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Glouchester wagon works Rīgā Feb. 10th, 2013|12:49 pm

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"1868 A long business relationship began with Tsarist Russia. Rolling stock was eventually exported in kit form for final assembly at a Gloucester Wagon Company-supervised works in Riga, although this factory soon shut due to the poor quality of labour available- The first Russian customer was the Orel and Vitebsk Railway and special axlebox grease had to be specified for this order (worth £230 000). The regular grease was found to be poisonous when eaten by starving peasants"
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