[[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|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 ''et al'', Volume 2 Beard & Tourret (19762013)]]pp. 37, p115469.</ref> this particular example dating to around 1895.<ref name = RHRWS>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> Brake vans built to this diagram had a tare weight of approximaterly 13½ tons and were used for permanent way work. They were classed as a 'Toad' but unlike the [[GWR 17410 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van| typical GWR 'Toad' brake van]], the open verandah was boarded in with two small windows included at the front. They were fitted with a split 'stable door' arrangement, and doubled as mess and tool vans.<ref name=Atkins/> 40362 is thought to be the only survivor of this variant and therefore unique.<ref name = RHRWS/>
==Preservation==