BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagons
From around 1955, BRBritish Rail or British Railways adopted the 19 ton CATFISH and 24 ton DOGFISH as their standard vacuum-fitted small Steel Ballast Hopper wagons. The SVRSevern Valley Railway has been home to three of the latter type. 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 SVRSevern Valley Railway examples by Chas Roberts of Wakefield[1].
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Preservation
Details of the 3 Hopper Wagons are as follows:
| Number | Built | Built by | Wagon Survey | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 SVRSevern Valley Railway by road on 2 December 1996 having been purchased by Bridgnorth C&WCarriage & Wagon 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.
Gallery
983115
983194
993126
Works plate of DB983115
See also
List of goods wagons
Wagons formerly resident on the SVR
References
- ↑ LTSV Wagons
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 122
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
