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BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons

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These wagons were originally built as Coal Hoppers (mainly HTV), but a surplus of such 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-ton minerals wagons then in use. A programme was therefore put in hand to convert more than 2000 such wagons into ‘Clam’, ‘Rudd’ and ‘Tope’ wagons.
The ‘Rudd’ variant involved the fitting of a new box body with drop-side doors, and also air brakes. 800 of these were converted by Marcroft Engineering of Stoke (wagon numbers DB 972000-DB 972399) and C C Crump of Connah’s Quay (wagon numbers DB 972400-DB 972799). The ‘Rudd’, which has a 21 ton capacity, was particularly long-lasting with more than 200 still in use at the start of 2008.
The ‘Rudd’ type was particularly long-lastingFollowing the storm damage of 2007, with more than 200 still in use at the start of 2008. The SVR has acquired a number of ex-BR 15 ‘Rudd’ Ballast Wagonson loan from EWS (now DB Schenker). They have a 21 ton capacitywere used extensively for the repair project, and are used have seen regular use since for moving ballast, waste ash and similar materials. In 2015 an SVR NBI announced ''DB Schenker contacted the SVR this year to inform us that the wagons were available for purchase, and following negotiation I can announce that they have been bought for a competitive price. I would like to thank two individuals who have provided finances to assist with the cost of purchase''.
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