LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton

Stockingford Station: mrs1081

View of a Stockingford Colliery 7-plank open coal wagon which was built in 1902 by Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Ltd. The two signs give extra information - actual build date was November 1902 with wagon details being 14 ft 6 ins long by 6 ft 11 ins wide by 4 ft 0 ins tall. Not stated is the distance between the two axles which would have 9 ft ins. The main body of the wagon was painted in 'Lead Colour' whilst the lettering was white with black shading. Pete Lee surmises in his British Railways Journal article that the reference to Atherstone on the side of the wagon would have been because the Colliery's offices had been located in the postal district of Atherstone.

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