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[[File:BR_993876_20170401.jpg|thumb|300px|right|DB993876 at Kidderminster]]
This Ballast Plough Brake, of type ‘Shark’, is was built by BRCW at Smethwick in 1957 to Diagram 1/597, Lot 3040. The type was based on an LMS design, and had large metal ingots installed below the Guard’s floor to add extra weight. Fitted with a handbrake and stove, they were used in ballast train working. The ; the ploughs are being used to spread newly-dropped stone ballast.<ref>Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
==DB993876 in preservation==
==See also==
*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
==References==
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==Links==
*[http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/sharkzuv Paul Bartlett gallery of Shark brake vans]
[[Category:Brake vans]]
