Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

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Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (GRC&W) was a railway rolling stock manufacturer based at Gloucester, England; from 1860 until 1986.

GRC&W supplied the original fleet of red trains for the Toronto Subway, which were based upon similar vehicles for the London Underground.

Rolling stock manufactured by the company is listed below:

Diesel Multiple Units

• British Rail Class 100
• British Rail Class 119
• British Rail Class 122

Electrical Multiple Units

• London Underground E Stock
• London Underground O / P Stock
• London Underground G Stock
• London Underground Q38 Stock
• London Underground 1956 Stock
• Melbourne (Australia) "Harris" trains
• G-series subway cars - for the Toronto Transit Commission

[edit] External links

• http://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/gloucester/wagon.htm
• http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/grcwandcement.htm