GWR Goods Brake Van Allocations

Selected GWR Goods Brake Van Allocations (examples culled from various published sources) Listed by depot updated 2 August 2017

Aberavon Number Dates Type Notes 17263 AA20 114937 1963 AA19 114938 AA19

Aberbeeg Number Dates Type Notes 40373 1930 AA5 Branded "Construction Pt Way Brake. Return to Aberbeeg" 114935 AA19

Abercynon Number Dates Type Notes 68914 AA18 114921 AA19 114922 AA19 114924 AA19 114941 AA19 950560 BR AA23 BR build

Aberdare Number Dates Type Notes 56448 1918 – 1922 AA3 Road Van 56449 AA3 56532 1940 AA13 56898 1940 AA2 56924 1934 - 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56925 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56926 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56940 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56945 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56966 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56968 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56981 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56982 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56984 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel

Aberdare High Level Number Dates Type Notes 950571 BR AA23 BR build 950574 BR AA23 BR build 950602 BR AA23 BR build

Aber Junction Number Dates Type Notes 114953 AA19 Aberystwyth Number Dates Type Notes 56942 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel

Acton Number Dates Type Notes 56034 1930 AA3 56600 1940 AA13 56757 1940 AA13 56975 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56986 1940 AA7 56988 1940 AA7 56990 1940 AA7 56992 1940 AA7 68535 1940 AA15 68624 1940 AA15 68812 1940 AA20 114802 1940 AA19 114869 1963 AA19 Branded “To work between Acton & Smithfield Only” 114889 1940 AA19 114917 AA19 114918 AA19 114970 1940 AA19 114974 AA19 114977 AA19

To work from Acton Number Dates Type Notes 17414 1954 AA21

Alexandra Docks Junction Number Dates Type Notes 17912 1940 AA13

Andover Junction Number Dates Type Notes 68919 AA18 68920 AA18 114741 AA19 114910 AA19 114911 AA19 114912 AA19

Avonmouth Number Dates Type Notes 17409 AA21 17414 AA21 17415 AA21 114968 AA19

Avonmouth Dock Number Dates Type Notes 17637 1940 AA2 Bala Number Dates Type Notes 56449 1932 - 1951 AA3 Condemned July 1958

Banbury Number Dates Type Notes 17265 AA20 17412 AA21 17810 1940 AA13 56026 1940 AA3 56250 1940 AA3 56545 AA13 56546 AA13 56547 AA13 56645 1940 AA15 56698 1940 AA15 56702 AA15 56961 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 68558 1940 AA15 68560 1940 AA15 68747 1940 AA20 68810 1940 AA20 68843 1940 AA20

Barry Number Dates Type Notes 68579 AA15 114981 AA19 950559 BR AA23 BR build

Bassaleg Number Dates Type Notes 950556 BR AA23 BR build 950598 BR AA23 BR build

Basingstoke Number Dates Type Notes 35717 AA3 56717 1940 AA15

Birkenhead Number Dates Type Notes 17274 1946 - 1963 AA20 17403 AA21 56540 AA13 114928 AA19

Blowers Green Number Dates Type Notes 950583 BR AA23 BR build

Bodmin Number Dates Type Notes 35392 1958 AA23 Branded “To work between Bodmin Rd. & Boscarne Junc.” Bordesley Junction Number Dates Type Notes 17641 1940 AA2 17690 1940 AA2 17755 1940 AA2 56091 1940 AA3 Written as “Junc.” 56092 1940 AA3 56381 1940 AA3 56816 1940 AA2 56955 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56969 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 68490 1958 AA23 114827 1940 AA19 114885 1940 AA19 114900 1940 AA19 114990 AA20 950545 BR AA23 BR build. Converted to Mess Van 1970. 950558 BR AA23 BR build

Brecon Number Dates Type Notes 114955 AA19

Bridport Number Dates Type Notes 56943 AA1 6-wheel 17403 1951 AA21

Bridport Branch Number Dates Type Notes 10100 1920 - 1938 AA3

Bristol Number Dates Type Notes 35670 AA3 35810 1940 AA23 56003 AA3 68856 AA20 114947 AA19 114948 AA19 114973 AA19

Bristol East Depot Number Dates Type Notes 35664 1940 AA3 35679 AA3 “Spare” in brackets 35772 1940 AA23 35918 1963 AA23 56960 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel. “East Depot” in brackets

