View source for BR 906825 Flat ED

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|construc   = BR Shildon
|status     = Operational
|wagno      = B 906825
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|diagram    =  2/072
|lot        =  3123
|wagtype    = 4 wheel flat wagon
|capacity  = 12 tons
|telcode    = FLAT ED
|topscode  = XDV
|brakes     = Vac fitted
|built      = 1958
|years1     = 1975
|events1    = Arrived on SVR
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}}Special Flat Wagon B 906825 (type "FLAT ED") was built by BR at Shildon in 1958. The 4-wheeled Flat ED was the smallest of the 6 types of BR Flat wagons with a capacity of just 12 tons, and was similar in appearance to the former LMS Deal truck. A total of 32 were built.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]] pp. 116, App. 4.</ref>  These wagons were intended to transport large bulky loads, and were equipped with a flat timber floor and chaining down rings.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

The SVR’s 3 Flat ED wagons, [[BR 906811 Flat ED|906811]], 906825 and [[BR 906830 Flat ED|906830]], were bought from BR by Universal Pictures and arrived on the SVR in July 1975, being used as mock carriages in the film [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]].  The Flat ED wagons are owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].<ref name=SB9/>

The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey suggests that the SVR’s three Flat EDs are the only surviving examples of the 32 originally built.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> A more detailed history of the three wagons may be found under [[BR 906811 Flat ED|906811]].

==See also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]

==References==
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==Links==
*[http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8155 906825 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]