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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_40362_20150307.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = GWR PW Brake Van 40362]]|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Static display|wagno = 40362|othernos = DW 40362|designed = |diagram = AA6|lot = 665|wagtype = 4-wheel brake van|capacity = 14 tons|telcode = TOAD|topscode = |brakes = |built = 1895|years1 = 1970|events1 = Preserved|years2 = Post 1998|events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 = |events3 = }}This vehicle was one of 54 built by the GWR at Swindon in the last decade of the nineteenth century to Diagram AA6, old series Lot 665,<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 37,469.</ref> this particular example dating to around 1895 and is unique.<refname = RHRWS>Vintage Carriages Trust databaseRailway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>Brake vans built to this diagram had a tare weight of approximaterly 13&frac12; tons and were used for permanent way work. It bears They were classed as a plaque stating that it 'Toad' but unlike the [[GWR 17410 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van| typical GWR 'Toad' brake van]], the open verandah was purchased boarded in 1970 with two small windows included at the front. They were fitted with a split 'stable door' arrangement, and doubled as mess and subsequently restored by tool vans.<ref name=Atkins/> 40362 is thought to be the 6000 Locomotive Associationonly survivor of this variant and therefore unique.<ref name = RHRWS/>

==Preservation==40362 bears a plaque stating that it was purchased in 1970 and subsequently restored by the 6000 Locomotive Association. This now defunct group<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/br/35219-2.html SVR Charitable Trust]</ref> were based for some years at the Bulmers Steam Centre at Hereford until its closure in 1990.  The Brake Van has been cosmetically restored and is brake van arrived on display the SVR after 1998.<ref>Not listed in SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It was [https://www.flickr.com/photos/svr_enthusiast/4904801832/ photographed] outside [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]]in August 2010 although it has been repainted since that date. It remains on display as a cosmetically restored exhibit outside Kidderminster Railway Museum.

*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]

*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=10341 40362 on vintagecarriagestrustRailway Heritage Register On-Line]*[https://www.orgflickr.com/photos/svr_enthusiast/4904801832/ Gareth Price photo August 2010]<br>