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LNER Cowlairs D wagon plate

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 8:00 pm
by Wildebeest
I picked up one of these a while ago on ebay and I haven't seen another Cowlairs one on ebay, auction sites or elsewhere.

I would appreciate it if anyone can provide me with some information about it.

It is inscribed -

L.N.E.R
16 TONS
1908
COWLAIRS
713297

The date is pre-grouping so the plate must have been manufactured between 1923 and 1948 at the Cowlairs C&W works to replace one on an old NBR wagon.

Any thoughts about it, including the type of wagon it could have come off, its rarity, etc.?