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Irish Narrow Gauge - Wagons and Carriages lines - builders

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Lines

• 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• 1954: withdrawn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:
  • Glasgow University Archives and Business Records Centre
  • Gloucestershire Record Office
  • National Railway Museum Library and Archives

• 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