Bristol Temple Meads Number Dates Type Notes 17402 1953 – 1956 AA21

Bristol West Depot Number Dates Type Notes 17789 1932 – 1953 AA13 17816 1940 AA13 “West Depot” in brackets 56007 AA3 56450 1940 AA3 56971 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel. “West Depot” in brackets 959555 BR AA23 BR build

Bullo Pill Number Dates Type Notes 114939 AA19

Cadoxton Number Dates Type Notes 114914 AA19 114915 AA19 114916 1940 AA19

Cardiff Number Dates Type Notes 17403 1951 AA21 17411 AA21 17854 1940 AA13 17857 1940 AA13 35668 AA3 35669 AA3 56492 AA11 56493 AA11 56494 1940 AA11 56500 AA11 56548 AA13 56549 AA13 56562 1940 AA13 56707 AA15 56708 AA15

Carmarthen Number Dates Type Notes 56487 AA11

Carmarthen Junction Number Dates Type Notes 56939 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 959579 BR AA23 BR build

Cathays Number Dates Type Notes 114940 AA19 114943 AA19 114980 AA19 114982 AA19 114985 AA19 114986 AA19 Cheltenham High Street Number Dates Type Notes 56435 1940 AA3 Written “High St.” 68611 1937 AA15 Written “High St.” 68961 AA18

Chester Number Dates Type Notes 17515 1920 – 1933 AA3 56525 AA13

Cholsey & Moulsford Number Dates Type Notes 56528 AA13

Cirencester Number Dates Type Notes 56448 1922 - 1946 AA3 Road Van “Town” added between 1936 and 1946

Coke Ovens Number Dates Type Notes 114927 AA19 114934 AA19 114942 AA19 114966 AA19

Coley Branch Number Dates Type Notes 56508 AA11

Crewe Number Dates Type Notes 17509 1921 - 1953 AA3 Converted to Mess Van No.284 Feb. 1953 17539 1908 – 1945 AA3 17809 AA13 56025 AA3

Croes Newydd Number Dates Type Notes 17512 AA3 Condemned Sept. 1951. Converted to Tool Van No.233 17868 1940 AA13 56961 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel

Croes Newydd No.5 Number Dates Type Notes 950568 BR AA23 BR build

Didcot Number Dates Type Notes 17258 1953 AA20 56473 1940 AA3 114926 AA19 114962 AA19

Dowlais Cae Harris Number Dates Type Notes 68690 AA15 68898 1937 AA20 114932 AA19

Dowlais Central Number Dates Type Notes 56499 BR 1950s AA11

Duffryn Yard Number Dates Type Notes 17395 1940 AA21 114742 1946 AA19

East Usk Junction Number Dates Type Notes 56709 AA15 56710 AA15

Exeter Number Dates Type Notes 35663 AA3 56001 AA3 Condemned Sept. 1944. Converted to Shop Van No.65 56099 1940 AA3

Ferndale Number Dates Type Notes 114983 AA19 114984 AA19 950584 BR AA23 BR build

Fishguard Number Dates Type Notes 17675 1940 AA2 17676 1940 AA2 114965 AA19 114967 AA19

Fishguard Harbour Number Dates Type Notes 17413 1964 AA21

Return immediately to Fishguard Number Dates Type Notes 17403 1941 AA21 Freshford Number Dates Type Notes 56002 1946 – 1952 AA3 Gloucester Number Dates Type Notes 8786 1933 AA16 17788 AA13 35720 1940 AA23 56676 1940 AA15 56852 1940 AA2 68566 AA15 114979 AA19 950603 BR AA23 BR build

Grangetown Number Dates Type Notes 950544 BR AA23 BR build

Greenford Number Dates Type Notes 17401 AA21 35718 1940 AA23

Hartlebury Number Dates Type Notes 68763 1961 AA20

Hereford Barton Number Dates Type Notes 114756 1935 AA20

Hereford Moorfield Number Dates Type Notes 950563 BR AA23 BR build. “Moorfield” in brackets.

