The original wagon was used by a coal merchant in what is now known as Crymych. Originally the settlement was known as "Crymmych Arms" based around an inn on the Tenby to Cardigan road.
The original Taf Vale Railway (not to be confused with the Taff Vale Railway in the Cardiff area) ran from Whitland to Crymych and was later extended to Cardigan becoming the Whitland and Cardigan Railway.
"S J Phillips of Crymmych Arms" 269 coal wagons produced
