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Duncan, The stock book specifically uses the word renumbered and as it is the NG stock book, the presumption has to be it was already standard gauge. Buffers were sprung and Stephen is correct in his assumption of 3' springs Chris

As Stephen alludes, 28841 was a Covered Goods from lot 269, so not that. 26841 was originally West Cornwall Railway wagon No. 201 built in 1874 and renumbered by GWR in 1878. It was condemned in 1896. Body dimensions were 11' 8" long, 7' 2" wide and 2' 0" high. Wheelbase was 6'

56933 - Lot 383, built Aug 1902 56975 - Lot 336, built Dec 1900

Mea Culpa - quite correct it was Swansea not Swanage - confused by the capital C in the line below making it look like a g....

Ex CMR N0 214 - Body 11' long, 6'9" wide and 2'6" high, wood underframe (not flitched), 3' wheels with 6' 6" wheelbase. Wagon Stock Book records buffers as changed to self contained, but no date, 12 Ton load and as built recorded as 4.15.2 weight. Built by Swanage Wagon Co. in 1874, renumbered into GWR in Oct 1878 and condemned at St Blazey in April 1914.

Another fantastic build and thanks for documenting and sharing the resources that helped you. Will be revisiting the sheet ones at the very least...

3 plank underframe history from the GWR Lot Book - First 4 Lots, some 700 wagons are built with Iron Frames Next Lot, 200 wagons built with wooden frames and Iron solebar plates (Flitched) Next 2 Lots, 400 wagons, back to Iron Frames One Lot of 100 wagons with Wooden Frames One Lot of 100 with Iron Frames One Lot of 200 wagons built with wooden frames and Iron solebar plates (Flitched) One Lot of 200 with Iron Frames Next 2 Lots, 250 wagons, back to Wooden Frames with 50 being marked as "Various sizes" in the Order Book Remaining 26 lots of 4660 wagons on Iron Frames, of which 3310 were built with straight ends and including 50 with Iron Bodies. There's also 400 BG convertibles in that list. just to add to the fun.... Now the question to actually ask is why did they build the wooden and flitched underframes???

Yes, definitely a water crane and almost certainly some form of colour light signal

Mike, You may not be Rembrandt, but I would be happy to have achieved that end result.... Chris

Wagon Stock has this to say about 35015 - As Compound stated, built to Lot 239, this wagon was completed on 10th Sept 1881 at Swindon and lasted until 23rd March 1912. It had a wooden body and wooden frame, with no mention of flitch plates in the stock book. No changes to axle boxes, brakes or other aspects of the build recorded in the stock book

Duncan 29382 had 3' 6" wheels. 10088 Converted to NG 29559 24/3/1877 - 17' 0" x 7' 6" x 2' 6" 10090 Converted to NG 29602 3/11/1877 - 17' 0" x 7' 8" x 2' 6" - Not recorded as a BG conversion 10091 Converted to NG 29604 15/12/1877 - 16' 11" x 7' 6" x 2' 7" - Not recorded as a BG conversion 10120 Converted to NG 29605 23/2/1878 - 17' 0" x 7' 7" x 2' 7" - Not recorded as a BG conversion 10124 converted to NG 29482 10/3?/1877 - 17' 1" x 7' 6" x 2' 9" 10132 converted to NG 29579 8/12/1877 - 16' 6" x 7' 0" x 2' 6" 10148 converted to NG 29500 8/5/1880 - out of focus Regards, Chris

What a wonderful photo, thanks for digging it out! 29382 (BG 2002) described as an Iron Tilt. Converted in Feb 1876 and condemned in Sept 1896, so the date of the photo is somewhat suspect......

Of the 498 I could read the condemned date in the 29xxx series, 2 didn't make it to 1880, 19 went in the 1880s, 397 went in the 1890s (albeit only 3 in 1892) and the remaining 80 in 1900's with 8 having a date of 1905 or later. 1905 - 29393 and 29530 1906 - 29392, 29472 and 29576 1907 - 29231 and 29400 1908 - 29380 Most if not all this series were Iron bodies and certainly all 8 having survived to 1905 were Iron bodied. So to answer Stephen's question, they were rare, but they did exist still.......

29559 (was 10088 BG) Iron Tilt, Iron underframe and body 17' x 7'6" x 2'6", 9' 9" wheelbase, grease axle boxes, rod buffers, Double brake - converted at Swindon in March 1877, condemned March 1897 The conversion series runs from 29060 to 29589 for Iron and Barrel Tilts - what was the difference? Chris

41340 was definitely built to 7925 (Lot 573, listed on the drawing) and I'm not sure I'd commit either way on the end stanchions, but 45964 was also built to 7925 (Lot 509) and I would say that has L shaped end stanchions, not the T section shown on the drawing......!

3661 (second wagon to carry the number) built as one of 200 to Lot 247 as Renewals in Nov 1881 and lasted to Oct 1919

Sadly neither 67xxx, 71xxx, 39xxx or 30xxx feature in the collection yet...

Which is odd give that 3520 were built before this note appeared in the Order book and only 2910 after.....

Sadly not yet

Lovely job Nick and great to see the soft orange glow.... Now all you've got to do is shrink it all down so it will still not be seen in an all compartment 4 wheeler 😂 Chris

Looks brown to me.... 😂

Lovely model Nick, having had the privilege of seeing the actual model at the weekend, I can't wait for the next instalments.....

Really looking forward to seeing this....

9313 was built in May 1912 to lot 693 and condemned in July 1956.

Best I can find at present is a GWR bulb underframe drawing from June 1882 showing continuous drawgear, so similar period...