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GWR 57976 Covered Goods Van (body only)

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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_57976_Gareth_Price.jpg |thumbcaption = GWR 57976|200pxconstruc = GWR Swindon|rightstatus = Stored (body only)| GWR wagno = 57976]]|othernos = |designed = |diagram = V6|lot = 17|wagtype = 4-w vent van (IRON MINK)|capacity = 10 tons|telcode =|topscode = |brakes = |built = 1894|years1 = 1996|events1 = Acquired by SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}The grounded body of this GWR 'Iron Mink' ventilated covered goods van is stored in the [[Stourport Triangle]]. It  The wagon was built in 1894 at Swindonto Diagram V6 Lot 17.<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 32, 353.</ref><ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> It was latterly used as a grounded shed in Kidderminster Goods Yard and was acquired from Charrington became [[SVR(H)]] property when the [[Kidderminster#Station entrance|coal yard land rented by Charringtons Coal Merchants at Kidderminster ]] was vacated in November 1996.At the time it was considered for possible reconstruction.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
Photo from Gareth Price's photostream, also used on Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey page.
==SourcesSee also==*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]*[[GWR 58725 Improvised Gunpowder Van|Iron Mink 58725 (now Improvised Gunpowder Van)]] ==References==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<brreferences/>
==Links==
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7486 9647 GWR 125059 57976 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/svr_enthusiast/5755308804/ Gareth Price photostream]
==See also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
[[Category:Rolling stock at the Stourport Triangle]]
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