GWR 42239 Grain Hopper Van built 1927
 | | GWR 42239 Grain Hopper Van built 1927 |
| Present Location | Didcot | | County Location | Oxfordshire | | Designed For | GWR | | Built by | GWR | | Where built | Swindon | | General type | 4w Ventilated Van | | First Number | 42239 | | Present Number | 42239 | | TOPS code | CGO | | Owner | GWR 813 Preservation Fund | | Diagram number | V20 | | Lot number | 1006 | | Status | Restored | | Condition | Fair | | Capacity (tons) | 20 | | Operating | No | | Stored | In the open | | Number of Wheels | 4 | | Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in | | Wheelbase | 10 ft 6 in | | Rarity | Unique | | Notes | Originally built as a "convertible" Grain Van with 2 side doors. Small windows were fitted near to the roof line to enable personnel to determine if the vehicle was full of grain or empty. The van was filled via the roof hatch & emptied via a sliding trap door which opened the chute in the floor of the van. The interior hopper ends could be swung down inside the length of the van to allow it to be used as an ordinary van. Early in the 1930's, it was converted to a Bulk Cement Van for the "Aberthaw & Bristol Channel Cement Co.". External changes was the provision of a flatter roof & the end windows were removed. Since the sloping floor cut across the doorways, convertibility was abandoned & the doors fixed. In 1940, it was re-converted to a Grain Van. The high roof was restored, but the sides were completely rebuilt with no doors.
Ex Severn Valley Railway | | Inspected by | Nigel Hunt | | Date of Inspection | 01/03/2009 | | Photo by | Nigel Hunt | | Photo Date | 01/03/2009 | | Date Record Last Updated | 13/08/2020 |
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