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}}This long wheelbase ‘Fruit D’ Van is a GWR design and was built by BR at Swindon in 1955. In service it was piped for steam heat, although not heated itself, and was gas-lit.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
==Preservation==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. It was initially used by the [[Hampton Loade Locomotive Fund]] (of which he was Treasurer) who supported the restoration of [[GWR Large Prairie 4141]], where it is used and subsequently as the [[Hampton Loade Station Fund Shop]].<ref>SVR News 118</ref>
When delivered to Hampton Loade, 3467 was in BR Blue livery. In preservation it has carried GWR passenger brown and GWR freight grey. Both 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. After a repaint in 2015 3467 is once again in GWR brown awaiting signwriting.
==See also==
