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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 112889 Mink 'G' Covered Goods Van.jpg|thumb|300px|right|caption = GWR 112889 Mink 'G' Covered Goods Van]]112889 was built at |construc = GWR Swindon in |status = 1931 to Diagram |wagno = 112889|othernos = |designed = |diagram = V22, Lot |lot = 1067. |wagtype = 4-w ventilated van|capacity = 20 tons|telcode = MINK G|topscode = |brakes = |built = 1931|years1 = 1993|events1 = Arrived on the SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }} The majority of short wheelbase goods vans such as the 'Mink A' had a 10 ton or 12 ton capacity, although the individual loads they carried rarely made use of this. In a bid to improve economy, the GWR built a number of ‘Mink G’ 30 foot covered goods wagons with a 20 ton capacity and a 19ft 6in wheelbase. They were used to transport consolidated batches of loads from goods depots on overnight shuttles.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> They were fitted with Instanter couplings (an entry in the GWR Lot book states "Instanter decided by Mr Collett 22 October 1930") and due to their length had large-headed self-contained buffers to guard against buffer locking when negotiating curves.<ref name=Atkins >[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] p. 34.</ref>

112889 was built at Swindon in 1931 to Diagram V22, Lot 1067.<ref name=Atkins/> It spent the last 29 years of its life at Thisk in Yorkshire, on Internal Use with the P.W. Department. It was acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1993, arriving on the SVR on 21 May 1993. After arrival it was quickly restored into the GWR livery it now carries<ref name=SB9/>.