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'''Caledonian Railway Covered Goods Van 4543''' is an outside framed ventilated 10 ton Goods Van to diagram 67. A brief description and history of the type is shown on the [[Caledonian Railway Covered Goods Van 302080|302080]] page.
4543 was built in 1910 at the St Rollox works of the Caledonian Railway. It also saw service as LMS '''304543''' following Grouping in 1923, and was later used by Cadbury’s (numbered '''266'''), from where it arrived on the SVR in June 1967. The van is It was first painted into Caledonian livery and numbered CR 4543.<ref>[https://www.miac.org.uk/bournville2.html Railways in Worcestershire website] (Retrieved 30 April 2024)</ref> Later it carried LMSR livery and numbered 304543, as seen in the photograph in LMS livery at [[Hampton Loade]], where it had been was in use as a store.
It and sister 302080 left the SVR in May 2016 for a new home at Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3582&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 SVR Forum thread]</ref> The move of 4543 was by rail to [[Kidderminster]], dead slow and strapped up to secure the cracked sole bar reportedly damaged during shunting. Its role as a store at Hampton Loade has been taken by [[GWR 2815 Fruit C Van | GWR Fruit C 2815]].