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North Devon Clay Co. Ltd of Torrington, North Devon, Lime wagon No.107 Dark Grey body, white letters. Suitable: SR, GWR, others. Authentic, but on a lime wagon. The Torrington & Marland Light Rly. ran between the Marland Brick & Clay Co. works at Peters Marland, and Great Torrington, at that time the terminus of the L&SWRly’s Barnstable – Torrington branch. It opened as a narrow gauge railway in 1881, with patent J.B.Fell steam locomotives. Fell was also the line’s construction engineer. Most of the line was re-built to standard gauge in 1925; open wagons in a livery similar to this one being hired in during the 1930’sEach £11.00
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Charles Hill of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, 5-plank wagon No.2 Chocolate body, white lettering, black shadows. Suitable: GWR, also S&DJR, M&SWJR. Authentic. The GWR's Kemble - Tetbury Branch was always a quiet rural backwater. Charles Hill was the largest of the local coal merchants, and had at least two wagons. This one was purchased new in 1898. Each £9.00
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Fogwills of Guildford, 5-plank wagon with coal load, No.98 Dark grey body, off-white lettering. Suitable: L&SWR/SR, GWR, BR(W), BR(S) , others. Authentic. Messrs. Fogwill & Co. were corn and seed merchants, having established before 1800. When Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show came to Guildford in the 1890's, Fogwills provided the forage. This wagon is based on photographs taken at Guildford in 1939 and at Swindon in 1956. Each £9.80
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Minehead Gas Light & Coke Co. Ltd. 8-plank wagon. No.73. Grey body, white lettering with black shadows. Suitable: GWR, S&DJR, others . Tailored, based on advertisements and historical documents. The Minehead Gas, Light and Coke Co. established a gas works close to The Quay in Minehead before 1883. Most of their coals would have come by small sailing coaster into the nearby harbour, as they were half mile from the terminus of the GWR Minehead Branch. Each £9.00
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W.H.Bartlett of Lustleigh, Devon. 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.E.34 Red body, white letters, black shadows. Suitable: GWR, others; Authentic, but on a 7-plank wagon .
Each £9.80
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Lawrence & Co. of Portsmouth, 7-plank wagon with load. No.12 Black body, white lettering. Suitable: LB&SCR/SR, L&SWR/SR, also GWR. Authentic. Founded in 1860 by William J. Lawrence, the business originally had premises at 104 Fratton Road, Portsmouth. In 1898 they moved locally. They became a significant coal factor (wholesaler) in the East Hampshire area, with at least 60 wagons. They were still trading in 1937. Each £8.60
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Isle of Wight Central Railway, MR-style vent van Light grey body, white lettering with black shadows. Suitable: IOW Railways. Authentic. This was the first of our collection of Isle of Wight wagons. The IWCR ran between Ryde, Newport and Cowes, with cross-country routes from Newport to both Sandown and Ventnor (West). They had 18 ‘Covered Goods’ wagons, with some variations between designs. Each £10.00
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Whitmore & Son of Horley, 5-plank wagons.No.26 and No.56 (Identical except numbers) Red lead body with white lettering, black shadow. Suitable: LB&SCR/SR, L&SWR/SR, also GWR. Both authentic. The firm was started in 1873 by William Whitmore Senior, based in the coal yard at Horley Station. The business grew rapidly, with two retail premises in Victoria Road by 1900, transporting and dealing in: corn, coal, coke, hay, lime, straw, seed, gravel, sand, chalk, manure, ashes and ‘sea beach’! His sons, Thomas and William Junior, continued until 1939; the business ran until 1954 under different owners. Each £9.00
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Hartnell & Son of Taunton & Bishops Lydeard, 7-plank wagon. No.23 Suitable: GWR, probably S&DJR. Authentic. Hartnell’s ran a thriving coal business for many years, and built up a modest fleet of wagons. Although another wagon (No.22) has been extensively modelled by others, No.23 has subtle differences. They were taken over by Goodlands of Taunton and Tiverton, in 1934. Each £8.60
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A.Hinxman of Devizes, 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.75 Suitable: GWR, also S&DJR. Authentic. Andrew Hinxman established his coal and builders’ merchants business in the 1880’s. He had an office by the up goods yard gates, and telephone number DEVIZES 34. In 1934 he bought the coal business of J.Phipp & Sons, and in the war years took over the Devizes coal depot and deliveries of H.Sainsbury. This wagon was photographed in 1939. Each £8.60
