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Title
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company collection
Reference
GLOU
Production date
1860 - 1961

Creator

Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Biography Biography
The Gloucester Wagon Company was founded in January 1860. Construction of the workshops commenced in April 1860. In 1888 the name of company was changed to the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. During its period of operation the company also had several subsidiary companies. It was launched by group of owners comprised of Richard Potter, Edmund Walton, W.C. Lucy and William Nicks, J.N. Brown, of the South Staffordshire Railway, and Richard Tew Smith of the Great Western Railway who went on to become Director. The company was successful and soon began exporting wagons internationally. It branched out into producing railway carriages and horse-drawn carriages. In the twentieth century the company also produced electric and diesel railcars and tramcars. On 29th December 1961 the company was taken over by Wignet Ltd. and was renamed Gloucester Engineering Ltd.

Scope and Content
The collection is comprised of three indices of photographs including small photographs and reference numbers
Extent
1 box
Physical description
The albums are in good condition
Language
English
Archival history
Untraced Find
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York
Subject
wagons
Railway rolling stock
Railway engineering
Conditions governing access
Access is given in accordance with the NRM access policy. Material from this archive is available to researchers through Search Engine
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied of items from this archive provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.

Related Archives

1997-8247 Photographs, a collection of approximately 1600 safety film copy negatives, 5 x 4 ins, copied from prints produced by the Gloucester Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd. Featuring mineral wagons, road vehicles and carriages and wagons constructed for British railway companies in south Wales, the Midlands and the West; also for overseas companies c. 1885-1964. Original images were the work of official photographers.

Related items
1986-7004 Railway wagon, British Railways, 22T Presflo wagon, No B873368, built Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company, 1961, ex Bletchley. [Built to diagram number BR Wagon 272, batch number 3361, construction span 1955-1963, number built 1820].
1979-7386 Works Plate
1997-7883 Wagon solebar plate, cast iron, Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.
System of arrangement
The original order was unable to be discerned