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{{Infobox wagon
|image = BSC_13_20190828BSC_13_20240330.jpg|caption = BSC 13 at Kidderminster Railway Museum in 20192024
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|status = Restored
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 2019 and is now owned by the Kidderminster Railway Museum collection.
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BSC_13_20190828.jpg|BSC 13 after restoration in August 2019
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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>.
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left"> BSC_13_20210911.jpg|BSC 13 after signwriting in August 2021
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