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{{Infobox wagon|image = BR_983115_20180603.jpg |caption = BR ‘Dogfish’ Ballast Hopper WagonsDogfish 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 = }}'''DB9836115''' is '''DOGFISH ballast hopper wagon'''. The SVR is was formerly home to three 24 wagons of this type, although two have now left the Railway. ==DOGFISH ballast wagons==In 1955 BR adopted the 19-ton CATFISH as its first standard vacuum-fitted small steel Ballast Hopper Wagonsballast hopper wagon design. This had a single bottom door which only allowed stone discharge between the rails.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Larkin Vol 1 (2011), type ‘Dogfish’p.4. Built by Chas Roberts of Wakefield]]</ref> The 24-ton DOGFISH, these were which was introduced in the largest following year, was an enlarged version which was several inches taller and was fitted with both centre and side doors, allowing ballast hoppers used by BRto be dropped to either side of the rails as well as between them. They The doors on the latter type were also operated from three control wheels on a platform at one end of the wagon. The vacuum cylinder was mounted on the platform at the opposite end, next to which a hand wheel on the side of the wagon controlled the parking brake. The 4-wheel chassis had a 14 ft wheelbase and measured 22ft 6in over the headstocks.<ref name=Larkin>[[Bibliography#Other References|Larkin Vol 1 (2011), pp.36-37.]]</ref> The DOGFISH was the most commonnumerous four-wheeled ballast hopper built for BR, with a total of 1,249 completed under Diagram 1/587 in ten Lots between 1956 and 1959. Of those, Metro-Cammell built 559 in four Lots and Chas Roberts of Wakefield built 548 in three Lots (all three of the SR's examples were built by Chas Roberts).249 being The final 142 wagons were builtin three Lots by BR at Shildon. They <ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Rowland 1985), Appendix.4.]]</ref> All were vacuum fitted ; there were certain design changes during construction although these did not warrant a new Diagram number. In particular, early examples had oil axle boxes while later examples came with centre OLEO buffers and roller bearings; those intended for BR's Southern region were also fitted with longer side doorschutes to clear the third rail.<ref name=Larkin/>. In service they carried a variety of different liveries, beginning with all over Black, allowing ballast then 'Gulf Red'from 1960 to be dropped between 1962. Olive green was used from around 1966 and grey from around 1983. BR Civil Engineers' wagons were commonly given 'fish' telegraph codes, with Dogfish being a general name describing various small sharks.<ref name=Larkin/>. When [[TOPS codes]] were introduced in the late 1960s they were allocated the rails or to either sidecode ZFV. ==Service and Preservation==
Details of the 3 Hopper Wagons are as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Number !! Built !! Built by!! Lot !! Wagon Survey !! Notes
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| 983115 || 1957 || Chas Roberts || 2939 || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9636 Link] || Wagon database states built in 1959, but makers plate shows 1957. Still resident
|-
| 983194 || 1957 || Chas Roberts || 2939 || [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 || 2821|| [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9383 Link] || Left 2018
|-
|}
DB983115 was built in 1957 and initially allocated to Llynclys Junction (Llandu Quarries).<ref name=Larkin/> <gallery mode=Gallerypacked heights=200px style="text-align:left">BR_983115_Plate_20180603.jpg|Works plate of DB983115</gallery>FileFollowing the closure of the Burton Wagon Repair Department, DB 983115 arrived on the SVR by road on 2 December 1996 having been selected for preservation by then-P. Way Department Supervisor Gerry Carter and purchased by Bridgnorth C&W member John Briscoe.<ref>SVR News 122</ref> [[BR 989098 'Mermaid' Ballast Wagon|MERMAID DB989098]] was also acquired from Burton in the same manner and arrived the following day. Both were immediately put into use on Engineers' P-Way trains.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> Two further DOGFISH were later acquired by the SVR for the same purpose.<ref group="note">The date of arrival and prior history of the other two DOGFISH is uncertain. They were not listed in the 1998 Stock Book, but were photographed in use on the SVR from around 2011 onwards.</ref> These were DB983194 (initially allocated to Batts Combe Quarry, Cheddar on the Western Region)<ref name=Larkin/> and DB993126. The three photographs below show all three wagons in a ballast train at Bewdley in April 2015. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align: left">BR_983115_20150426.jpg | 983115File: BR_983194_20150426.jpg | 983194File: BR_993126_20150426.jpg | 993126
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==See also==
*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] *[[Wagons formerly resident on the SVR]] ==Notes==<references group="note"/> ==References==<references/> ==Links==*[http://www.ltsv.com/w_profile_040.php LTSV Wagons: ZEV 'Catfish'/ZFV 'Dogfish' Ballast Hoppers]*[http://srstock.co.uk/ Swanage Railway Rolling Stock - Public View] (includes further information on the two Dogfish) [[Category:Featured articles]]