[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = BR_993898_20150426.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = BR Ballast Plough Brake 993898]]|construc = BRCW Smethwick|status = In service|wagno = DB 993876|othernos = |designed = |diagram = 1/597|lot = 3040|wagtype = Ballast plough brake|telcode = Shark|topscode = ZUV|brakes = Vacuum braked|built = 1957|years1 = 1990|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.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> 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>
==993898 in preservation==
