SET 3 FLAT FLOOR WAGONS (Stephenson's Rocket)




General cargo vehicles, or "freight wagons" of the late Stephenson period, were simple four-wheeled platform vehicles with 3 "diameter spring wheels and were typically approximately 14" "long with a surface area of ​​the platform area of seventy-five square feet 'capable of carrying' a substantial amount of light cargo 'of' about four tons in weight. ' In 1841, shock absorbers and coupling chains were fitted and as the decade passed the length of the wagons shortened and the width increased, creating a greater loading area. The assembly of free sides about 2 feet high allowed the transport of coal and the loads were protected by canvas tarps painted with the company's initials to prevent theft, with each wagon having its number, weight and caliber clearly marked with white paint on black background. As train travel time was longer than bus road travel, bus companies were looking for new ways to compete, bringing mail carriages and stagecoaches to be loaded onto 'open wagons' for travel to places like Liverpool. or Manchester. the links, or "branch carriages," would become the antecedent for the Branch Line railways of the future.

The first of the L&MR third-class rail services ran in October 1844, departing from Manchester at 06:30 and from Liverpool at 18:30.




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General cargo vehicles, or "freight wagons" of the late Stephenson period, were simple four-wheeled platform vehicles with 3 "diameter spring wheels and were typically approximately 14" "long with a surface area of ​​the platform area of seventy-five square feet 'capable of carrying' a substantial amount of light cargo 'of' about four tons in weight. ' In 1841, shock absorbers and coupling chains were fitted and as the decade passed the length of the wagons shortened and the width increased, creating a greater loading area. The assembly of free sides about 2 feet high allowed the transport of coal and the loads were protected by canvas tarps painted with the company's initials to prevent theft, with each wagon having its number, weight and caliber clearly marked with white paint on black b
General cargo vehicles, or "freight wagons" of the late Stephenson period, were simple four-wheeled platform vehicles with 3 "diameter spring wheels and were typically approximately 14" "long with a surface area of ​​the platform area of seventy-five square feet 'capable of carrying' a substantial amount of light cargo 'of' about four tons in weight. ' In 1841, shock absorbers and coupling chains were fitted and as the decade passed the length of the wagons shortened and the width increased, creating a greater loading area. The assembly of free sides about 2 feet high allowed the transport of coal and the loads were protected by canvas tarps painted with the company's initials to prevent theft, with each wagon having its number, weight and caliber clearly marked with white paint on black b