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BR 900760 Weltrol EC

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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = BR_900760_20150307.jpg |thumb|200px|right| caption = BR Weltrol EC Well Trolley 900760]]This |construc = BR Lancing|status = Operational|wagno = B 900760|othernos = DB 900760|designed = |diagram = 2/732|lot = 2357|wagtype = Bogie well trolley type EC|capacity = 30 tons|telcode = WELTROL|topscode = |brakes = |built = 1952|years1 = 1990|events1 = Arrived on the SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}BR Well Trolley (‘Weltrol’'Weltrol EC') B 900760 was built at Lancing in 1952to Diagram 2/732, Lot 2357. It has a 44ft 6in wheelbase and a 30 ton capacity. It arrived on the SVR was ordered by BR as a one-off replacement for a North Eastern Railway Worsdell-designed vehicle and was used as a crippled wagon carrier based at Doncaster. The suffix ‘EC’ was part of a system to identify specific types of ‘special wagons’ (in 1990a manner later applied to all rolling stock by [[TOPS codes]]), with the first suffix letter indicating the BR Region and the following letter(s) the specific type. As the only wagon built to Diagram 732 and allocated this suffix, 900760 is photographed at Bridgnorth holding two boilers awaiting entry to the Bridgnorth Boiler Shopunique.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref name=Rowland>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]] pp. 115, 132.</ref>
It arrived on the SVR in 1990 from York, one of a number of wagons acquired by Mr J.J. Smith. After a quick repaint it was put to use as a boiler carrier at Bridgnorth.<ref>SVR News 96,98</ref> It received a full repaint into the correct BR grey in 1993.<ref>SVR News 107, 111</ref> Since then it has continued to serve as a boiler carrier and was photographed at Bridgnorth in 2015 holding two boilers awaiting entry to the Bridgnorth Boiler Shop. ==See also==[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==SourcesReferences==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<brreferences/>
==Links==
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7451 BR 900760 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]
 
==See also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
[[Category:Rolling stock, other than locomotives, at Bridgnorth]]
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