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{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_162_20150320.jpg |caption = GWR Riding and Dormitory Van 162]|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Static use|wagno = 162|othernos = DW 162|designed = |diagram =|lot =|wagtype = Engineers vehicle|telcode = None|brakes = Vac fitted|built = 1923|years1 = 1976|events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}162 is a GWR 4-wheel Riding and Dormitory Van. In service these ran paired with 6-wheel Tool vans such as [[GWR 66 Breakdown Tool Van | GWR 66]], and were stationed at GWR loco sheds. The Tool and Riding Van pairs would be required to attend mishaps as fast as possible and were vacuum-braked to allow running at near express speeds. The riding vans were gas lit and had stoves for heating and cooking while on site.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> As Engineers' vehicles, they were not allocated a telegraphic code.

==Service and preservation==162 was built at Swindon in 1923. <ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> It arrived on the SVR from Bristol Ashchurch on 23 April 1976. Ownership in the 1998 SVR stock book was recorded as ''Erlestoke Manor Fund Trustee''; the Erlestoke Manor Fund newsletter for March 2002 referred to ''Bob Marrows' ex GWR Permanent way van, much in December 1982use for painting and storing our small fittings''.<ref name=SB9/><ref>[http://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/bradley-back-steam/ Erlestoke Manor Fund newsletter for March 2002]</ref>

162 and another riding van, [[GWR 9 Riding/Dormitory Van|GWR 9]], are both located in [[Bewdley Down Yard]] behind the 'tent' under which [[4150]] is being restored. ==SourcesSee also==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==References==Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<brreferences />

*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7492 162 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>[http://www.gwr813.org/GW162.htm 162 on GWR813.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]

==See also==[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]][[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagonsCategory:Featured articles]]