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Irish Narrow Gauge - Wagons and Carriages

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Ballycastle Railway Carriages, Wagons&Vans.
Ballymena, Cushendall & Red Bay Railway Carriages.
Ballymena & Larne Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans.
Bessbrook & Newry Tramway: Trailers, Wagons&Vans.
Castlederg & Victoria Bridge Tramway: Carriages, Brake Vans, Wagons&Vans.
Cavan & Leitrim Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans.
Clogher Valley Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans.
Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans,
Cork & Muskerry Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans, Brake Vans.
County Donegal Railways: Carriages, Trailers, Wagons&Vans, Red Vans.
Dublin & Lucan Tramway: Carriages.
Letterkenny & Burtonport Extension Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans.
Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans.
Portstewart Tramway: Tramcars, Vans.
Schull & Skibbereen Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans.
Tralee & Dingle Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans, Horsebox.
West Clare Railway: Carriages, Wagons&Vans.

Ballycastle Railway - Carriages

BR 4 wheel guards van

1880: built Metropolitan Carriage and Wagon Co.
photos: [BREMP b-6-p49-1931.05 ]
drawings: [BREMP e-5-p106- ]

BR bogie brake/3rd

1899: built Metropolitan Carriage and Wagon Co.
drawings: [BREMP e-5-p114-1912 ]

BR 6 wheel composite

1880: ?Railway Carriage Company?
sketch: [BREMP k-5-fp-1905 ]
drawings: [BREMP e-5-p106- ]

BR Carriage No.14

????: built Metropolitan Carriage and Wagon Co.
type: bogie
photos: [BREMP b-6-p112-?1900 ]

BR Carriage No.306

type: 8 wheel
????: ex BNCR
photos: [BREMP b-6-p112-1950 ]
drawings: [BREMP e-5-p126- ]

BR Carriage No.318

modelling:
- 3mm scale kit from Worsley Works
- 4mm scale kit from Worsley Works

BR Carriage No.350

type: bogie composite 1st/3rd
1928: built NCC York Road for BLR
specs:
- length: 50'0"
- wheels: 2'1¾"
- bogie wheelbase: 5'6"
- bogie centres: 38'0"
- weight: 16tons
- compartments:
  - 1st non-smoking: 6 seats
  - 1st smoking: 6 seats
  - 3rd smoking: 15 seats
  - 3rd non-smoking: 16 seats
1933: transferred to BR section
photos: [BREMP b-6-p16-1936 ]
1954: withdrawn
modelling:
- 3mm scale kit from Worsley Works
- 4mm scale kit from Worsley Works

BR Carriage No.351

type: bogie composite 1st/3rd
1928: built NCC York Road for BLR
specs:
- length: 50'0"
- wheels: 2'1¾"
- bogie wheelbase: 5'6"
- bogie centres: 38'0"
- weight: 16tons
- compartments:
  - 1st non-smoking: 6 seats
  - 1st smoking: 6 seats
  - 3rd smoking: 15 seats
  - 3rd non-smoking: 16 seats
1933: transferred to BR section
1952.01: sold to CDR, became CDR Carriage No.59
modelling:
- 3mm scale kit from Worsley Works
- 4mm scale kit from Worsley Works

BR Carriage No.352

type: bogie brake/3rd
1928: built NCC York Road for BLR
specs:
- length: 50'0"
- wheels: 2'1¾"
- bogie wheelbase: 5'6"
- bogie centres: 38'0"
- weight: 16tons
- compartments:
  - 1st non-smoking: 6 seats
  - 1st smoking: 6 seats
  - 3rd smoking: 15 seats
  - 3rd non-smoking: 16 seats
1933: transferred to BR section
1936: converted to all third, seats 30
1952.08: sold to CDR, became CDR Carriage No.57
photos: [BREMP b-6-p16-1936 ]
modelling:
- 3mm scale kit from Worsley Works
- 4mm scale kit from Worsley Works

BR Carriage No.353

type: bogie brake composite
modelling:
- 3mm scale kit from Worsley Works
- 4mm scale kit from Worsley Works

Ballycastle Railway - Wagons & Vans

BR 4 Wheel Goods Brake Van - No.??

photos: [BREMP b-6-p113-1931 ]

BR Wagon No.4311

type: 8 ton open cattle
photos: [BREMP b-6-p113-1948 ]

BR Wagon No.4511

type: 6 ton van
photos: [BREMP b-6-p113-1931 ]

BR Wagon No.4513

type: 6 ton van
photos: [BREMP b-6-p113-1948 ]

Ballymena, Cushendall & Red Bay Railway - Carriages

BC&RBR Carriage No.306

all 3rd, seats 40
photos: [INGV2 b-7-p39- ]

Ballymena & Larne Railway - Carriages

B&LR Carriage Van No.353

brake composite, 1st/3rd
photos: [INGV2 b-7-p39- ]

Ballymena & Larne Railway - Wagons & Vans

B&LR Brake Van - No.??

photos: [INGV2 b-5-p36-1945 ]

Bessbrook & Newry Tramway - Trailers

B&NT Trailer No.5

1928: bought from Dublin & Lucan Electric Tramway, regauged from 3'6"
photos: [ITJKY b-7-p64- ]

B&NT Trailer No.6

Richardsons' private saloon, seats 12
photos: [ITJKY b-7-p64- b-6-p65-1940 b-6-p65- ]

Bessbrook & Newry Tramway - Wagons & Vans

B&NT Van No.2

photos: [ITJKY b-6-p65-1940 ]

