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{{Infobox wagon
|image = GWR_1257_20150320GWR_1257_20190707.jpg
|caption = GWR Siphon G Bogie Milk Van 1257
|construc = Metro Cammell<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref>
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}}This '''GWR 1257''' is an outside framed GWR Milk Van (PMVG), telegraphic code 'Siphon SIPHON G', . It was built by Metro Cammell<ref>SVR Stock Book states Swindon</ref> in 1927 to diagram number O11. It is classified as [[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)]]. Prior to preservation it was also in Departmental use as No 079060.
The coach was purchased from Wantage Road near Didcot, arriving on the SVR in March 1976.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It is believed to be the only remaining outside framed example.<ref>GW(SVR)A</ref> It is owned by the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | Great Western (SVR) Association]], was outshopped in 1979 and underwent overhaul from 2004-2007.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/1257_overhaul.html Great Western (SVR) Assoc. overhaul pages]</ref> The interior was restored and repainted in 2014.
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GWR_1257_20150320.jpg|1257 at Bewdley in 2015
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It has previously seen use as [[Santa's Grotto]] and as a mobile store and is now until 2018 was used as a store at [[Arley ]] at Christmas in conjunction with [[Santa's Grotto]].
==See also==
