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{{Infobox wagon
|image = LNWR_76738_20160716LNWR_76738_20230401.jpg |caption = LNWR 76738 at Kidderminster Bridgnorth in July 2016April 2023
|construc = LNWR Wolverton
|status = Cosmetically restored
In early 2007 '76738' was one of three wagons selected for cosmetic restoration at Kidderminster Carriage Works prior to exhibition in [[The Engine House]], the others being [[LNER 223162 Mineral Wagon|LNER Mineral Wagon 223162]] and [[LMS 730866 Goods Brake Van |LMS brake van 760866]]. By that time 76738 was ‘on the brink of terminal collapse’. The body was affected by rot and fungus and required considerable work before painting. A buffer beam fitted by the Navy was found to have been made of plywood, and was replaced with a more suitable one made of Iroko.<ref name=SVR158/>
‘76738’ duly took its place on display when The Engine House eventually opened in 2008. The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey includes a [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7929 photograph] of the van on display in The Engine House in 2010. It was removed from there during a re-organisation in April 2012.<ref>SVR News 179</ref> Although restored to serviceable condition, the van's age and wooden underframe make it unsuitable for use in the [[Demonstration Goods Train]]. It is normally spent some years stored out of sight in [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] but was visible outside [[Carriage Repair Works | Kidderminster Carriage Works]] during late summer 2016. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">LNWR_76738_20160716.jpg |LNWR 76738 at Kidderminster in July 2016</gallery> In April 2023 '76738' was repurposed as the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach | LMS & BR Coach Dept sales coach]] at Bridgnorth.
==See also==
*[http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7929 LNWR 76738 (fictitious) Goods Van on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]
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