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This Ballast Plough Brake, of type ‘Shark’, was built by BRCW at Smethwick in 1957. 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. | This Ballast Plough Brake, of type ‘Shark’, was built by BRCW at Smethwick in 1957. 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. | ||
− | 993898 arrived on the SVR from Tinsley in 1990, and was later fitted with ploughs acquired from Duddeston Wagon Shops in Birmingham. | + | ==993898 in preservation== |
+ | 993898 arrived on the SVR from Tinsley in 1990, and was later fitted with ploughs acquired from Duddeston Wagon Shops in Birmingham. It is now used on engineers' P-Way trains, so may be seen at various locations along the line as use requires. The photograph shows it in a ballast train at [[Bewdley]] in April 2015. It was in the siding at [[Eardington]] on 1 June 2016. | ||
− | In 2016 the then owners took the decision to donate 993898 to the SVR Charitable Trust, thus ensuring its long term place as part of the SVR's wagon fleet | + | In 2016 the then owners took the decision to donate 993898 to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]], thus ensuring its long term place as part of the SVR's wagon fleet |
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 22:26, 1 January 2017
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 in preservation
993898 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Tinsley in 1990, and was later fitted with ploughs acquired from Duddeston Wagon Shops in Birmingham. It is now used on engineers' P-Way trains, so may be seen at various locations along the line as use requires. The photograph shows it in a ballast train at Bewdley in April 2015. It was in the siding at Eardington on 1 June 2016.
In 2016 the then owners took the decision to donate 993898 to the SVR Charitable Trust, thus ensuring its long term place as part of the SVRSevern Valley Railway's wagon fleet
See also
References
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition