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BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagons

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[[File: BR_983115_20180603.jpg|thumb|300px|right|BR Dogfish DB983115 at Eardington, June 2018]]From around 1955, BR adopted the 19 ton CATFISH and 24 ton DOGFISH as their standard vacuum-fitted small Steel Ballast Hopper wagons. The SVR is has been home to three 24 ton steel Ballast Hopper Wagons, type ‘Dogfish’. Built by Chas Roberts of Wakefield, these were the largest ballast hoppers used by BRlatter type. They were also the most common, with a total of 1,249 being built. They were The DOGFISH was fitted with centre and side doors, allowing ballast to be dropped between the rails or to either side.A total of 1,249 of this type were built under Diagram 1/587, some by Metro-Cammell and others including the three SVR examples by Chas Roberts of Wakefield<ref>LTSV Wagons</ref>.
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==Preservation==
 
Details of the 3 Hopper Wagons are as follows:
| 983115 || 1957 || Chas Roberts || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9636 Link] ||
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| 983194 || 1957 || Chas Roberts || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9382 Link] ||Left 2018
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| 993126 || 1956 || Chas Roberts || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9383 Link] || Left 2018
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==Preservation==Since arrival, these the ballast wagons have been used in Engineers' P-Way trains. The first three photographs below show the 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.
==Gallery==
File: BR_983194_20150426.jpg | 983194
File: BR_993126_20150426.jpg | 993126
BR_983115_Plate_20180603.jpg|Works plate of DB983115
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==References==
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<brreferences/>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition==Links==[http://www.ltsv.com/w_profile_040.php LTSV Wagons: ZEV 'Catfish'/ZFV 'Dogfish' Ballast Hoppers]
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