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}}From around '''DB9836115''' is '''DOGFISH ballast hopper wagon'''. The SVR was formerly home to three wagons of this type, although two have now left the Railway. ==DOGFISH ballast wagons==In 1955, BR adopted the 19 -ton CATFISH and 24 ton DOGFISH as their its first standard vacuum-fitted small Steel Ballast Hopper wagonssteel ballast hopper wagon design. The SVR has been home to three of This had a single bottom door which only allowed stone discharge between the latter typerails.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Larkin Vol 1 (2011), p.4. ]]</ref> The 24-ton DOGFISH , which was introduced in the following year, was an enlarged version which was several inches taller and was fitted with both centre and side doors, allowing ballast to be dropped to either side of the rails as well as between them. The doors on the rails or latter type were 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 either which a hand wheel on the sideof 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. A ]]</ref> The DOGFISH was the most numerous four-wheeled ballast hopper built for BR, with a total of 1,249 of this type were built completed under Diagram 1/587in ten Lots between 1956 and 1959. Of those, some by Metro-Cammell built 559 in four Lots and others including Chas Roberts of Wakefield built 548 in three Lots (all three of the three SVR SR's examples were built by Chas Roberts of Wakefield). The final 142 wagons were built in three Lots by BR at Shildon.<ref>LTSV Wagons[[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 OLEO buffers and roller bearings; those intended for BR's Southern region were also fitted with longer side chutes to clear the third rail.<ref name=Larkin/>. In service they carried a variety of different liveries, beginning with all over Black, then 'Gulf Red'from 1960 to 1962. Olive green was used from around 1966 and grey from around 1983. BR Civil Engineers' wagons were commonly given ‘fish’ 'fish' telegraph codes, with Dogfish being a general name describing various small sharks.<ref name=Larkin/>. When [[Bibliography#Other References|Larkin Vol 1 (2011), p.36.TOPS codes]]</ref>were introduced in the late 1960s they were allocated the code ZFV.

!Number !! Built !! Built by!! Lot !! Wagon Survey !! Notes

| 983115 || 1957 || Chas Roberts || 2939 || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9636 Link] || Still resident

| 983194 || 1957 || Chas Roberts || 2939 || [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9382 Link] || Left 2018

| 993126 || 1956 || Chas Roberts || 2821|| [http://www.ws.rhrp.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=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">BR_983115_Plate_20180603.jpg|Works plate of DB983115</gallery> Following 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> It [[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 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 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 of DOGFISH is uncertain. They were not listed in the 1998 Stock Book, but were photographed in use on the three had been soldSVR from around 2011 onwards.</transferred ref> These were DB983194 (initially allocated to Batts Combe Quarry, Cheddar on the Swanage RailwayWestern Region)<ref name=Larkin/> and DB993126. The remaining wagon, 983115, was photographed at Eardington three photographs below show all three wagons in June 2018. In December 2022 it was fitted with a through pipe for air braking ballast train at [[Carriage Repair Works#Kidderminster_Carriage_Repair_Works|Kidderminster Carriage Repair Works]]Bewdley in April 2015.

<gallery mode=packed heights=Gallery200px style==<gallery"text-align:left">File: BR_983115_20150426.jpg | 983115File: BR_983194_20150426.jpg | 983194File: BR_993126_20150426.jpg | 993126BR_983115_Plate_20180603.jpg|Works plate of DB983115

*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] <br>*[[Wagons formerly resident on the SVR]] ==Notes==<references group="note"/>

*[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]]