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British Sugar 136 Open Wagon

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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = BS_136_20160218.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = Ex British Sugar Open open Wagon numbered ‘Highley Mining Co 136’]]|construc = |status = Stored awaiting overhaul|wagno = "Highley Mining Co 136"|othernos = 177686, B.S.C. 5, |designed = |diagram = |lot = |wagtype = 4-w 7-plank open|capacity = 13 tons|telcode =|topscode = OMO|brakes = |built = 1946|years1 = 1969|events1 = Presented to SVR|years2 = 1970|events2 = Restored|years3 = |events3 = }}This 87-plank 13 ton capacity Tippler Wagon tippler wagon was one of 14 10 donated to the SVR in July 1969 by the British Sugar Corporation at [[Foley Park]]. A further four were donated in May 1971, although by 1990 all but 4 had been cut up as beyond economical repair. <ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> The original builder and works number of this wagon are not recorded, although it was registered as number 177686 in 1946 and carried the number B.S.C. 5. It now carries was the first of the 10 that arrived in July 1969 to be restored, for which it was given the fictitious livery of Highley Mining Co No 136. The <ref>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref> {{As of|2018}} the wagon is stored adjacent to [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]]awaiting overhaul.
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==References==
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<brreferences/>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition
==Links==
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8150 PO 136 (fictitious) on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>
[[Category:Rolling stock at Kidderminster Railway Museum]]
[[Category:Rolling stock associated with British Sugar Corporation]]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]
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