5 Plank Wagon 9' Wheelbase A Bramley No.6 Multiple-Unit RUNNING NUMBER 36508

RUNNING NUMBER 36508

RUNNING NUMBER 917

Livery: LSWR Green (London and South Western Railway)

Accurately applied livery

NUMBER PRESERVED 9

5 Plank Wagon 9' Wheelbase A Bramley No.6 Multiple-Unit RUNNING NUMBER 36508The first freight wagons for the railway were open wagons. Initially, as the tractive effort of the locomotives was relatively low, these wagons were generally low sided with only one or two planks acting as sides and carrying capacity of just a couple of tons. As the technology progressed, so did demand for rail freight and with the increased power of the steam engines came bigger wagons. The 5 plank wagon was perhaps the most common general goods