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|caption    = BR Goods Van 200176
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|caption    = BR Goods Van 200176, Highley June 2023
 
|construc  = BR Ashford
 
|construc  = BR Ashford
|status    = Operational
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|status    = Operational (static use)
 
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}}This BR Goods Van was built at Ashford in 1969. It has a 29 ton capacity and is of type COV AB (later VAA).<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>
 
}}This BR Goods Van was built at Ashford in 1969. It has a 29 ton capacity and is of type COV AB (later VAA).<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>
  
It arrived from Cardiff (Canton) in March 2012, and is photographed adjacent to [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]].
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It arrived from Cardiff (Canton) in March 2012 and spent some years stored adjacent to [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]], being photographed there in March 2015 (below) and July 2021.
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BR_200176_20150307.jpg|200176 at Kidderminster, March 2015
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In April 2023, 200176 was noted in the [[Diesel Depot]] at Kidderminster, having received a coat of red paint. In June 2023 200176 was moved to a new home in the No 2 headshunt at [[Highley]] where it would be used by the P-Way department as a second storage vehicle, joining [[BR Goods Van 200642]] which was already there.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 20:52, 15 June 2023

BRBritish Rail or British Railways Goods Van 200176
BR 200176 20230615.jpg
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Goods Van 200176, Highley June 2023
Built By BRBritish Rail or British Railways Ashford
Status Operational (static use)
Number 200176
History
Built 1969
Diagram 1/248
Lot 3685
Type COV AB
Capacity 29 tons
TOPS code VAA
Brakes Air braked
2012 Arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway

Goods Wagons

This BRBritish Rail or British Railways Goods Van was built at Ashford in 1969. It has a 29 ton capacity and is of type COV AB (later VAA).[1]

It arrived from Cardiff (Canton) in March 2012 and spent some years stored adjacent to Kidderminster Carriage Shed, being photographed there in March 2015 (below) and July 2021.

In April 2023, 200176 was noted in the Diesel Depot at Kidderminster, having received a coat of red paint. In June 2023 200176 was moved to a new home in the No 2 headshunt at Highley where it would be used by the P-Way department as a second storage vehicle, joining BR Goods Van 200642 which was already there.

See also

List of goods wagons

References

  1. Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey

Links