Coal Waggons
Built FR Co. Boston Lodge, 1864-1882, Load 2 tons, inside bearings and single end door. Previously numbered 162; Source: FR Chronology
*Date: August 2006 Photo Colin Lea
*Date 1990 Photo Roger Marks
Date: 1st May 2005 Photo: Kim Winter
Described in 'A Traveller's Guide' (Blue Cover - stock List as at 01-Apr-92) as: Four-wheel open wagon(s), wooden frame & body; originally built for coal and goods traffic
163 B old FR No. 20 Built FR Boston Ldge in period 1864--1882 Load 2 tons; outside bearings and single end door; rebuilt by Midland Group
Built 1859,***, Old FR No. 18?, built FR Co. Boston Lodge, 1857/59?, Load 2 [Chronology states 3] tons, iron frame and body, outside bearings and single end door, braked. Date of building may be post 1878 as central spine is double-head rail and appears to be part of the original construction. Has strange long axles to suit the wide body width and is fitted with 3½ inch iron bushes. (see Heritage Journal 30-5). Source: FR Chronology
,***, Notes compiled, in the main, from several published Ffestiniog Railway sources.
The 1-8-0, 1-8-1, 1-5-0 etc. numbers on the sides of these wagons are the 'tare' weights, expressed in tons, hundred weights an quarters (of a hundred weight) and represent the weight of the empty wagon. When a loaded wagon was run over a weighbridge the tare coul be deducted from the recorded weight by the clerk to give the weight of the load, from which the Company would calculate its bill. (ACG)
