GWR8700 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Were these primarily used for milk or parcels in the early thirties? What were the differences between the Siphon G's used on parcel trains and the others used on milk trains or were they interchangeable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Were these primarily used for milk or parcels in the early thirties? What were the differences between the Siphon G's used on parcel trains and the others used on milk trains or were they interchangeable? Both, and also for soft fruit in season. There was no difference, it would appear, between the vehicles used for churn traffic, and those used for other work. All had folding shelves, which would later find them other employment as ambulance wagons and then newspaper vans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 30, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2018 Both, and also for soft fruit in season. I've seen a photos of strawberries being loaded into them on the Cheddar branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ullypug Posted January 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2018 I've seen a photos of strawberries being loaded into them on the Cheddar branch. and also for fruit/veg traffic from Brittany via Plymouth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combe Martin Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 They were also used on pigeon specials that ran over the Somerset & Dorset. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul80 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) Why were they called Siphon Wagons??? Edited October 9, 2018 by Paul80 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Siphon was a GWR telegraphic code. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 And for (dead) Rabbits which was a considerable traffic pre-WW2.. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAustin Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Siphon was a GWR telegraphic code. Chris Not just the GWR. The "core" of the telegraph list was common to all companies. Where the GWR differed, and why the codes are more associated with them, is that the GWR used letter suffixes (e.g. SIPHON G) to differentiate between types, and both used to codes to describe wagons and (often) painted this on the sides. The codes for wagons and coaches were just a subset of the whole. There were a plethora of codes used for operational and traffic management purposes. An example of this is STOUR: report how many wagons you have in your yard at the end of the day. Their principal purpose was to save money in telegraphic messages. Mark A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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