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GWR 80684 Ballast Wagon

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|image = GWR 80684 Ballast WagonGWR_80684_20150801.jpg|caption = GWR 80684 Ballast Wagon(2015)
|construc = GWR Swindon
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|built = 1936
|years1 = 19841985
|events1 = Arrived on SVR
|years2 = 1985
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}}GWR '''80684 ''' is a '''GWR 10-ton all-steel dropside ballast wagon and was built at Swindon '''. The 'new generation' ballast wagons of this type began in 1936-37 to 1935 with Diagram P15, Lot 1215<ref group="note">270 wagons of the previous Diagram P14 were built before WW1 with 30 others ordered but never completed due to the War. It finished its working life with BR(W) at Swindon, having been fitted with a new floor by BR shortly before decommissioningNo others were then built until Diagram P15 in the mid-1930s.</ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Editionwhich had an increased length over earlier designs of 16ft 6in over the headstocks while retaining a 9ft wheelbase. The internal height of 1ft 10in gave a nominal 8 cubic yard capacity.</ref> Having been condemned there, it was purchased by [[The GWR 813 Preservation FundBibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] but was then 'lost', turning up in use in an engineering train at Gloucester several months laterpp.319-320</ref name=SVR155> 380 ballast wagons (and a further 11 CME sand wagons) were built to this diagram, of which the SVR News 155</ref>is home to three preserved examples.
80684 arrived on the SVR in April 1984 as one The GWR did not allocate telegraphic codes to Departmental wagons of four acquired at the time for P.W. work.<ref name=SB9/> It appeared on the main line in 1985 this type, although it was later classified as part of the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the main line in preservation| GW 150 demonstration freight train]] which ran to Newport behind [[2857|GWR freight loco 2857]]a STARFISH by BR.<ref>SVR News 78</ref>
==Service and preservation==80684 was built at Swindon circa 1936-37 to Diagram P15 as part of Lot 1215. It received an overhaul in 2006 finished its working life with BR(W) at Swindon around the end of 1984, having been stopped fitted with damage to the axlebox castinga new floor by BR shortly before being decommissioned.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> Having been condemned there, an issue common to these wagons as described in the article on sister wagon it was purchased by [[The GWR 80603 Ballast Wagon|80603813 Preservation Fund]]. Storage of locomotive ash had resulted but was then 'lost', turning up in use in corrosion to the steel body, so repairs to the corner uprights and end panels were also carried outan engineering train at Gloucester several months later.<ref name=SVR155>SVR News 155</ref> A new floor was also welded in, and the wagon returned to P. Way use in February 2007.<refgroup="note">An earlier report in SVR News 16378 referred to 80684 "''...turning up at Worcester''".</ref>
It Some eleven years before 80684's preservation, the SVR had become home to three other 10-ton ballast wagons, all of which were acquired from Swindon in November 1973 for P-Way work. [[GWR 80225 Ballast Wagon|80225]] and [[GWR 80603 Ballast Wagon|80603]] (both Diagram P15) were owned by SVR(H), while Diagram P18 wagon [[GWR 30903 Ballast Wagon|30903]] was owned by the GWR 813 Fund. 80684 arrived on the SVR in April 1985. With the floor having been recently replaced, it was in generally good condition apart from one cracked axlebox which was repaired in July of that year. A quick repaint in GWR Engineers' black livery was also carried out at the same time; the entire job taking just over a week.<ref name=SVR78>SVR News 78</ref>  Two months later 80684, 80225 and 80603 all appeared on the main line as part of the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the main line in preservation| GW 150 demonstration freight train]] which ran to Newport in September 1985 behind [[2857|GWR freight loco 2857]].<ref name=SVR78/>. The four wagons then continued in P-Way service, the 1989 Stock Book noting that they were "...''in almost daily use up-and-down the Railway.''" <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">2857 mainline Dave Hill 2.jpg|The 1985 demonstration goods train</gallery> 80684 continued in SVR service with only 'routine maintenance' until being stopped in 2005 with damage to the axlebox casting, an issue common to these wagons as described in the article on sister wagon [[GWR 80603 Ballast Wagon|80603]]. The overhaul began in Autumn 2006 with the initial plan being simply to fit modified door stop springs, replace the axlebox casting, and return the wagon to service. However inspection showed that use of the wagon for the storage of locomotive ash had resulted in corrosion of the end panels of the steel body. These were removed, new material cut to size and drilled ready for riveting. Removal of the end panels revealed that the corner uprights were also badly corroded. These were removed in turn and new corners fabricated using left-over steel from another repair job at Bewdley.<ref name=SVR155/> The new parts were welded in place and a new floor was also welded in using thicker 8mm plate to help extend its life span. After repainting in GWR Engineers' black livery, the wagon was "''...returned to P. Way (ab)use''" in February 2007.<ref>SVR News 163</ref> <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">GWR 80684 Ballast Wagon.jpg | 80684 at Kidderminster in 2012</gallery> 80684 is still owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]], although most P-Way work is now carried out by larger and more modern BR-era ballast wagons such as the [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons|Rudd]] and [[BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers|Seacow]].
==See Also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
 
==Notes==
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==References==
==Links==
*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew7880684.html 80684 on www.gwr813.org]
*[http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9653 80684 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]
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