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GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van

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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_80982_20170715.jpg|caption = GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van.jpg|construc = GWR Swindon|thumbstatus = Operational (static use)|300pxwagno = 80982|rightothernos = |GWR 80982 designed = |diagram = CC7|lot = 767|wagtype = Signal Dept Van]]van|telcode = None|brakes = 80982 was |built at Swindon in = 1913 to Diagram CC7, Lot 767. It |years1 = 1972|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}80982 is the only surviving example<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> of ten iron-bodied Tool Vans built for the GWR’s Signal Department, these being the last wrought iron vans built by the GWR. Illumination was provided by two skylights and two oil lamps.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> ==80982 in service==80982 was built at Swindon in 1913 to Diagram CC7, Lot 767, and was allocated to Reading Signal Dept.<ref>GWR813.org</ref> Workshop and tool vans built to Diagram CC were not allocated a telegraphic code.<ref>A history of GWR goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1</ref> As a Departmental wagon, it carried the number DW 80982.  ==80982 in preservation==After being decommissioned by BR(W), 80982 was rescued from Bristol, arriving on the SVR in May 1972. It was originally intended for storage,<ref>SVR News 24</ref> but has been fully restored. It is operational but is normally located at [[Bewdley]] next to the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]] where it serves as the [[Wagon Department]]'s mess van. It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].
In service, 80982 was allocated to Reading Signal Dept.<ref>GWR813.org</ref> As a Departmental wagon, it carried the number DW 80982. After being decommissioned by BR(W), 80982 was rescued from Bristol, arriving on the SVR in May 1972. It has been fully restored and is now situated at [[Bewdley]] where it serves as the [[Wagon Department]]'s mess van. It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].
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File:GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van.jpg||Receiving attention in the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]]
File:Interior view of GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van.jpg | Interior view
File:80982 interior 3.JPG | Interior view
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