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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_134290_20150320.jpg |thumb|200px|right| caption = GWR Fruit A Van 134290]](March 2015)|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Static use|wagno = 134290|othernos = |designed = |diagram = Y8|lot = 1270|wagtype = 4-w ventilated van|telcode = FRUIT A|brakes = |built = 1937/8|years1 = 1970|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}134290 is a 10 12 ton ‘Fruit A’ Van(SVR Stock Book says 10), built at Swindon circa 1937-38to Diagram Y8 Lot 1270. The code ‘Fruit A’ originally designated a dual-braked ‘passenger’ fruit van to Diagram Y2, but after 1930 was re-applied instead to ‘goods’ fruit vans. The 200 wagons of Lot 1270 were introduced for the Guernsey tomato traffic which at the time amounted to more than 16,000 tons per year.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 36, 445.</ref>

==Preservation== The van was awaiting scrapping at [[Barry Scrapyard]] in 1970 when purchased by an SVR memberBob Sim of the [[4566 Group]], arriving 25 August. It was initially used as a stores van but later overhauled . A planned cosmetic tidy-up in 1989became an overhaul when inspection revealed that the roof canvas, roof edge planks, all side louvres and several door planks required replacement.<ref>SVR News 92/95</ref> By 1998 134290 was in the ownership of the 4566 Group.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It received a further repaint in 2002<ref>SVR News 139/141</ref> and repairs to the roof canvas in 2008.<ref>SVR News 163</ref>

==SourcesReferences==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey (states build date as 1937)<brreferences/>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition (states build date as 1938)

*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8228 134290 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br> ==See also==[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]Railway Heritage Register On-Line]