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LNER 225641 Mineral Wagon

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{{Infobox wagon|image = |caption = |construc = LNER Darlington|status = Unknown|wagno = 225641|othernos = B.S.C. 18|designed = |diagram = 63|lot = |wagtype = 4-w 7-plank open|capacity = 12 tons|telcode =|topscode = |brakes = |built = 1938|years1 = 1969|events1 = Presented to SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}This 4-wheeled 7-plank Tippler wagon was built by the LNER at Darlington in 1938. It was later acquired by the British Sugar Corporation for use at the [[Foley Park| Foley Park factory]] where it was numbered B.S.C.18.<ref name=SB7>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref>.
The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey includes a [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=14274 photo] dated May 2012 by John Bishop In July 1969 225641 was one of 14 from there donated to the frame SVR, of this wagon which 11 were initially used and 3 dismantled for spare parts. It was restored at Bewdley in the storage area adjacent late 1970 and branded ‘NE LOCO’ after which it was used to Kidderminster Railway Museum. As of 2015 it is no longer at that location; remove ash from the current location and status are unknownBridgnorth MPD.<ref name=SB7/>
The 1998 Stock Book stated that by 1990 all but 4 of the ex-BSC wagons had been cut up as beyond economical repair, with 225641 not listed amongst the survivors.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey includes a [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=14274 photo] dated May 2012 by John Bishop showing the frame of this wagon in the storage area adjacent to Kidderminster Railway Museum. As of 2015 it was no longer at that location; the current location and status are unknown. ==SourcesReferences==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<brreferences/>
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==See also==
*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]:Other ex-BSC wagons:*[[British Sugar 136 Open Wagon|136 (ex-B.S.C. 5)]]*[[LMS 37 (fictitious) Open Wagon|37 (ex-B.S.C. 7)]]*[[British Sugar 7-plank open wagon|16053 (ex-B.S.C. 13)]]*[[LNER 223162 Mineral Wagon|223162 (ex- B.S.C. 25)]]
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