High Wycombe Number Dates Type Notes 35671 1946 AA3

Holt Junction Number Dates Type Notes 17520 1951 – 1955 AA3 Written as “Jcn.” 114912 1932 AA19

Honeybourne Number Dates Type Notes 56019 AA3 56748 1962 AA15

Kidderminster Number Dates Type Notes 35671 AA3

Kingsbridge Number Dates Type Notes 35662 1920 AA3 56298 AA3

Kington Branch Number Dates Type Notes 17600 1946 AA3 Road Van

Laira Number Dates Type Notes 56489 1940 AA11

Leamington Number Dates Type Notes 17267 AA20 17268 AA20 17269 AA20 17270 AA20 17407 AA21 17876 1940 AA13 68743 1940 AA20 114740 1940 AA19 114958 AA19 114959 AA19 114961 1940 AA19

Llandilo Junction Number Dates Type Notes 56688 1941 – 1947 AA15 Written as “Junc.”

Llanelly Number Dates Type Notes 56689 AA15

Llanelly Dock Number Dates Type Notes 17554 AA3 Condemned Dec. 1944 17753 AA15 17955 1940 AA15 56688 AA15 56818 1940 AA2

Llanelly (L &MM) Number Dates Type Notes 17727 1953 AA2

Llanidloes Number Dates Type Notes 68863 AA20 68919 1947 AA18

Llantrisant Number Dates Type Notes 68567 AA15

Ludlow Number Dates Type Notes 56520 AA13 56521 AA13 68538 1926 AA15 114902 AA19 114903 AA19 114904 AA19 114905 AA19

Lydbrook Number Dates Type Notes 56034 AA3

Lydney Number Dates Type Notes 17808 AA13

Lympster Number Dates Type Notes 17600 AA3 Road Van

Manchester Number Dates Type Notes 17805 AA13

Marlborough Number Dates Type Notes 10100 1946 AA3

Marazion Number Dates Type Notes 56850 1956 AA13

Merthyr Number Dates Type Notes 10085 1921 AA3 959543 BR AA23 BR build

Moat Lane Number Dates Type Notes 56563 BR AA13 60766 BR AA6 114964 AA19

Moreton in Marsh Number Dates Type Notes 56052 GW AA3

No.8 Transfer Number Dates Type Notes 68856 1954 AA20

Neath Number Dates Type Notes 17407 1940 – 1955 AA21 17510 1947 – 1949 AA3 17666 1940 AA13 17679 1940 AA2 56953 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel

Neath Division Number Dates Type Notes 114742 1943 - 1946 AA19

Newport Number Dates Type Notes 12009 1900 AA16

Newport Dock Street Number Dates Type Notes 56706 AA15

Newport Maesglas Number Dates Type Notes 17687 1940 AA2 “Maesglas” in brackets 56584 1940 56812 1940 AA2 Labelled “Maesglas” – no Newport. 56956 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 68505 1940 AA15 68574 1940 AA15 Labelled “Maesglas” – no Newport. 950593 BR AA23 BR build. Labelled “Maesglas” – no Newport. 950606 BR AA23 BR build. Labelled “Maesglas” – no Newport. Converted to Mess Van 1970.

Newton Abbot Number Dates Type Notes 56535 AA13 56536 AA13 56565 1940 AA13

Neyland Number Dates Type Notes 17792 AA3 56491 AA11

Old Oak Common Number Dates Type Notes 17445 AA21 17691 1940 AA2 17994 1940 AA15 35615 BR AA23 35667 AA23 35677 1940 AA23 35845 1940 AA23 56292 1940 AA3 56552 1940 AA13 56569 1940 AA13 56575 1940 AA13 56576 1940 AA13 56577 1940 AA13 56711 AA15 56712 AA15 68719 1940 AA20 68849 1940 AA20 114950 AA19 114951 1940 AA19 950547 BR AA23 BR build

Oswestry Number Dates Type Notes 56498 1947 AA11 56688 1947 AA15 68856 1947 AA20 114741 1935 AA19 114743 AA19 114924 1947 AA19 114931 AA19 114956 AA19

Oswestry No.4 Number Dates Type Notes 950607 BR AA23 BR build

Oxford Number Dates Type Notes 35672 AA3 56018 AA3 56920 1940 AA2 68820 1940 AA20 68861 AA20

Oxley Sidings Number Dates Type Notes 10100 1938 - 1946 AA3 17585 1940 AA15 17588 1940 AA15 17746 1940 AA2 17799 AA13 35817 1940 AA3 56002 AA3 56013 1940 AA3 56167 1935 AA3 56515 1940 AA11 56572 1940 AA13 56687 AA15 56828 1940 AA2 56927 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56928 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56929 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56930 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56935 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56936 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56937 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56938 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56943 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56944 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 68716 1940 AA20 68766 1940 AA20 68772 1940 AA20 68781 1940 AA20 68839 1940 AA20

