wagon operators from across England and Wales and carrying a diverse range of products. As with the previous volumes a resume of each operator’s business is given as fully as possible to give some idea as to how long the wagons may have been seen in traffic. Some were to be seen on the railway system for many years if the business was a success. Some liveries were short-lived if the business failed or if partnerships were dissolved and the wagon re-branded. As with the previous volumes A Seventeenth Collection adds to the knowledge of many small businesses using rail transport and as such is of interest to social, business and railway historians as well as to railway modellers.

Private Owner Wagons: A Seventeenth Collection - Sample Images

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No. 3 was a 10-ton wagon built in 1923 with side doors only. It is believed to have been painted dark grey with plain white lettering. The side doors carried a large monogram of an M and a W superimposed within a letter C. It carries a finance company owner’s plate on the end. Late Bill Hudson collection, courtesy James Hudson
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Van number 5 was built by the Midland RC&WCo. in 1895 being registered by the Hull & Barnsley Railway (394). It is difficult to state with any confidence what the livery may have been but red or brown is a possibility with white lettering shaded black. Unfortunately the italic lettering bottom left cannot be deciphered. Late Phil Coutanche collection