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BR 906811 Flat ED

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|image = BR_906811_20150322.jpg
|caption = BR Flat ED 904811
|construc = BR Shildon
|status = In service
|wagno = BR 906811
|wagtype = 4 wheel flat wagon
|telcode = FLAT ED
|topscode = XDV|brakes = Vac fitted
|built = 1957
|years1 = 1975
==Preservation==
The SVR’s 3 Flat ED wagons were bought from BR by Universal Pictures for use in the making of the film [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]], and arrived on the SVR from Kettering in July 1975. Two of the wagons were fitted with temporary wooden bodies to serve as mock carriages, while the third was used for film camera work. On completion of filming they became surplus to requirements and were acquired by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].<ref name=SB7>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition.</ref>
The wagon’s original identities were unknown at the time of arrival and they were allocated the temporary SVR numbers 14191/2/3. They were also originally thought to be 'horse box underframes'.<ref name=SB7/gallery> Subsequent research revealed their true purpose and confirmed their identities as 906811, [[BR 906825 Flat EDS6922_Film_Set_Stock_D_Cooke.jpg||906825]] and [[BR 906830 Mock carriage on a Flat ED|906830]], although the most recent edition of the SVR Stock Book underframe (June 1998D Cooke) listed the third as 906930. Being vacuum fitted, they proved useful in service on engineering trains. All three were re-decked and repainted shortly before 1990.<ref>SVR Stock Book Eight Edition</refgallery>
The wagon’s original identities were unknown at the time of arrival and they were allocated the temporary SVR numbers 14191/2/3. They were also originally thought to be 'horse box underframes'.<ref name=SB7/> Subsequent research revealed their true purpose and confirmed their identities as 906811 , [[BR 906825 Flat ED|906825]] and [[BR 906830 Flat ED|906830]], although the most recent edition of the SVR Stock Book (June 1998) listed the third as 906930. It is pictured not clear which temporary ID belonged to which wagon as now numbered. Two of the Flat EDs, then numbered 14191 and 14192, formed part of the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the main line in preservation | demonstration goods train]] which ran on the main line to Newport behind [[2857|GWR 2857]] as part of the 1985 GWR 150 celebrations. Being vacuum fitted, they proved useful in service on SVR engineering trains. All three were re-decked and repainted shortly before 1990.<ref>SVR Stock Book Eight Edition</ref>  The main picture shows 906811 at Bridgnorth in March 2015.
==See also==
==Links==
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7454 906811 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>
[[Category:Rolling stock, other than locomotives, at Bridgnorth]]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]
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