LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Evesham Station: mre1342

A photograph of WH Wallis & Company's 8 ton open wagon after rebuilding by the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company (GCR&W). The date of the photograph nor the livery colour of the wagon are discernible on the information board. The (GRC&W) was a railway rolling stock manufacturer based at Gloucester, England which existed from 1860 to 1986. Its products included goods wagons, passenger coaches, diesel multiple units, electric multiple units and various special-purpose vehicles. The company supplied the original fleet of red trains for the Toronto Subway, which were based upon similar vehicles to the London Underground. The company also produced pivoting sections for the Mulberry Harbour for the British War Office 1944.

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