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{{Infobox wagon|image = BR_983115_20180603.jpg |caption = BR ‘Dogfish’ Dogfish DB983115 at Eardington, June 2018|construc = Chas Roberts (Wakefield)|status = Operational|wagno = DB983115|othernos = |designed = |diagram = 1/587|lot = 2939|wagtype = 4-wheel ballast hopper|capacity = 24 tons|telcode = DOGFISH|topscode = ZFV|brakes = Vacuum fitted, air through pipe (2022)|built = 1957|years1 = 1996|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 =|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}From around 1955, BR adopted the 19 ton CATFISH and 24 ton DOGFISH as their standard vacuum-fitted small Steel Ballast Hopper Wagonswagons. 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> BR Civil Engineers' wagons were commonly given ‘fish’ telegraph codes, with Dogfish being a general name describing various small sharks.<ref name=Larkin>[[Bibliography#Other References|Larkin Vol 1 (2011), p.36.]]</ref>.  __TOC__==Service and Preservation== 

| 983115 || 1957 || Chas Roberts || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9636 Link] || Wagon database states built in 1959, but makers plate shows 1957.

| 983194 || 1957 || Chas Roberts || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9382 Link] || Wagon database states built in 1959, but makers plate shows 1957.Left 2018

| 993126 || 1956 || Chas Roberts || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9383 Link] || Left 2018

The Railway Heritage Register DB983115 was initially allocated to Llynclys Junction (Llandu Quarries).<ref name=Larkin/> Following the closure of the Burton Wagon Survey states that Repair Department, DB 983115 and 983194 left arrived on the SVR by road on 2 December 1996 having been purchased by Bridgnorth C&W member John Briscoe.<ref>SVR News 122</ref> It was immediately put into use on Engineers' P-Way trains.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> Two further DOGFISH were later acquired for the Gwili Railway in 2013same purpose, however and the first three photographs below show these 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. In December 2022 it was fitted with a through pipe for air braking at [[Carriage Repair Works#Kidderminster_Carriage_Repair_Works|Kidderminster Carriage Repair Works]].

File: BR_993126_20150426BR_983115_20150426.jpg | 993126983115

[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] <br>[[Wagons formerly resident on the SVR]] ==References==<references/> ==Links==[http://www.ltsv.com/w_profile_040.php LTSV Wagons: ZEV 'Catfish'/ZFV 'Dogfish' Ballast Hoppers]