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The first 200 vans to Diagram 67 were built with a roof door and had brakes which acted on the wheels on one side only. By the time Order G290 was authorised in 1907, the roof door had been discontinued and replaced by end ventilators. Order G280 (Drawing 14789), built in 1909 and which included Morton brakes on both sides of the van for the first time, were the first with wooden outside framing. 20 vans to Order G290<ref group="note">The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey records 2080 as Lot 29x of 1910 and 4543 as Lot 32X, also of 1910. These Lot numbers appear to equate to the related Order numbers G290 and G325 listed in Williams (2013), although with a possible discrepancy on the latter date.</ref> built in the half-year to July 1910 (Drawing 16215) had 3-foot 9-inch wheels and tie rods between the axle guards. Later Orders G307, G325 and G360 authorised in 1911 were recorded as fitted with Dual brakes.<ref name=Williams/>
During WW1 a further 45 with dual brakes were built to Orders G371 and G391, some of which were probably insulated to carry frozen meat. Seventeen others were converted to carry cordite paste, used in the manufacture of munitions, and a further 150 were constructed for the purpose.<ref name=Williams/><ref group="note">The huge [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Factory,_Gretna HM Factory at Gretna] was connected to the main North British and Caledonian Railways.</ref> Several were later sold to private owner use.<ref>[https://wwwrapidotrains.tierneymodelrailwayshopco.comuk/productcaledonian-page/crrailway-dia-67-10t10-ton-van-cadbury-no-278 Tierney Model Railway shop / Rapido Trains website] (Retrieved 30 April 5 May 2024)</ref>
==2080 in service and preservation==
2080 was built at the St Rollox works of the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow in 1910. It was taken on by the LMS at Grouping in 1923, and renumbered '''302080'''. It was later sold to Cadbury’s, which operated an extensive internal railway system at Bourneville, where it was an internal user vehicle numbered '''278'''.
278 was donated to the SVR by Cadbury’s in June 1967 along with sister vans [[Caledonian Railway / LMS 304543 Covered Goods Van| 266 (304543)]], [[Wagons formerly resident on the SVR | 268 (300682) and 269 (307455)]]. <ref group="note">Gareth Price believes they were the first wagons to arrive post-preservation.</ref> It was first numbered 'CR 2080' in Caledonian Railway livery and later subsequently it was painted into LMSR livery early (bauxite) and later (grey) liveries as 302080.<ref>[https://www.miac.org.uk/bournville2.html Railways in Worcestershire website] (Retrieved 30 April 2024)</ref><ref>[https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/184521-caledonian-railway-dia67-van-from-rapido/page/2/ Gareth Price, RM web, 16 February 2024] (Retrieved 5 May 2024)</ref> By 2009 it was stored at [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]], where it is seen in this image. With 304543 it left the SVR in May 2016 for a new home on Caledonian metals at Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust, Aberdeen.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3582&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 SVR Forum thread]</ref>
In 2024 Rapido Trains announced a commercial OO gauge model of the Caledonian Railway Dia.67 Goods Van. Two liveries are being produced of 302080, Caledonian Railway 2080<ref>[https://rapidotrains.co.uk/product/cr-dia-67-10t-van-cr-no-2080/ Rapido Trains, CR Dia.67 10t Van – CR No.2080] (Retrieved 29 April 2024)</ref> and Cadbury 278<ref>[https://rapidotrains.co.uk/product/cr-dia-67-10t-van-cadbury-no-278/ Rapido Trains, CR Dia.67 10t Van – Cadbury No.278] (Retrieved 29 April 2024)]</ref>.
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
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