Paddington Number Dates Type Notes 17540 1916 AA3 17562 1940 17800 1940 17831 1940 AA12 35834 1940 AA3 56172 1940 AA3 56228 1940 AA£ 56293 1940 AA3 56299 1940 AA3 56418 1940 56484 AA11 56497 1940 AA11 56557 AA13 56558 1940 AA13 56638 1940 AA15 56774 1940 AA15 114788 1940 AA19 114901 AA19 114950 1940 AA19 950551 BR AA23 BR build. Converted to Mess Van 1970.

Pantyffynnon Number Dates Type Notes 950560 BR AA23 BR build

Par Number Dates Type Notes 68571 1958 AA15

Park Royal Number Dates Type Notes 68796 1937 AA20

Pembrey Number Dates Type Notes 17510 1928 - 1947 AA3 17540 AA3 Condemned May 1959

Penzance Number Dates Type Notes 17403 1940 – 1941 AA21 17787 AA13 17789 AA13 17951 1940 AA15 56529 AA13 56020 AA3 56518 AA13 56519 AA13 56715 1940 AA15 68856 AA20 114740 1935 – 1938 AA19 114741 1931 – 1935 AA19 114743 1934 AA19

Plymouth Number Dates Type Notes 35642 AA3 35661 AA3 35665 1940 AA3

Plymouth Millbay Number Dates Type Notes 68466 1952 AA23

Pontcilite Branch Number Dates Type Notes 17600 AA3 Road van

Pontnewynydd Number Dates Type Notes 17594 c 1900 AA8 B950540 1949 AA24 (BR number)

Pontypool Road Number Dates Type Notes 17800 AA13 17801 AA13 17802 AA13 56523 AA13 56524 AA13 56957 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56958 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel

Portland Number Dates Type Notes 114972 AA19

Portmadoc Number Dates Type Notes 114906 1934 AA19 114936 AA19 114957 AA19

Princes Risborough Number Dates Type Notes 68724 1964 AA20 Branded “To work between Princes Risborough & Chinnor Only”

Radyr Junction Number Dates Type Notes 68914 AA18 114933 AA19 114976 AA19 114978 AA19 950611 BR AA23 BR build

Reading Number Dates Type Notes 17534 1940 AA13 17552 1940 56291 late 1930s AA3 56266 1940 56608 1940 AA13 56810 1940 AA2 56911 1940 AA2 68800 1940 AA20

Rhymney Number Dates Type Notes 114946 AA19 114960 AA19 114963 AA19 950548 BR AA23 BR build

Roath Basin Junction Number Dates Type Notes 17789 1953 AA13

Rogerstone Number Dates Type Notes 17684 1922 AA2 56555 AA13 56556 AA13 56686 AA15 56972 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56975 1900 AA1 6-wheel. Branded "Rogerstone & Swindon" 950542 BR AA23 BR build 950589 BR AA23 BR build 950601 BR AA23 BR build

Ruabon Number Dates Type Notes 114929 AA19

St. Blazey Number Dates Type Notes 35249 BR AA23 17233 1958 AA20 56020 1936 AA3 950550 BR AA23 BR build 950592 BR AA23 BR build

Salisbury Number Dates Type Notes 56602 AA13 56967 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel

Saltney Number Dates Type Notes 17515 1933 – 1945 AA3 17523 AA15 17645 1940 AA2 56443 1940 AA3 56965 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 114923 1940 AA19 114925 1928 AA19 114954 AA19

Saltney No.4 Number Dates Type Notes 590596 BR AA23 BR build

Senghenydd Number Dates Type Notes 114742 1931 – 1943 AA19

Severn Tunnel Junction Number Dates Type Notes 35830 1922 AA4 Written “Severn Tunnel”. Enclosed “tunnel” van. 56012 AA3 56164 1940 AA3 Written “Junc.” 56501 AA11 56551 AA13 56683 1919 AA15 Written “Junc.” 56732 1920 AA17 Enclosed “tunnel” van 56950 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56952 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56973 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56976 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel. Written “Severn Tunnel” 68568 AA15 Written “Severn Tunnel” 68569 AA15 Written “Severn Tunnel” 68570 AA15 Written “Severn Tunnel” 68685 1940 AA15 68844 1940 AA20 68857 AA20 Written “Severn Tunnel” 68858 AA20 Written “Severn Tunnel” 114930 AA19 114952 AA19

Shrewsbury Number Dates Type Notes 17795 AA13 56539 AA13 68865 AA20

Shrewsbury Coton Hill Number Dates Type Notes 35960 1964 AA23 “Coton Hill” in brackets.