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T.Woolford of Hayling Island, 8-plank wagon with coal load, No.1908 Suitable: LSWR/SR, LBSCR/SR, also GWR. Authentic. Probably this local coal merchant’s only wagon, and possibly the only private owner wagon on the Hayling Island branch line. The running number, 1908, undoubtedly suggests the wagon was built in that year. It has been reported that this wagon survived beyond 1951, when it was recorded as a static coal store opposite the local Isolation Hospital. Each £8.60
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Curtiss & Sons of Portsmouth, container on LBSCR flat wagon No.7160 Suitable: LSWR/SR, LBSCR/SR, IWR/SR (a photo exists of a similar container at Ryde), also GWR, SECR/SR. Authentic. The container and the flat wagon, known by the LBSCR as a Machinery Wagon, represents one of five photographed at Eastbourne c.1913. Curtiss & Sons were already an established removals and shipping company, with offices and depots across central southern England and in London. The business continues today. Each £17.00
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The Co-Operative Society, Trowbridge, 7-plank wagon with coal load, No.1 An almost identical pair of wagons, supplied to the Trowbridge Co-Operative, Industrial & Provident Society Limited in June 1913 and December 1914 respectively. Unusually, they both display lettering on the end doors. Modern supermarkets, successors to the originals, exist in both locations today. Each £8.60, as a pair £17.00
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Ewens Brothers of Emsworth, near Havant, Hants. 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.2 Red body, white letters, black shadows. Suitable: LB&SCR/SR, L&SWR/SR also others. Authentic [better photo soon.... ] The South Coast Rly. extended westwards from Chichester to Portsmouth in 1847, and built the station and goods yard at Emsworth. Ewens Brothers established their coal business in the 1880’s and bought this wagon in 1906. Each £9.80
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J.Phipp & Sons
Brewery, Devizes. Midland-style vent van. No.43.
Suitable: GWR, also
S&DJR;
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Cramer & Sons of
Woolston. 8-plank wagon with coal load. No.23.
Suitable: LSWR/SR, also
S&DJR;
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Jeram & Co of
Portsmouth. 5-plank wagon with coal load. No.60.
Suitable: LB&SCR/SR, also LSWR/SR;
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Ed.T.Agius of
Southampton. 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.91.
Suitable: LSWR/SR, GWR, also
S&DJR, S≀
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Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, MR style vent van. No.756
Suitable S&DJR, L&SWR/SR,
GWR, others. Authentic: representative livery but different body style
This van represents one of three 1890’s era S&DJR small covered wagons (No.755, 756, and 1 other) which survived to become L&SWR property (No.15139, 15140 and 1 other respectively) in 1914, and were later still allocated SR Diagram 1403, although SR running numbers were not issued. Many S&DJR covered goods wagons bore the legend ‘ROAD VAN ’, being used to provide parcels services throughout the S&DJR area, and to destinations beyond including Nine Elms, Eastleigh and Exeter.
Each £11.00
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John Reynolds of
Cullompton 5-plank wagon.No.5
Suitable: GWR.
A really nice open wagon. John Reynolds was a modest local brick manufacturer. Later the business became part of the East Devon Trading Company. The remains of the brick works and clay pits are now occupied by the greenhouses and garden centre of East Devon Nurseries.
Each £8.60
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A.W. Smith of Feltham
7-plank wagon. No.8
Suitable LSWR/SR,
GWR. Authentic
By the early twentieth century much of the former
heathlands around Feltham were in the ownership of a prominent local farmer and grower, Alfred
William (AW) Smith of Feltham Farm. He grew vegetables, soft fruit, and had a
particularly pungent piggery! This wagon was used to supply coal for the
boilers heating his greenhouses! Today, the land is mostly housing, a few
miles from Heathrow!
Each £8.00
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Suitable L&SWR/SR,
GWR, others. Authentic
This wagon was built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd in 1912, and leased to the Weedon Brothers. Although based at Goring, Weedon Brothers had a further six depots, three of which were located on the Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway, at Upton & Blewbury, Compton, and Hampstead Norrie (Norris).
Each £9.80
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