Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (GRC&W) was a railway rolling stock manufacturer based at Gloucester, England; from 1860 until 1986.
GRC&W supplied the original fleet of red trains for the Toronto Subway, which were based upon similar vehicles for the London Underground.
Rolling stock manufactured by the company is listed below:
Railcars
* Goods all-iron wagons 1862
* steel welded carriages 1933
* L-types cement wagons 1950s
* Pressure Discharge Bulk Powder Wagon ("Presflo") 1955-1963
* "Twin-Tub" Prestwin Silo wagons 1960-1962
* Cemflo Cement tanker wagon
Diesel Multiple Units
*British Rail Class 100 1956-1958
*British Rail Class 119 1958
*British Rail Class 122 1958
Electrical Multiple Units
*London Underground E Stock 1914
*London Underground O / P Stock 1937-1940
*London Underground G Stock 1923
*London Underground Q38 Stock 1923-mid 1930s
*London Underground 1956 Stock 1957-1959
*Melbourne (Australia) "Harris" trains 1956-1971
Subway cars
*G-series subway cars - for the Toronto Transit Commission 1955-1959
Special orders
* amphibious railcar - Magnus Volk’s Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Railway Company 1894
* 68ft "Palace on Wheels" - for Indian Maharajah 1936
Military
* pivoting sections for the Mulberry Harbour 1944
External links
* http://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/gloucester/wagon.htm
* http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/grcwandcement.htm
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