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Solebar units for Gloucester twins. This is possibly a touched up version of image 18034 where the welds attaching the hollow sections to the plates are much more evident. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
These three steel fabrications would be incorporated into the solebars on GRC&W twin sets (later known as Class 100s). Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
This photo shows construction details for the GRC&W twins. On the left is the lower end of one of the bodyside pillars. The right shows where the bodyside, solebar, floor and underframe meet. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
A cantrail unit for a Gloucester twin under construction. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
Corrugated steel floor units ready for assembly into a Gloucester twin. The same style of floor was used in other DMUs such as those built at Swindon. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
A bolster unit for a Gloucester Twin. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
End longitudinal units for Gloucester Twin DMUs. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
An underframe for a Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon twin vehicle during construction, circa late 1956 / early 1957. It is sitting upside down, and the 'centre castings' which sit on the bogie (and are held in place by a 'centre pin' through the hole) can be seen. It also shows the longitudinal corrugated steel sections forming the floor, also know as 'key sheeting'. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
The bodyside for a Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon twin (later a Class 100) DMBS seen in the assembly jig, circa late 1956, early 1957. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
A "Body End Unit" for a Gloucester twin DMU. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
The roof for a Gloucester twin DMU under construction. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
A motor bogie for a Gloucester Twin DMU. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
Strain gauges around the doorway of a Gloucester Twin bodyshell during stress testing. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
Strain gauges on the Bolster Quarter of a Gloucester Twin bodyshell during stress testing. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
Strain gauges on the floor of a Gloucester Twin bodyshell during stress testing. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
The bodyshell of a Gloucester Twin trailer undergoing stress testing. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
Railway officials at Gloucester after a demonstration run of a new Inter-City DMU from Birmingham on June 13th 1957. Note Carmarthen on the roofboard, services didn’t run there in the initial introduction. L-R: RA Smeddle, RF Harvey, AW Woodbridge, RF Hanks, A Chamberlain. British Railways.
Mr RH Hanks, Area Board Chairman, thanks the driver at Gloucester on the day of the inauguration of the new Birmingham - South Wales diesel service, Monday 17 June 1957. British Railways.
An official image (GRC&W negative 5421/1) showing single car W55013 in June 1958. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
An official image (GRC&W negative 5421/2) showing single car W55013 in June 1958. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
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