GWR 3467 Fruit D Van
GWR 3467 Fruit D Van | |
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GWR Fruit Van 3467 | |
Built By | BR Swindon |
Status | Static use |
Number | 3467 |
History | |
Built | 1955 |
Diagram | Y14 |
Lot | 1780 |
Type | 4-w ventilated van |
Telegraphic code | FRUIT D |
1973 | Arrived on SVR |
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, 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
References
- ↑ SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition