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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_40362_20150307.jpg |thumb|200px|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/>

The Brake Van has been cosmetically ==Preservation==40362 bears a plaque stating that it was purchased in 1970 and subsequently restored and is on display outside [by the 6000 Locomotive Association. This now defunct group<ref>[Kidderminster Railway Museum]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 arrived on 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. ==SourcesSee also==Vintage Carriages Trust database*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==References==

*[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>