GWR 71 'Bloater A' Fish Van Built 1919

GWR 71 'Bloater A' Fish Van Built 1919

Present Location Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway
County Location Carmarthenshire
Designed For GWR
Build Location Swindon
Built By GWR
First Number 2135
Later Numbers DW150295 71
Present Number 71
Owner Vale of Neath Railway Society
Diagram Number S8
Lot Number 1259
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
Operating Yes
Stored Secure Open
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Rarity Several
Importance No Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Additional Notes 'Bloater A' P 1993? ex Swansea Docks tool and mess van. At Vale of Neath's Tonna operating base till 1994. Then to Gwili. Then to Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway at Cynheidre (6 miles N of Llanelli). Is certainly the original underframe. In GWR Brown, with '71' on side (as if GWR Tool Van).
Inspected By Kevin Stroud
Date Inspected 23/09/2003
Date of Image 25/08/2003
At Risk No
Record Last Updated 02/01/2026

     








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