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LMS coach no. 6204 converted to an ambulance train car, 1939This official photograph of an ambulance train car was taken on behalf of the Swindon Works Drawing Office in October 1939
Open Brake Third Carriage, No. 651Built to Diagram No. D130 (Lot 1644) in 1940
No 4 Shop, Carriage Body Shop, 1946These men are working hard helping to construct a Hawksworth coach body. Each piece of timber and frame had its own place and slotted in with exact precision
No 4 Shop, Carriage Body Shop, 1913The large expanse that is the carriage body shop can be seen here. Several carriage bodies can be seen lined up as they are assembed
Brake Composite Carriage, No. 7061Built to Diagram E159 (Lot 1590) in 1938
No 17 Shop, Road Vehicle Shop, 1907This image show both horse drawn vehicles and motor vehicles being built or repaired. The motor vehicles were omnibuses and were part of the GWR road passenger service that started in 1903
Brake Composite Carriage, No. 6487Built to Diagram No. E159 (Lot 1589) in 1938
No 4 Shop, Carriage Body Shop, c1920sSeveral men can be seen here working on building coaches in No 4 Shop. The carriages are in varying stages from early frameworks to near completion
C30e 001Third Class Carriages, C30e 001
Brake Third Carriage compartment, 1933Interior of a third class carriage compartment. This compartment was off of a corridor. Access was via a sliding door. This carriage was built in October 1933 to diagram D116
Brake Third Carriage compartment, 1939Interior of a third class carriage compartment. This compartment was a non-corridor carriage and access was from an external door. This carriage was built in March 1939 to diagram D129
Third class corridor carriage, 1935View down the corridor of a carriage built in 1935. The compartments were accessed off of the corridor with sliding doors. The sign on the window indicates that smoking was allowed
Coach No. 5189 in the Carriage Body Shop, 1946Great Western coach No. 5189 is featured in this photograph undergoing refurbishment in the Carriage Body Shop at Swindon Works in the summer of 1946
Four Wheeler Tri-Composite Coach, No. 1Built in 1861 by Shackleford and Wright Bros. Contains compartments for First, Second and Third classes. Built originally for the Monmouth Railway and Canal Company
Carriage No. 9606, 1946Diagram H38, Lot 1451
Carriage No. W9609, 1st Class Restaurant Car, 1950Diagram H38, Lot 1451
Carriage No. 9606, Composite Restaurant Car, 1946Diagram H38, Lot 1451 As refurbished by Messrs Hamptons
Carriage No. 9606, Composite Restaurant Car, 3rd Class Saloon, 1946Diagram H38, Lot 1451 As refurbished by Messrs Hamptons