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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = LNWR_76738_20160716.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = LNWR 76738 at Kidderminster in July 2016]]|construc = LNWR Wolverton|status = Cosmetically restored|wagno = 76738 (fictitious)|othernos = RNAD 338|designed = |diagram = 88|lot = |wagtype = 'Tranship' 4-w non-ventilated van|telcode = |brakes = |built = 1910-1923|years1 = 1993|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 2007|events2 = Cosmetic restoration|years3 = |events3 =|years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}The actual identity of this LNWR 10 ton Goods Van is unknown. It is thought to have been built at Wolverton between 1910 and 1923<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.

The actual identity ==Service==Many of these vans were supplied new to the War Department just after the First World War and this wagon certainly ended life in military service, although while being sanded for cosmetic restoration in 2007 (see below), a number reading either 86059 or 86359 was revealed, suggesting possible use by the LNWR 10 ton Goods Van is unknown. It is thought to have been built at Wolverton between 1910 and 1923first.<ref name=SVR158>SVR News 158</ref>

==Preservation==The van arrived on the SVR in on 22 November 1993 from RNAD Bedenham, Gosport, where it had been in use by the Royal Navy numbered RNAD 338. <ref name=SB9/> It was originally intended for display but when restored at Bewdley in 1995, it was found to be in good condition and considered suitable for operational use. At some time during service the side doors had been modified from the original design. Despite this modification, it was repainted in LNWR livery and given the fictitious number '76738'.<ref name=SVR114>SVR News 114, 117</ref><ref name=SVR158/> Following arrivalthis restoration, the 1999 SVR stock noted it as being owned by Pat Goss and having been used in demonstration freight trains.<ref name=SB9/>

In early 2007 '76738' was one of three wagons selected for cosmetic restoration at Kidderminster Carriage Works prior to exhibition in [[The Engine House]], the others being [[LNER 223162 Mineral Wagon|LNER Mineral Wagon 223162]] and [[LMS 730866 Goods Brake Van |LMS brake van 760866]]. By that time 76738 was ‘on the brink of terminal collapse’. The body was affected by rot and fungus and required considerable work before painting. A buffer beam fitted by the Navy was found to have been made of plywood, and was replaced with a more suitable one made of Iroko.<ref name=SVR158/>  ‘76738’ duly took its place on display when The Engine House eventually opened in 2008. The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey includes a [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7929 photograph] of the van on display in [[The Engine House]] in 2010. It was removed from there during a re-organisation in April 2012.<ref>SVR News 179</ref> Although restored to serviceable condition, the van's age and wooden underframe make it unsuitable for use in the [[Demonstration Goods Train]]. It is normally stored out of sight in [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] but was visible outside [[Carriage Repair Works | Kidderminster Carriage Works]] during late summer 2016.