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It arrived on the SVR in July 1969 and by August 1972 had acquired the fictitious number “CCW 1”.<ref name=SB3/> By 1980 it was reported as being in a yellow unlettered livery with no number.<ref>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref>
The wagon was inspected for the Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey in February 2013; the resulting [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8151 listing] showed a status "For disposal" and condition "Derelict".<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> However the wagon was subsequently restored and by December 2018 was stored under a tarpaulin at [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]].<ref>ID confirmed by David Postle, 29 December 2018</ref> It was 'unveiled' in August 2019and is now owned by the Kidderminster Railway Museum collection. In August 2021 the signwriting was applied, the painter being the former Gloucestershire and England wicket keeper Jack Russell MBE. The wagon is in the livery of 'James H. Smart & Sons'. James Harry Smart was a prominent coal merchant and carrier in the late 1800s, based on the Cotswolds canals at Chalford in Gloucestershire<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep21 BranchLines, September 2021]</ref>. <gallerymode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">BSC_13_20181229BSC_13_20210911.jpg|BSC 13 following restoration after signwriting in 2018August 2021
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[[Category:Rolling stock at Kidderminster Railway Museum]]
[[Category:Rolling stock associated with British Sugar Corporation]]
