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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = Parr_Wagons_20180602.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Parr wagons caption = DC967577 (nearer) and DC967526 at Bewdley, June 2018.]]|construc = Derby, converted at Shildon|status = Operational|wagno = See table|othernos = |designed = |diagram = YL003A (design code)|lot = |wagtype = Bogie rail wagon (Borail)|capacity = 50 tons|telcode = PARR|topscode = YQA|brakes = Air braked|built = 1959-61|years1 = 1981-82|events1 = Converted to PARR|years2 = 2017|events2 = Arrived on the SVR|years3 = |events3 = }}These vehicles are YQA 'Parr' Bogie Rail Wagons (Borail). As the name suggests, these were designed to carry rail with the load secured using lashing rings mounted on brackets on the solebars.
==Service==
BR's Derby works<ref>[http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brborail Paul Bartlett photos]</ref> built 165 Bogie Rail Carriers, [[TOPS code ]] BRV, in the early 1960s. 30 were built to diagram 1/482 and had a flat deck for carrying concrete beams, while the rest were built to diagram 1/483 and were equipped with five tall bolsters for carrying rail. Both designs had vacuum brakes, 'fish-belly' solebars (deeper between the bogies) and lacked any bodywork above floor height. Loads were secured using lashing rings mounted on brackets on the solebars. The 165 wagons were numbered B946065 to B946229<ref name=LTSV>[http://www.ltsv.com/w_profile_034.php LTSV Wagon information 16 March 2010] (retrieved 16 December 2017)</ref>, the B prefix indicating an a BR era wagon used in revenue-earning service.
In 1981 Lot number 4012 was issued to upgrade 150 of the BRVs at Shildon works. Besides the modifications to the brakes and the fitting of new Y25C bogies, the body was altered to have 8in tall sides and ends, each side having 6 cutouts for strap tensioners. The lashing rings were removed but the brackets were left in situ, and six new bolsters were fitted. The rebuilt wagons were given new numbers 967500 to 967649, TOPS code BRA and design code BR006A.
The last BRAs were completed in January 1982. However by early 1983 the whole fleet had been transferred to Departmental use. DC prefixes were added to the wagon numbers and the wagons re-coded YLA (YLA-B) to design code YL003A. A further change of [[TOPS code ]] to '''YQA ''' took place in 1990 to avoid confusion with the YMA Salmon fleet<ref name=LTSV/>.
== Acquisition and use by the SVR ==
==Links==
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/wsearch.asp Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey]
*[https://gingespotting.smugmug.com/Wagons/Y-TOPS-Code/YQA/ Photos of YQA wagons on Andy Jupe's website]
*[http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brborail Photos of Borail wagons pre and post conversion on Paul Bartlett's website]
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