Timber Wagons (NWNG)
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Timber wagons of the NWNGR and WHR
There was significant timber traffic during WW1 on the uncompleted section through Beddgelert Forest and some of the wagons were still present when Robert Williams made his stock inspection in 1922. He reported 12 bolster wagons and 11 'check trucks' or runners. Two bolster wagons were photographed at Dinas in 1935[1].
A Schedule prepared for the FR lease of the WHR in 1934 does not mention bolster wagons but does include one 'Old Carriage converted to timber wagon 25ft long' which would be the frame of one of the Ashbury brake compos. This was used in the demolition trains[2].
[edit] References
- ^ Boyd, James I.C.. Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire, Vol. 2, The Welsh Highland Railway. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-383-4. after p86, picture 4
- ^ http://www.welshhighlandheritage.co.uk/images/Tryfan/Tryfan_Jct_-_demolition_train.jpg
