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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

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The main cement kiln cylinder seen loaded on a 25 ton boiler trolley wagon, telegraphic code name - Crocodile F

The main cement kiln cylinder was loaded on a 25 ton boiler trolley wagon (telegraphic code name - Crocodile F). This particular wagon No 41966 was one of eight boiler trolley wagons built under lot L947 in 1925 to diagram C20(VI). The other three boiler trolley wagons involved in the kiln transfer were Crocodile G (35 ton) wagons built under lot L596 in 1909 to diagram C14(VI). The details of the boiler trolley wagons (of these two types) which were available in 1933 are given in the table below:

Lot Diagram Load Code Date Quantity Running Numbers
L596 C14(VI) 35 ton G 1909 4 41943, 41944, 41945 and 41946
L373 C16(V) 35 ton G Rebuild of C8 in 1909 3 36949
L400 36950
L474 36951
L946 C19(VI) 35 ton G 1925 2 41962 and 41963
L889 C22(VI) 35 ton G 1921 3 41952, 41953 and 41854
NoW R3 C26(VI) 35 ton G Rebuild of two C19 in 1928 2 41961 and 41964
L378 C5(V) 25 ton F Rebuilt in 1909 2 41915 and 41916
L594 C12(VI) 25 ton F 1908 10 41933, 41934, 41935, 41936, 41937, 41938, 41939, 41940, 41941 and 41942
L619 C12(VI) 25 ton F 1909 2 41950 and 41951
L947 C20(VI) 25 ton F 1925 8 41965, 41966, 41967, 41968, 41969, 41970, 41971 and 41972

Although the kiln components were very heavy, one of the other critical factors was the cylinder length. Because the kiln cylinders had such large diameters, they needed to fit as low as possible into the well of the boiler trolley wagon to minimise the out of gauge dimensions. The diagram C14(VI) wagon had a clear well length of 25 feet.

Robert Ferris

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