Railway wagon
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Wood and iron.
Measurements
800 x 2170 x 1550 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1700526
Summary
Railway wagon. A four-wheeled 3ft. 6in. (1067 mm.) gauge wagon, No.41, used on the Nantlle Tramway. The wagon was owned by the Pen-yr-Orsedd Slate Quarry Co. Ltd. The body is of iron plates with a wooden plank floor. Double-flayed wheels with inside bearings are fitted, and there are wooden buffer beams with a central iron plate. The body is painted red oxide outside and grey inside. The wheels and buffer beams are black.
Marks and inscriptions
On each side of body: PNQ [in circle] On each side of body: No.41