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[[File: Rudd Ballast Wagons.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right| Train of Rudd Ballast Wagons in use by the Permanent Way Department at Highley]]
These wagons were originally built as Coal Hoppers (mainly HTV), but a surplus of such wagons in the early 1980s led to their withdrawal. This coincided with a requirement for ‘new’ civil engineers ballast and spoil wagons to replace the elderly Grampus open wagons and second-hand 16-ton minerals wagons then in use. A programme was therefore put in hand to convert more than 2000 such wagons into ‘Clam’, ‘Rudd’ and ‘Tope’ wagons.
The ‘Rudd’ variant involved the fitting of a new box body with drop-side doors, and also air brakes. 800 of these were converted by Marcroft Engineering of Stoke (wagon numbers DB 972000-DB 972399) and C C Crump of Connah’s Quay (wagon numbers DB 972400-DB 972799). The ‘Rudd’, which has a 21 ton capacity, was particularly long-lasting with more than 200 still in use at the start of 2008.
==Acquisition and use by the SVR==Following the storm damage of 2007, the SVR acquired 15 ‘Rudd’ Ballast Wagons on loan from EWS (now DB Schenker). They were used extensively for the repair project, and have seen regular use since for moving ballast, waste ash and similar materials. In 2015 an SVR NBI announced ''DB Schenker contacted the SVR this year to inform us that Details of the 15 wagons were available for purchase, and following negotiation I can announce that they have been bought for a competitive price. I would like to thank two individuals who have provided finances to assist with the cost of purchase''.are as follows:
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In 2015 an SVR NBI announced ''DB Schenker contacted the SVR this year to inform us that the wagons were available for purchase, and following negotiation I can announce that they have been bought for a competitive price. I would like to thank two individuals who have provided finances to assist with the cost of purchase''.
In summer 1916 the numbers were repainted, making identification of the individual wagons easier.
==Gallery==
File:BR_972688_20150426.jpg | 972688
File:BR_972724_20150426.jpg | 972724
File:Rudd_20160731.jpg | Number repainted in 2016
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==SourcesSee also==[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==References==
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>
LTSV.com (wagon class information)
==Links==
[http://www.ltsv.com/downloads/w_profile_045.pdf LTSV Wagon information]
