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|brakes = DC brakes
|built = 1904
|years1 = 1937|events1 = Overhauled for use at Sharpness docks|years2 = 1986|events1 events2 = Arrived on SVR|years2 years3 = 1987|events2 events3 = Restored|years3 years4 = 2008|events3 events4 = Overhauled
}}'''GWR 25190''' is a '''5 plank Open Goods Wagon'''. The earliest open wagons, originally known as 'low-sided trucks', had a single plank. The GWR progressively increased the number of planks, with 4-plank open wagons such as [[GWR 41277 4 plank Open Goods Wagon |41277]] appearing in 1887.
==Service==
25190 was built at Swindon in 1904 as part of Lot 455 to Diagram O4.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] p. 27.</ref> 25190 and 41277 were both sold out of GWR service in the mid-1930s and acquired for use at the British Waterways Board’s Sharpness Docks,<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-wagons-2010.22314/page-3#post-374663 National Preservation Forum 'SVR wagons 2010 thread]</ref> and was rebuilt in 1937 as part of Lot 1249<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>.
==Preservation==
