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GWR/BR 92080 Fruit D Van

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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = BR_92080_20150320.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = GWR/BR Fruit D Wagon 92080]]|construc = BR Swindon|status = Static use|wagno = 92080|othernos = W92080|designed = |diagram = 805|lot = 30383|wagtype = 4-w ventilated van|telcode = FRUIT D|brakes = |built = 1958|years1 = 1978|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}92080 is one of four long wheelbase Fruit D Vans on the SVR, built by BR at Swindon to Diagram 805 Lot 30383<ref> Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey </ref> based on a GWR design. The fruit Fruit D vans were classified as Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS).
92080 was built at Swindon in 1958 and was originally electrically lit with power from an axle driven dynamo and chassis mounted batteries, similar to the system used on passenger coaches. It arrived on the SVR in January 1978, having been bought by the [[The 4150 Fund | 4150 Fund]] with the intention of being used for storage of loco spares, and was restored to ENPARTS livery (a code used by GWR and BR(W) for vans carrying loco part from the Swindon factory to loco sheds).<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
92080 is situated in [[Bewdley Down Yard]] where it is used as a stores van for [[GWR Large Prairie 4150]].
==References==
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
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==Links==
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=2158 92080 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
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