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These {{Infobox wagon|image = Rudd Ballast Wagons.jpg|caption = Train of Rudd Ballast Wagons in use by the Permanent Way Department at Highley|construc = See table|status = Operational|wagno = See table|othernos = See table|designed = |diagram = See table|lot = See table|wagtype = 4-wheel steel open|capacity = 21 tons|telcode = RUDD|topscode = ZBA|brakes = Air braked|built = See table|years1 = 2007|events1 = Arrived on SVR on loan|years2 = 2015|events2 = Acquired by SVR(H)|years3 = |events3 = }}The SVR's '''RUDD ballast wagons ''' were originally built in the 1950s as Coal Hoppers (mainly HTV), but a surplus of such 21-ton coal hopper wagons and converted into their present form in the early 1980s led to their withdrawal. This coincided with a requirement for ‘new’ civil engineers ballast and spoil Fifteen wagons to replace arrived on the SVR on loan following the elderly Grampus open wagons 2007 storm damage and second-hand 16-ton minerals wagons then have remained in use. A programme was therefore put in hand to convert more than 2000 such wagons into ‘Clam’, ‘Rudd’ and ‘Tope’ wagonsby the P-Way department since.

==RUDD ballast wagons==The ‘Rudd’ variant involved original 21-ton coal hoppers were a BR development of an earlier LNER design. All but one of the fifteen later to arrive at the fitting SVR were originally built to Diagram 1/146, of which all the Lots had a new box welded body with dropbottom discharge doors, vacuum brakes and a standard 20-side doorston hand lever brake. The exception, built to Diagram 1/149, had roller bearings and self-contained buffers with 100 out of the 1,000 also air brakesbeing vacuum through-piped.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]] pp. 53, App. 2, 4.</ref> The original [[TOPS code]] for the vacuum-fitted hopper wagons was '''HTV'''. 800 of these They were converted by Marcroft Engineering used in revenue-earning service.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Larkin Vol 3 (2013)]] p22.</ref> A surplus of Stoke (wagon numbers DB 972000such revenue-earning hopper wagons in the early 1980s led to their withdrawal. This coincided with a requirement for 'new' civil engineers ballast and spoil wagons to replace the elderly Grampus open wagons and second-hand 16-DB 972399) ton minerals wagons then in use. A programme was therefore put in hand to convert more than 2,000 such wagons into CLAM, RUDD and C C Crump of Connah’s Quay TOPE wagons.<ref name=LTSV>LTSV.com (wagon numbers DB 972400-DB 972799class information). </ref>

The ‘Rudd’ type RUDD variant involved the replacing the existing hopper body by a new box body with three drop-side doors per side, and also fitting air brakes in place of the existing vacuum brakes. 800 of these were converted by Marcroft Engineering of Stoke and C C Crump of Connah’s Quay (400 each) to design ZB001A. The RUDD, which has a 21 ton capacity, was particularly long-lasting, with more than 200 still in use at the start of 2008. <ref name=LTSV/> The TOPS code for the converted RUDD is '''ZBA'''. ==Acquisition and use by the SVR==Following the [[2007 Storm Damage|storm damage of 2007]], the SVR has acquired a number of ex-BR ‘Rudd’ 15 RUDD Ballast Wagonson loan from EWS (now DB Schenker). They have a 21 ton capacity, and Details of the 15 wagons are used for moving ballast, waste ash and similar materials.as follows:

!Number !! Originally built !! Originally built by!! Original Diagram & Lot No!! Original number !! Rebuilt !! Wagon Survey !! Notes

| DB 972299 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 || B 432033|| 1990 Marcroft|| [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9664 11648 Link] ||

| DB 972345|| 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 || B 432343 || 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11649 Link] ||

| DB 972349 || 1957 || BRCW ||1/146, 3030 || B 423279|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9671 Link] || Rebuilt from HTO. Arrived on SVR 2009.

| DB 972359 || 1956 || Cravens Railway C&W Co, Sheffield || 1/146, 2933 || B 420479|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9672 Link]|| Rebuilt from HTO. Arrived on SVR 2009.

| DB 972378 || 1956 || Cravens Railway C&W Co, Sheffield || 1/146, 2933 || B 420561|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11650 Link] ||

| DB 972407 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 || B 432604|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11651 Link] ||

| DB 972416 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 || B 432511 || 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9673 Link] ||

| DB 972467 || 1955 || BR Shildon ||1/146, 2713 || B 416448 || 1990 Crump || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=14803 Link] ||

| DB 972469 || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157 || B 433453|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11652 Link] ||

| DB 972513 || 1956 || Metro Cammell || 1/146, 2935 || B 412521 421521 || 1991 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9674 Link] || Arrived SVR 2009.

| DB 972548 || 1957 || Head Wrightson ||1/146, 3033 || B 425624|| 1991 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11653 Link] ||

| [[BR 972655 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon|DB 972655]] || 1958 || Pressed Steel || 1/146, 3157|| B 431469 || 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=14804 Link]||

| DB 972677 || 1958 || BR Shildon || 1/149, 3120 || B 430362|| 1990 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11654 Link]|| Sold September 2023, awaiting removal

| DB 972688 || 1957 || BRCW || 1/146, 3030 || B 423151 || 1990 Crump || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11302 Link] ||

| DB 972724 || 1957 || Head Wrightson || 1/146, 3034 || B 426121 || 1991 Marcroft || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11655 Link] ||

==SourcesSee also==[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==References==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<brreferences/>LTSV.com (wagon class information)

*[http://www.ltsv.com/downloads/w_profile_045.pdf LTSV Wagon information] ==See also==[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagonsCategory:Featured articles]]