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993898 arrived on the SVR from Tinsley in 1990, and was later fitted with ploughs acquired from Duddeston Wagon Shops in Birmingham.  The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey states that this wagon left the SVR for the Gwili Railway in 2013, however the photograph shows it in a ballast train at Bewdley in April 2015.
 
993898 arrived on the SVR from Tinsley in 1990, and was later fitted with ploughs acquired from Duddeston Wagon Shops in Birmingham.  The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey states that this wagon left the SVR for the Gwili Railway in 2013, however the photograph shows it in a ballast train at Bewdley in April 2015.
  
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Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>
 
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Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
 
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
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[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9639 993898 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9639 993898 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
  
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[[Category:Brake vans]]

Revision as of 10:29, 29 May 2016

BRBritish Rail or British Railways Ballast Plough Brake 993898

This Ballast Plough Brake, of type ‘Shark’, was built by BRCWBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company at Smethwick in 1957. 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.

993898 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Tinsley in 1990, and was later fitted with ploughs acquired from Duddeston Wagon Shops in Birmingham. The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey states that this wagon left the SVRSevern Valley Railway for the Gwili Railway in 2013, however the photograph shows it in a ballast train at Bewdley in April 2015.

See also

List of goods wagons

References

Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

993898 on vintagecarriagestrust.org