BR 993876 'Shark' Ballast Plough Brake
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This Ballast Plough Brake, of type ‘Shark’, was built by BRCWBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company at Smethwick in 1957 to Diagram 1/597, Lot 3040. The type was based on an LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 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.[1]
DB993876 in preservation
It arrived at Kidderminster on 30 March 2017 by road from East Usk yard.
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References
- ↑ Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
