Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
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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
Diesel multiple units
Electrical multiple units
Special orders
Military
Rolling stock
Rolling stock comprises all the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons...
manufacturer based at Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
; from 1860 until 1986.
GRC&W supplied the original fleet of red trains for the Toronto Subway
Toronto subway and RT
The Toronto subway and RT is a rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of both underground and elevated railway lines, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission . It was Canada's first completed subway system, with the first line being built under Yonge Street, which opened in...
, which were based upon similar vehicles for the London Underground
London Underground
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
.
Products
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 100British Rail Class 100The British Rail Class 100 diesel multiple units were built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited from 1956 to 1958, designed and built in collaboration with the Transport Sales Dept. of T.I. Ltd.-Introduction:...
1956-1958 - British Rail Class 119British Rail Class 119The British Rail Class 119 DMUs were used throughout the Western Region and on services in the Midlands sourced by Tyseley Depot. Shortly after their introduction, sets were transferred from Cardiff to serve the intermediate stations on outer suburban services from London Paddington to Oxford...
1958 - British Rail Class 122British Rail Class 122The British Rail Class 122 diesel mechanical multiple units were built by Gloucester RC&W in 1958. Twenty single-car driving motor vehicles, called "Bubble Cars", were built, numbered 55000–55019...
1958 - British Rail Class 156British Rail Class 156The British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter is a diesel multiple-unit train . 114 of these units were built from 1987 to 1989 by Metro-Cammell at its Washwood Heath Works in Birmingham...
1987
Electrical multiple units
- London Underground E StockLondon Underground E StockThe London Underground E Stock were steel-bodied cars built for the London Underground in 1914 by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company.Thirty cars were built, twenty-six driving motor cars and four trailers...
1914 - London Underground G StockLondon Underground G StockThe G Stock were 50 electric multiple unit train carriages built for the Metropolitan District Railway in 1923 by Gloucester RC&W. They operated on the District line of the London Underground until 1971 ....
1924-1925 - London Underground O / P StockLondon Underground O StockThe O and P Stock was built for the Metropolitan Line and Hammersmith & City Line in 1937–1940 by Gloucester RC&W and Birmingham RC&W. In all there were 262 driving motors and 103 trailers...
1937-1941 - London Underground Q38 Stock 1938-1940
- London Underground R38/1 & R38/2 StockLondon Underground R StockThe R38, R47, R49, and R59 Stock cars were built for the District Line in 1938, 1949, 1952 and 1959. R Stock cars were driving motors and non-driving motors...
rebuilt 1948-1953 - London Underground R47 StockLondon Underground R StockThe R38, R47, R49, and R59 Stock cars were built for the District Line in 1938, 1949, 1952 and 1959. R Stock cars were driving motors and non-driving motors...
built 1949-1950 - London Underground 1956 StockLondon Underground 1956 StockBefore mass production of the 1959 tube stock, three 1956 Tube Stock units were built as prototypes by Birmingham RC&W, Gloucester RC&W and Metro-Cammell. These units were tested on the Piccadilly Line and remained in service after production trains were introduced...
1957-1959 - Melbourne (Australia) "Harris" trainsHarris (train)The Harris trains were the first steel-bodied Electric Multiple Unit train to operate on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They were introduced in 1956 by the Victorian Railways, and last operated in 1988, although a number of the carriages were converted for other...
1956-1971 - Toronto SubwayToronto subway and RTThe Toronto subway and RT is a rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of both underground and elevated railway lines, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission . It was Canada's first completed subway system, with the first line being built under Yonge Street, which opened in...
G-seriesG-series (Toronto Subway car)The G-series rapid transit cars were a Toronto subway car model, built between 1953 and 1959.The cars were built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company for the Toronto Transit Commission....
built 1953-1959
Special orders
- Pioneer - an amphibious railcar used by Magnus VolkMagnus VolkMagnus Volk was a pioneer British electrical engineer. He is most notable for having built Volk's Electric Railway, the world's oldest extant electric railway. He also built the unique, but short lived, Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway, together with its unusual Daddy Long Legs...
’s Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric RailwayBrighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric RailwayThe Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway was a unique coastline railway in Brighton, England that ran through the shallow waters of the English Channel between 1896 and 1901.-Background and Construction:...
1894; scrapped 1910 - 14 68ft Palace on WheelsPalace on WheelsThe Palace on Wheels is a luxury tourist train. It was launched by the Indian Railways to promote tourism in Rajasthan, and has been highly popular since its launch....
coaches (Rajasthan- Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Alwar, Udaipur, Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar, Dungarpur, Dholpur, Bharatpur, Sirohi, and Kishangarh)- for Indian Maharajah 1936; now opearted by Indian RailwaysIndian RailwaysIndian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
as tourist train
Military
- pivoting sections for the Mulberry HarbourMulberry harbourA Mulberry harbour was a British type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on the beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy....
for the BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
War OfficeWar OfficeThe War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence...
1944
External links
- http://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/gloucester/wagon.htm
- http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/grcwandcement.htm