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GWR Route: Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch
Bearley Station: gwrb771a
Close up of image 'gwrb771' showing the mixed train being
assembled by the station porter who is standing ready to couple up the van. The
vacuum fitted covered ventilated van (GW diagram V12) had the telegraphic code
name MINK A. The white handle at the bottom right of the MINK A indicates that
the Dean-Churchward cross corner brake is applied. On the wagon side above the
brake lever is inscribed the wagons maximum load capacity (10 Tons) and
wagon weight (Tare 6.15). Above this is the Non Common User Plate
indicating that this wagon is not part of the common pool and must be returned
to the GWR. The MINK A V12s had externally operated shuttered louvers when
built, but these were replaced with twin bonnet ventilators seen here in the
early 1920s.
Robert Ferris
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