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It was acquired in 1973 from BR stock at Kidderminster goods yard where it had been condemned. The late Bill Bennett was responsible for acquiring the vehicle from BR, using his connections as an employee in the permanent way department. 3467 has been at Hampton Loade ever since, where it is used as the [[Hampton Loade Station Fund Shop]].
When delivered to Hampton Loade, '''GWR 3467 'Fruit D'''' is a long wheelbase fruit van. It was in built by BR Blue livery. In preservation it has carried GWR passenger brown and GWR freight grey. Both these liveries are inaccurate for a vehicle built at Swindon in 1955, but this has been done some 8 years after nationalisation, as part of Lot 1780 to blend in with Hampton Loade station which is painted in 1930s Diagram Y14, a GWR coloursdesign. After a repaint in 2015 3467 is once again in GWR brown awaiting signwriting In service it was piped for steam heat, although not heated itself, and was gas-lit<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.
==Links==[http://www.wsWhen delivered to Hampton Loade, 3467 was in BR Blue livery.vintagecarriagestrustIn preservation it has carried GWR passenger brown and GWR freight grey.org/ws/WagonInfoBoth these liveries are inaccurate for a vehicle built in 1955, but this has been done to blend in with Hampton Loade station which is painted in 1930s GWR colours.asp?Ref=181 After a repaint in 2015 3467 on vintagecarriagestrustis once again in GWR brown.org]<br>
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{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_3467_20150307.jpg|caption = GWR Fruit Van 3467 (2015)|construc = BR Swindon|status = Static use|wagno = 3467|othernos = |designed = |diagram = Y14|lot = 1780|wagtype = 4-w ventilated van|telcode = FRUIT D|brakes = |built = 1955|years1 = 1973|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}[[File: GWR_3467_20150307GWR_3467_20170902.jpg |thumb|200px300px|right| GWR Fruit Van 34673457 after repainting (2017)]]This long wheelbase ‘Fruit D’ Van is a GWR design and was built by BR at Swindon in 1955. In service it was steam heated and electrically lit with power from an axle driven dynamo and chassis mounted batteries, similar to the system used on passenger coaches.
==SourcesPreservation==Vintage Carriages Trust databaseFour 'Fruit D's were acquired by the SVR during the 1970s for the storage of loco spares.<brref name=SB9/> 3467 was acquired in 1973 from BR stock at Kidderminster goods yard where it had been condemned, moving 'over the border' to the SVR on 24 November of that year. The late Bill Bennett was responsible for acquiring the vehicle from BR, using his connections as an employee in the permanent way department. 3467 has been at Hampton Loade ever since. It was initially used by the [[Hampton Loade Locomotive Fund]] (of which he was Treasurer) who supported the restoration of [[GWR Large Prairie 4141]]. When the partially restored locomotive left the SVR in 1988, it was taken over and converted into the [[Hampton Loade Station Fund Shop]].<ref>SVR Stock Book Eighth EditionNews 118</ref>
==See also==
*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==References==<references/> ==Links==*[http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=181 3467 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line] [[Category:Featured articles]]
