BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagons
BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagons | |
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BR Dogfish DB983115 at Eardington, June 2018 | |
Built By | Chas Roberts (Wakefield) |
Status | Operational |
Number | DB983115 |
History | |
Built | 1957 |
Diagram | 1/587 |
Lot | 2939 |
Type | 4-wheel 24T ballast hopper |
Telegraphic code | DOGFISH |
TOPS code | ZFV |
Brakes | Vacuum fitted |
1996 | Arrived on SVR |
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Preservation
Details of the 3 Hopper Wagons are as follows:
Number | Built | Built by | Wagon Survey | Notes |
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983115 | 1957 | Chas Roberts | Link | |
983194 | 1957 | Chas Roberts | Link | Left 2018 |
993126 | 1956 | Chas Roberts | Link | Left 2018 |
Following the closure of the Burton Wagon Repair Department, DB 983115 arrived on the SVR by road on 2 December 1996 having been purchased by Bridgnorth C&W member John Briscoe.[2] It was immediately put into use on Engineers' P-Way trains.[3] Two further DOGFISH were later acquired for the same purpose, and the first three photographs below show all three wagons in a ballast train at Bewdley in April 2015.
In January 2018 it was reported that two of the three had been sold/transferred to the Swanage Railway. The remaining wagon, 983115, was photographed at Eardington in June 2018.