No 2796 - Collett 'Siphon G'

2796 Siphon G is a “brown vehicle” listed in the coaching stock list, not as a wagon.  It could run at express train speed on a passenger train or special milk train. The louvres on the side of the vehicle allowed a flow of air to keep the milk cool.  In later years these vehicles were used for newspaper traffic and were a common sight at Didcot. 

2796 went to the “Rail 150” Cavalcade at Shildon in 1975 with GWR No 7808 Cookham Manor.  2796 is now used by Carriage & Wagon Department as an upholstery store and has been painted in 1930s “GWR Roundel” livery.

Status

Static Display

Build date

1937

Built at

Swindon

Original railway

GWR

Lot Number

1578

Diag No

O.33

Date Preserved

1973

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