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}}'''GWR/BR 92080 Fruit D Van''' is a long wheelbase fruit van, one of around 13 survivors of the type of which four long wheelbase are preserved on the SVR, the others being W3429, [[GWR 3467 Fruit D Van|W3467]] and [[GWR/BR 92090 Fruit D Vans Van|W92090]]. A description of the type can be found on the SVR, [[GWR 3429 Fruit D Van|W3429]] page. 92080 was built by BR at Swindon to Diagram 805 Lot 30383<ref> Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey </ref> based on a GWR design. The Fruit D vans were classified as Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS).
92080 was built at Swindon in 1958 and was originally electrically lit with power from an axle driven dynamo and chassis mounted batteries, similar to the system used on passenger coaches. It arrived on the SVR on 19 January 1978, having been bought by the [[The 4150 Fund | 4150 Fund]] with the intention of being used for storage of loco spares, and was restored to ENPARTS livery (a code used by GWR and BR(W) for vans carrying loco part from the Swindon factory to loco sheds).<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
