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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 41277 4 plank Open Goods Wagon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|caption = GWR 41277 4 plank Open Goods Wagon|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Awaiting restoration|wagno = 41277|othernos = |designed = |diagram = |lot = osl556|wagtype = 4-w 4 plank open wagon|capacity = 10 tons|telcode = OPEN|brakes = |built = 1890|years1 = 1986|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1987|events2 = Restored|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}[[File:GWR_41277_20160319.jpg|thumb|300px|right|41277 at [[Bewdley Down Yard]]in March 2016]]41277 is the oldest wagon on the SVR. It is also the oldest known surviving and only complete example of over 18,000 four plank open wagons built by the GWR between 1886 and 1902.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==41277 in service==41277 was built in 1890 at Swindon to old series Lot 556.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 25-26.</ref> The grease axle boxes were replaced with 'OK' oil axle boxes in 1910 and is the oldest wagon on original single sided brakes were upgraded in 1928 to comply with Board of Trade regulations by having a second lever operating a single shoe added to the SVRother side.<ref>http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_B1. Owned by [[The htm</ref><ref>A history of GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1<br/ref>

==See Also41277 in preservation==41277 was bought by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1984 at Sharpness Docks,<ref>GWR813.org</ref> where it is believed it had been since being condemned by the GWR in 1935.<ref name=SB9/> It was stripped down, shotblasted and primed there before being transported to [[Kidderminster]] by road, arriving on 18 September 1986. From there it was moved to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] on [[GWR 42138 'Loriot D' Machinery Truck|Loriot D 42138]].<ref>SVR News 82</ref> Restoration was completed over the following winter, including replacing the curb rails, and rebuilding of the timber bodywork. The running gear received new bearings while the journals were also overhauled. Finally the wagon was repainted and lettered in original 1890s style.<ref>SVR News 84</ref>

41277 is awaiting overhaul at Bewdley. In 2022 Rapido Trains announced a commercial OO gauge model<ref>[https://www.hattons.co.uk/862639/rapido_trains_uk_925002_gwr_dia_o21_open_wagon_41277_in_gwr_grey_pre_1904_condition_as_preserved/stockdetail Hattons.co.uk] (Retrieved 25 March 2022)</ref>. ==See also==*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]*[[Models of the Severn Valley Railway]] ==References==<references />

*[http://www.gwr813.org/GW41277pagew43.htm html 41277 on www.gwr813.org]<br>*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7495 41277 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line] [[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]][[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] [[Category:Featured articles]]<br>