BR 989098 'Mermaid' Ballast Wagon
BR 989098 'Mermaid' Ballast Wagon | |
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BR ‘Mermaid’ Ballast Wagon DB 989098 | |
Built By | Metro Cammell |
Status | Operational |
Number | DB 989098 |
History | |
Built | 1959 |
Diagram | 1/575 |
Lot | 3170 |
Type | 4-w steel side-tipper ballast hopper |
Capacity | 14 tons |
Telegraphic code | MERMAID |
TOPS code | ZJV |
Brakes | Vacuum fitted |
1996 | Arrived on SVR |
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Service and preservation
This wagon was built by Metro Cammell at Saltley in 1959 to BR Diagram 1/575, Lot number 3170 (the first Lot under the later Diagram which included vacuum brakes and self-contained or hydraulic buffers).[3]. It was vacuum brake fitted and was numbered DB989098, the prefix indicating a wagon built by BR for Departmental use.
'Mermaid' 989098 and 'Dogfish' 983115 were acquired from Burton Wagon Shops in late 1996 by John Briscoe, a member of the then Bridgnorth-based C&W group.[4] The two wagons arrived on the SVR on consecutive days, 989098 on 3 December 1996. Both are regularly used on P. Way trains.
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See also
References
- ↑ SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
- ↑ cambrianmodels.co.uk
- ↑ Larkin Vol 1 (2011), p.42.
- ↑ SVR News 122