BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons

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’ type was particularly long-lasting, with more than 200 still in use at the start of 2008. The SVR has acquired a number of ex-BR ‘Rudd’ Ballast Wagons. They have a 21 ton capacity, and are used for moving ballast, waste ash and similar materials.

Number	Originally built	Originally built by	Original number	Rebuilt	Wagon Survey	Notes
DB 972299	1958	Pressed Steel	B 432033	1990	Link
DB 972345	1958	Pressed Steel	B 432343	1990	Link
DB 972349	1957	BRCW	B 423279	1990	Link	Rebuilt from HTO. Arrived on SVR 2009.
DB 972359	1956	Cravens Railway C&W Co, Sheffield	B 420479	1990	Link	Rebuilt from HTO. Arrived on SVR 2009.
DB 972378	1956	Cravens Railway C&W Co, Sheffield	B 420561	1990	Link
DB 972407	1958	Pressed Steel	B 432604	1990	Link
DB 972416	1958	Pressed Steel	B 432511	1990	Link
DB 972467	1955	BR Shildon	B 416448	1990	Link
DB 972469	1958	Pressed Steel	B 433453	1990	Link
DB 972513	1956	Metro Cammell	B 412521	1991	Link	Arrived SVR 2009.
DB 972548	1957	Head Wrightson	B 425624	1991	Link
DB 972655	1958	Pressed Steel	B 431469	1990	Link
DB 972677	1958	BR Shildon	B 430362	1990	Link
DB 972688	1957	BRCW	B 423151	1990	Link