Slough Number Dates Type Notes 17517 1940 AA3 60770 AA6 Branded "Construction Pt Way Brake. Return to Slough" 114834 1940 AA19 114971 AA19 114987 AA20 114989 AA20

Southall Number Dates Type Notes 10091 1940 17573 1940 AA3 35688 1940 AA3 35856 1938 AA3 56747 1940 AA15 56748 1940 AA15 68655 1940 AA15 68656 1940 AA15 114757 1940 AA20 114758 1940 AA20

Stafford Road Loco Number Dates Type Notes 68915 1958 AA18

Stoke Gifford Number Dates Type Notes 17405 AA21 17813 1940 56363 1940 AA3 56625 AA13 56701 AA15 56912 1940 56941 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56947 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56951 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 68572 AA15 68573 AA15

Stoke Gifford to Swindon Local Number Dates Type Notes 56008 1940 AA3

Stourbridge Number Dates Type Notes 56006 AA3 56622 AA13 68834 1962 AA20 114969 AA19

Swansea Number Dates Type Notes 17921 1940 AA13 56015 AA3

Swansea Docks Number Dates Type Notes 17944 AA13 56703 AA15 56704 AA15 56705 AA15

Swindon Number Dates Type Notes 56411 1940 56931 1924 AA1 6-wheel 1934 – 1944 56933 1901 AA1 6-wheel 1934 – 1944 56934 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56959 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56970 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56977 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56978 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56979 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56984 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56983 1940 AA1 6-wheel 56933 1904 AA1 6-wheel

Swindon to Stoke Gifford Local Number Dates Type Notes 35812 1940 AA3

Taunton Number Dates Type Notes 17524 1940 AA2 35791 1940 56101 1940 AA3 56129 1940 AA3 56541 1940 AA13 68608 1940 AA15

Tavistock Number Dates Type Notes 590588 BR AA23 BR build

Tavistock Junction Number Dates Type Notes 17258 AA20 17407 1955 AA21 68870 1962 AA20 Written as “Junc.” 950552 BR AA23 BR build

Tetbury Branch Number Dates Type Notes 17390 BR 1960s AA21

Thingley Number Dates Type Notes 56002 1952 – 1958 AA3

Tondu Number Dates Type Notes 56010 AA3 56011 AA3 950564 BR AA23 BR build 950604 BR AA23 BR build

Towyn Number Dates Type Notes 17898 BR AA13

Treherbert Number Dates Type Notes 114919 AA19 114920 AA19 114944 AA19 114945 AA19 Welshpool No.2 Number Dates Type Notes 950553 BR AA23 BR build

Westbourne Park for engineers use only Number Dates Type Notes 17453 BR 1970s AA21

Westbury Number Dates Type Notes 17403 AA21 17514 AA15 56205 1940 AA3 114740 AA19 114908 AA19 114909 AA19 114913 AA19

West Drayton Number Dates Type Notes 68757 1940 AA20 114759 1940 AA20

Weymouth Number Dates Type Notes 3251 1940 AA3 17402 AA21 17715 1940 56552 AA13 56553 AA13 56554 AA13 68859 AA20 68913 AA18 114740 1935; 1938; AA19 1940 114742 AA19 114906 AA19 114907 AA19

Whitland Number Dates Type Notes 950573 BR AA23 BR build 950608 1971 AA23 BR build

Whitland to Pembroke Dock Number Dates Type Notes 17788 1953 AA13

Wolverhampton Number Dates Type Notes 56002 1958 AA3 56962 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56963 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel 56964 1934 – 1944 AA1 6-wheel

Worcester Number Dates Type Notes 17402 1940 – 1953 AA21 17505 1915 - 1950 AA3 17520 AA3 17881 1940 AA13 17882 1940 AA13 68727 1940 AA20 68759 1940 AA20 114775 AA20 114949 AA19 114988 AA20

Yeovil Number Dates Type Notes 114975 AA19