Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

The company was formed at a meeting of 30 January 1860 with an initial capital of £100,000 in 10,000 shares of £10 each. The first general manager was Isaac Slater. A works was established in 1860, producing over 300 wagons in the first year. Through the latter part of the 19th century, the company manufactured wagons and carriages. In 1887 it was renamed the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company from the Gloucester Wagon Company. During the Boer War the company manufactured horse drawn ambulances, and during the First World War produced stretchers, ambulances, and shells as well as wagons. ==20th century==

Between the 1910s and 1930s, the company built various trains for the London Underground: starting with the E Stock for the District Railway in the 1910s, followed by the G Stock (also for the District Railway) in the 1920s, then Standard Stock trains for the Piccadilly line in the early 1930s, and O and P Stock trains for the Hammersmith & City line in the late 1930s, as well as the Q38 Stock for the District line in 1939. The firm began manufacturing all welded wagons in 1935, as well as manufacturing the bodyshells for GWR railcars. In 1936 the firm won the contract to build a 68 feet long air-conditioned carriage for the Maharajah of Indore to be designed by a German architect and to include a kitchen, servants' quarters and a nursery. but its operations ceased in 1993–1994. ==People associated with the company==

• James Platt of Fielding & Platt, former director. • Robert Blinkhorn, Gloucester businessman, former director. • Sir Leslie Boyce, former chairman. ==Records==

The company's records are held at the Gloucestershire Archives under reference D4791. ==Wagon Works site==

The carriage and wagon factory was located just south of the High Orchard Wharf along Bristol Road from Baker Street (St Ann Way) to Clifton Road. The industrial site was demolished and now part of the Gloucester Quays Retail Park ==See also==