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[[File:BR_993876_20170401.jpg|thumb|300px|right|DB993876 at Kidderminster]]
This Ballast Plough Brake, of type ‘Shark’, 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 ploughs being used to spread newly-dropped stone ballast.<ref>Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
==DB993876 in service==
A Hornby model of DB993876 has been produced showing the brake van in Loadhaul livery, and other references can be found referring to the van in this context. Loadhaul Ltd was a railfreight operator based in the north east of England which came into being in 1994 during the privatisation of BR and ultimately became part of the company English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS).<ref>Wikipedia</ref>
Prior to acquisition by the SVR, DB993876 was used on Bridport steel trains on the East Usk Branch. An article and photo by Paul Theroux describes the process, which involved the locomotive running round the train at East Usk yard and then propelling it down the branch with the brake van leading.
==DB993876 in preservation==
==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loadhaul Loadhaul on Wikipedia]
*[http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=3662 LoadHaul Shark Ballast Brake Van (Weathered) on www.hornbyguide.com]
*[http://www.philt.org.uk/UKModernRail/2013/i-WPrdJpD DB993876 in use on the East Usk branch (Paul Theroux)]
*[http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/sharkzuv Paul Bartlett gallery of Shark brake vans]
[[Category:Brake vans]]
