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BRBritish Rail or British Railways 257698 Steel Mineral Wagon
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 257698 in January 2016
Built By	Teesside Bridge & Engineering
Status	Stored
Number	B 275698
Other Numbers	DB 257698, I/U 041680
History
Built	1956
Diagram	1/108
Lot	2802
Type	4-wheel steel mineral wagon
Capacity	16 tons
TOPS code	MCO
Brakes	Unfitted
1993	Arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway
Goods Wagons

More than 200,000 of these 4-wheeled 16 ton open steel mineral wagons were built for British Railways between 1950 and 1957. This example, originally numbered B 275698, was built by Teesside Bridge & Engineering in 1956 to Diagram 1/10/, Lot 2802.^[1] It also carried the Internal UserRolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location. number 041680.^[2]

It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in August 1993 from Stratford, London, as one of a number of wagons owned by Mr J J Smith.^[3]. As of 2018^[update] it is stored at the Stourport Triangle.

See also

List of goods wagons

References

1. ↑ Rowland (1996) pp. 9, 41, App 4.
2. ↑ Departmentals.com
3. ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

• BR 257698 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line