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==Service==
BR's Derby works<ref>[http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brborail Paul Bartlett photos]</ref> built 165 Bogie Rail Carriers, [[TOPS code]] BRV, in the early 1960s. 30 were built to diagram 1/482 and had a flat deck for carrying concrete beams, while the rest were built to diagram 1/483 and were equipped with five tall bolsters for carrying rail. Both designs had vacuum brakes, 'fish-belly' solebars (deeper between the bogies) and lacked any bodywork above floor height. Loads were secured using lashing rings mounted on brackets on the solebars. The 165 wagons were numbered B946065 to B946229<ref name=LTSV>[http://www.ltsv.com/w_profile_034.php LTSV Wagon information 16 March 2010] (retrieved 16 December 2017)</ref>, the B prefix indicating an a BR era wagon used in revenue-earning service.
In 1981 Lot number 4012 was issued to upgrade 150 of the BRVs at Shildon works. Besides the modifications to the brakes and the fitting of new Y25C bogies, the body was altered to have 8in tall sides and ends, each side having 6 cutouts for strap tensioners. The lashing rings were removed but the brackets were left in situ, and six new bolsters were fitted. The rebuilt wagons were given new numbers 967500 to 967649, TOPS code BRA and design code BR006A.
