Great Western Railway Collett Coaches

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Built concurrent with the 1938 stock these non-corridor designs shared the same body profile and were also of different lengths; three of which were not used for corridor coaches. It appears that the 1937 built coaches all had a long arching rain-strip that ran from the top of the cornice at each end of the coach and rose about half way up the roof in the middle of the roof. Also built as the same time were 7 coaches for the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley line. These were much smaller and more akin to a typical Dean Low Roof coach due to the restrictive loading gauge of the line.

Dimensions
	All except diagrams C80 & D129	Diagrams C80 & D129
Width over cornices	8' 9	8' 6
Width over body at waist	8' 11	8' 8
Width over handles	9' 3	9'
Height to gutters	10' 1¾	10' 4½
Height to top of roof	12' 3¾	11' 1
Height over ventilators	12' 9½	11' 4¾

Diagram	Dimensions Length x Width Wheelbase		Numbers		Conversions
A21 8 compartment non-corridor first	57'2¼ 48' 8¼ wheelbase 9' bogies	10 built in 1937	8033 to 8042		All were condemned in 1964/5.
A34 5 compartment non-corridor brake van third autotrailer with Driving compartment	57' 47' wheelbase 9' bogies	4 built in 1939	1668 to 1671		All were condemned in 1964/5.
C75 9 compartment non-corridor third	55' 3½ 48'9½ wheelbase 9' bogies	35 built in 1937 37 built in 1939 2 built in 1939 25 built in 1940	1384 to 1418 1673 to 1684, 1686, 1688 to 1690, 1692 to 1712 1237 & 1238 (9' light bogies - rocking bar type) 451 to 475	C75(middle), Highworth Branch, R Spratt collection	1237 & 1238 Highworth Branch All were condemned between 1959 and 1965.
C80 9 compartment non-corridor third	55' 3½ 48'9½ wheelbase 9' light bogies - rocking bar type	1 built in 1939	1329		BP&GV line Condemned 1959.
D125 5 compartment non-corridor brake third	57' 50'6 wheelbase 9' bogies	20 built in 1937 7 built in 1938 2 built in 1939 6 built in 1940	1419 to 1435, 1437 to 1439 1660 to 1666 1239 & 1240 (9' light bogies - rocking bar type) 476 to 481	D125 with arching rain-strip, R Spratt collection D125(furthest), Highworth Branch, R Spratt collection	1239 & 1240 Highworth Branch All were condemned in 1962/3.
D129 7 compartment non-corridor brake third	57' 50'6 wheelbase 9' light bogies - rocking bar type	6 built in 1939	1323 to 1328	D129 No.1323, R Spratt collection	BP&GV line All were condemned between 1958 and 1965.
E156 9 compartment non-corridor composite 4 first class and 5 third class compartments	59' 3½ 49'10¼ wheelbase 9' bogies	4 built in 1937 8 built in 1938 6 built in 1940	6591 to 6594 7091 to 7098 7110 to 7115		All were condemned between 1959 and 1962.
E157 6 compartment non-corridor brake composite 2 first class and 4 third class compartments	57' 50'6 wheelbase 9' bogies	20 built in 1937	6218, 6223, 6226, 6227, 6230, 6243, 6244, 6245, 6265 (7' bogies), 6296, 6300, 6303, 6305, 6307, 6309, 6312 to 6314, 6317, 6318		6300 "The floor of this vehicle has been made suitable for the conveyance of fish" and was allocated to Bristol B.45. Also 6303 allocated Bristol B.46 Also 6305 allocated Bristol B.47 Also 6307 allocated Porthcawl 1 Also 6309 allocated Porthcawl 2 Also 6312 allocated Porthcawl 3 Also 6313 allocated Avonmouth 3 Also 6314 allocated Avonmouth 3 Also 6317 allocated Avonmouth 4 Also 6318 allocated Avonmouth 4 All were condemned in 1962/3.
E161 6 compartment non-corridor brake composite 1 first class and 5 third class compartments	57' 50'6 wheelbase 9' bogies	2 built in 1939 6 built in 1940	6830 & 6831 (9' light bogies -rocking bar type) 7347 to 7352	E161(nearest), Highworth Branch, R Spratt collection	6830 & 6831 Highworth Branch All were condemned in 1962/3.

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