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LMS 37 (fictitious) Open Wagon

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}}This 4-wheeled 7-plank Tippler wagon was built by the LMS at Derby, although the precise build date and LMS number are unknown.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> It was later acquired by the British Sugar Corporation for use at the [[Foley Park| Foley Park factory]] where it was numbered 7<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.
In July 1969 it was one of 14 from there 10 donated to the SVRin July 1969 by the British Sugar Corporation at Foley Park. A further four were donated in May 1971, of which 11 were used and 3 dismantled for spare partsalthough by 1990 all but 4 had been cut up as beyond economical repair. In 1971 the wagon was repainted in the fictitious livery of the “Lothian Coal Co., Newbattle. No 37".
By 1990, all but 4 had been cut up as beyond economical repair.<ref name=SB9/> The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey includes a [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8149 photo] dated August 2010 by Gareth Price of the wagon in the storage area adjacent to Kidderminster Railway Museum, still carrying the fictitious "Newbattle 37" livery. By 2015 it was no longer at that location; the current location and status of this wagon are unknown.
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