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}}'''GWR Fruit C Van 2815 was built at Swindon ''' is a relatively recent arrival on the SVR, having been acquired in 1937 as lot number 1606 to diagram Y9, the last GWR diagram to feature DCIII brakes2015. It was numbered 70843 is stationed in the goods series and later 2815 in bay platform at [[Hampton Loade]] where it is used as a static store by the 'Brown vehicle' series, being vacuum fitted for running in passenger services as [[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS) | Non Passenger Carrying Coaching StockHampton Loade Station Fund]]. It also carried departmental number DW150343.

==Service and preservation==The GWR began building ventilated vans specifically to carry fruit in 1889, and an entire section of the wagon Diagram book (Diagram Y) was dedicated to them. Due to the perishable nature of the goods they carried, they became part of the 'Brown vehicle' series, being vacuum fitted for running in express passenger services as [[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS) | Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock]] rather than in slow unfitted goods trains. The letters 'XP' can be seen on the van, denoting this type of use. As with other wagon types, there were a number of variants. The FRUIT C, originating with Diagram Y3 in 1911, had a 10-ton capacity with a length of 22ft over the headstocks. [[GWR 2424 Fruit Van |GWR 2424]] is an example of this earlier Diagram. 2815 was built at Swindon in 1937 as carriage lot number 1606 to Diagram Y9.<ref group="note">Generally carriages and wagons maintained their own series of Diagrams and Lot numbers. Although designed as a wagon, 2815 was ordered and numbered as if it were a carriage, being part of the 'brown vehicle' series.</ref> The last GWR diagram to feature DCIII brakes, this was essentially an updated version of the 1911 design with end-bonnet vents, vertically planked doors and fewer side louvres. As a passenger fruit van It was fitted with gas lamps and removable galvanised wire trays.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 36-37, 441-446.</ref> Under BR(W), 2815 became W2815W as part of the renumbering following nationalisation and the introduction of Mk1 carriage stock. It was subsequently transferred into Departmental stock as a CCE Equipment van, number DW150343, and eventually into Internal User stock as number 070843, serving as a CCE Stores Van<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] pp.170, 172,</ref><ref>[https://www.departmentals.com/departmental/070843 Departmentals.com] (refers to the latter role as an RCE stores van)</ref>. ==Preservation==2815 was formerly at Rowden Mill station in Herefordshire, where it had been preserved since 1989. <ref>Railway Heritage Register Online</ref> It  Back in 1967 Cadburys had donated four ex-Caledonian Railway covered goods vans to the SVR. Although some early use was purchased on behalf made of them, they were not really appropriate to the railway and two had been scrapped as beyond repair during the 1970s. In mid-2015 the SVR received a proposal from the Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust at Aberdeen to buy remaining two, [[Caledonian Railway Covered Goods Van 302080|302080]] and [[Hampton Loade Station FundCaledonian Railway / LMS 304543 Covered Goods Van|304543]], with a view to restoring them. The former was stored at [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] awaiting restoration, but the latter had been in September 2015 use for static use some time as a an 'essential store at ' for the [[Hampton LoadeStation Fund]]. The deal was agreed, leaving the Station Fund in need of a new vehicle to act as their store. None of the Railway's wagons were available at that time, arriving so 2815 was purchased from Rowden Mill on their behalf. Appearing in excellent condition as pictured below, it arrived at Kidderminster by road in November 2015and moved to Hampton Loade in December 2015, in time for the Fund's stores to be transferred across before 304543 left for Scotland in March 2016.<ref>SVR News 209</ref>  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">GWR 2815 20151226.jpg|2815 newly arrived at Hampton Loade in December 2015</gallery> Since that time 2815 has remained in static use at Hampton Loade.

*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]*[[GWR 3467 Fruit D Van]] (the vehicle used as Hampton Loade Station Fund shop) ==Notes==<references group="note"/>

*[http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=155 2815 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line] [[Category:Featured articles]]