BR 257698 Steel Mineral Wagon

BRBritish Rail or British Railways 257698 Steel Mineral Wagon
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 257698 in January 2016
Built By	Teesside Bridge & Engineering
Status	Stored
Number	B 275698
Other Numbers	DB 257698, I/U 041680
History
Built	1956
Diagram	1/108
Lot	2802
Type	4-wheel steel mineral wagon
Capacity	16 tons
TOPS code	MCO
Brakes	Unfitted
1993	Arrived on the SVRSevern Valley RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society
Goods Wagons

More than 200,000 of these 4-wheeled 16 ton open steel mineral wagons were built for British Railways between 1950 and 1957. This example, originally numbered B 275698, was built by Teesside Bridge & Engineering in 1956 to Diagram 1/10/, Lot 2802. It also carried the Internal UserRolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location. number 041680.

It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society on 13 August 1993 from Stratford, London, as one of a number of wagons owned by Mr J J Smith.. As of 2018 it is stored at the Stourport Triangle.

See also

List of goods wagons

Links

• BR 257698 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line