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GWR Route: The North Warwickshire Line
GWR Route: Stratford on Avon to Hatton
Stratford on Avon Station: gwrsa2626
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Ex-GWR 2-8-0T No 5205, first of the class, approaches
Stratford upon Avon at the head of an iron ore train from Banbury during August
1962. Whilst the photographer recorded the train as being an iron ore train
Robert Ferris states 'the Lamp Headcode is class 7 (prior to 1960 class F)
which is Express freight, livestock, perishable or ballast train not fitted
with automatic brake. This would suggest that this is a ballast train, because
the wagons have low sides. They are certainly not the high sided hoppers
normally used for iron ore. Compare how high they are with the locomotive
bunker and then take a look at the height of typical iron ore hoppers as seen
in image 'gwrhb2213.htm'. A close-up of the
photograph reveals multiple metal door stops indicating either, drop doors or
in the case of ballast wagons drop sides. The typical GWR ballast wagon can be
seen in image 'gwrl2498.htm', but this is a 10 ton
tiddler (actual codename was 'Starfish'). BR standardised on the larger 20 ton
version (codename 'Grampus') diagram 1/572 comprised 4,059 in 23 lots between
1951 and 1959 and these were followed by a further 722 with hydraulic buffers
to diagram 1/574 in three lots between 1958 and 1961'. At the time the
photograph was taken No 5205 had been allocated to Worcester shed for
approximately eighteen months. Built by Swindon works in June 1923, No 5205 was
to remain in service until December 1963 when it was withdrawn from 85A
Worcester shed.
The photograph is available from
Colour
Rail.
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