[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_3429_20150307.jpg |thumbcaption = GWR Fruit Van 3429|300pxconstruc = BR Swindon|rightstatus = Static use| GWR Fruit Van wagno = 3429]]|othernos = |designed = |diagram = Y14|lot = 1723|wagtype = 4-w ventilated van|telcode = FRUIT D|brakes = |built = 1950|years1 = 1973|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}This long wheelbase ‘Fruit D’ Van is a GWR design and was built by BR at Swindon in 1950to diagram Y14, lot 1723. <ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> In service it was piped for steam heat, although not heated itself, and electrically was gas-lit with power from an axle driven dynamo and chassis mounted batteries, similar to the system used on passenger coaches. Being capable of running in passenger services, it was allocated a number in the coach series in accordance with GWR practice<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.
==Preservation==
It was acquired in September 1973 and is owned by [[Highley#Highley_Station_Fund|Highley Station Fund]]. Originally intended for loco spares storage, it is now situated at Highley adjacent to the [[Highley signal box | Signal Box]].
==References==
Vintage Carriages Trust database<brreferences/>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition
==Links==
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=176 3429 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
