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[[File:BR_993876_20170401{{Infobox wagon|image = DB993876_20170726.jpg|caption = DB 993876 at Kidderminster (July 2017)|construc = BRCW Smethwick|status = In service|wagno = DB 993876|othernos = |designed = |diagram = 1/597|lot = 3040|wagtype = Ballast plough brake|telcode = Shark|thumbbrakes = Air braked|300pxbuilt = 1957|rightyears1 = 2017|DB993876 at Kidderminster]]events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}This Ballast Plough Brake, of type ‘Shark’, was built by BRCW at Smethwick in 1957 to Diagram 1/597, Lot 3040. The type was based on an LMS design, and had large metal ingots installed below the Guard’s floor to add extra weight. Fitted with a handbrake and stove, they were used in ballast train working; the ploughs being used to spread newly-dropped stone ballast.<ref>Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==DB993876 993876 in service==A Hornby model of DB993876 DB 993876 has been produced showing the brake van in Loadhaul livery, and other references can be found referring to the van in this context. Loadhaul Ltd was a railfreight operator based in the north east of England which came into being in 1994 during the privatisation of BR and ultimately became part of the company English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS).<ref>Wikipedia</ref>

Prior to acquisition by the SVR, DB993876 993876 was used on Bridport steel trains on the East Usk Branch. An article and photo by Paul Theroux describes the process, which involved the locomotive running round the train at East Usk yard and then propelling it down the branch with the brake van leading.<br clear="all"/>

==DB993876 993876 in preservation==It [[File:BR_993876_20170401.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Newly arrived DB 993876 (April 2017)]]993876 arrived at [[Kidderminster]] on 30 March 2017 by road from East Usk yard. It was repainted in grey in July 2017. The same month, [[Locomotives named after the Severn Valley Railway#66763 Severn Valley Railway|GB Railfreight Class 66 No 66763 Severn Valley Railway]] visited the SVR with [[Other rolling stock visiting the SVR#2017|five biomass hoppers]]. The locomotive and hoppers made round trips over the line on 26 and 27 July with 993876 included as the brake van, a purpose for which it was suited being air braked.