Dublin & Lucan Tramway - Carriages

D&LT Car No.5

[ITJKY: b-6-p48-1900 ]

D&LT Car No.5

[ITJKY: b-6-p48-1900 ]

Letterkenny & Burtonport Extension Railway - Carriages

L&BER Carriage No.1-13

1903-1904: built by Pickering
modelling:
- 3mm scale kits from Worsley Works

L&BER Carriage No.9

brake 3rd
1903-1904: built by Pickering
photos: [INGV2 b-6-p71-1937.06 ]

Letterkenny & Burtonport Extension Railway - Wagons & Vans

L&BER Wagon No.21

photos: [INGV2 b-6-p71- ]

L&BER Wagon No.46

4 wheel covered van
photos: [INGV2 b-6-p71- ]

Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway - Carriages

L&LSR Carriage No.1-12

1884: built by Oldbury
six-wheel, 32' long
modelling:
- 3mm scale kit from Worsley Works
- 4mm scale kit from Worsley Works

L&LSR Carriage No.13-18

1885: built by Oldbury
six-wheel, 32' long

L&LSR Carriage No.19-20

1895: built by Oldbury
six-wheel, 32' long
modelling:
- 3mm scale kit from Worsley Works

L&LSR Carriage No.21-22

1895: built by Oldbury
six-wheel, 1st/3rd composite, 32' long

L&LSR Carriage No.23-35, "Carn Coaches"

1901: built by Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co.
bogie, 36' long
modelling:
- 3mm scale kit from Worsley Works
- 4mm scale kit from Worsley Works

Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway - Wagons & Vans

L&LSR Wagon No.23, 4 wheel open

photos: [INGV2 b-6-p71- ]

L&LSR Wagon No.39

photos: [IRIC2: c-5-p114-1950.07 ]

L&LSR Wagon No.149, 4 wheel open

photos: [INGV2 b-5-p68-1950.06.28 ]

Portstewart Tramway - Tramcars

PT Tramcar No.1, bogie

1897: built
photos: [INGV2 b-7-p59-1920.05.05 ]

Portstewart Tramway - Vans

PT Luggage Van No.1, 4 wheel

1882: built
photos: [INGV2 b-7-p59-1920.05.05 ]

PT Luggage Van No.3, 4 wheel

photos: [ITJKY b-6-p53-1920 ]

Carriage & Wagon Builders

Bristol Wagon & Carriage

Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works
records: privately held: Enquiries to University of West of England, Bristol, England

Brown, Marshalls and Co. Ltd.

1840: works: New Canal Street, Birmingham
1853: works: Britannia Railway Carriage Works, Saltley, Birmingham
1870: George Marshall sells company to Francis Bolton
-1870-: manager David Archer
1870:06.17: Brown, Marshalls & Co. Ltd. registered by Francis Bolton
1902.04.18: amalgamated with Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
book: [TCWBB] Tramcar, Carriage & Wagon Builders of Birmingham

Messrs Craven Brothers

works: Sheffield
carriages: C&MLR

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd

1860.01.30: Gloucester Wagon Co Ltd formed:
- capital: £100,000
- chairman: Richard Potter
- general manager: Isaac Slater
1885: general manager: Alfred Slater
1887: renamed to Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Ltd.
1890: SSR Carriage No. 5
1897.04: SSR Carriage No. 6
1903.04: SSR Carriage No. 7
1911: chairman: Richard Vassar-Smith
see also: A history of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.
book: A History of the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited
- 1960: The Gloucester Rilway Carriage and Wagon Company
- introduction by: General Sir William Morgan, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.
- published by: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 20 New Bond Street, London W1
- presented to employees on the centenary of the company
- format: hardcover, A4, 64pp
records:

Hurst Nelson & Co. Ltd

Inchicore Works

Inchicore, Dublin
main works for GSR, later CIE
book: The Works: Celebrating 150 years of Inchicore Works, by Gregg Ryan, Inchicore Welfare and Pension Association

Lancaster Carriage & Wagon Co.

1863.12: incorporated as Lancaster Wagon Company Ltd.
1863: offices: 120 Church Street, Lancaster
1865.09: offices and works at Caton Road, Lancaster
1868-: manager: William Shackleford
1892: name changed to Lancaster Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.
1902.04.18: amalgamated with Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
see: The Tramway and Railway World, June 1892
records:
- Lancashire Record Office

Metropolitan Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.

works: Saltley, Birmingham
1845: started as Joseph Wright & Sons
1863: Metropolitan Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
1902.04.18: Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
book: [TCWBB] Tramcar, Carriage & Wagon Builders of Birmingham
book: [MCBED] Metro-Cammell
records:
- Birmingham City Archives

Midland Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.

Oldbury Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.

Oldbury, England
1847: Richard William Johnson founds The Railway Carriage Company at Bromsgrove
1854: Railway Carriage Company moves to Oldbury
1862.03.08: limited company formed: The Railway Carriage Co. Ltd
1886: Oldbury Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd registered
- managing director: Herbert Wheeler
- manager: Percy Wheeler
1902.04.18: amalgamated with Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
book: [TCWBB] Tramcar, Carriage & Wagon Builders of Birmingham
records:
- Birmingham City Archives

Messrs Perrott & Sons

works: Cork Iron Works
six 6 ton wagons for C&MLR

R. Y. Pickering & Co.

Railway Rolling Stock Manufacturers; 1864-1954
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
records:
- Glasgow University Archives and Business Records Centre

Railway Carriage Co.

see: Oldbury Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.

Tubular Wagon Company

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