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BR 257698 Steel Mineral Wagon

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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = BR257698.jpg|caption = BR 257698 in January 2016|construc = Teesside Bridge & Engineering|status = Stored|wagno = B 275698|othernos = DB 257698, I/U 041680 |designed = |diagram = 1/108|lot = |wagtype = 4-wheel steel mineral wagon|capacity = 16 tons|telcode =|topscode = MCO|brakes = |built = 1956|years1 = 1993|events1 = Arrived on the SVR|thumbyears2 = |300pxevents2 = |rightyears3 = | BR events3 = }}More than 200,000 of these 4-wheeled 16 ton open steel mineral wagons were built for British Railways between 1950 and 1957. This example, originally numbered B 275698 , was built by Teesside Bridge & Engineering in January 20161956.<ref name=Rowland>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]]pp. 9, 41, App 4.</ref> It also carried the Internal User number 041680<ref>[http://departmentals.com/departmental/041680 Departmentals.com]</ref>
This 4-wheeled 16 ton open steel mineral wagon was built for British Railways by Teesside Bridge & Engineering circa 1955<ref> Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey </ref>-1956<ref> SVR Stock Book</ref>. It arrived on the SVR in August 1993 from Stratford, London, as one of a number of wagons owned by Mr J J Smith.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>. {{As of|2018}} it is stored at the [[Stourport Triangle]].
==See also==
==References==
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
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==Links==
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7491 BR 257698 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
 
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