GWR 40362 PW Brake Van
This vehicle was one of 54 built by the GWR at Swindon in the last decade of the nineteenth century to Diagram AA6,[1] this particular example dating to around 1895.[2] 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 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.[1] 40362 is thought to be the only survivor of this variant and therefore unique.[2]
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Preservation
40362 bears a plaque stating that it was purchased in 1970 and subsequently restored by the 6000 Locomotive Association. This now defunct group[3] 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.[4] It was 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.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atkins et al, Volume 2 (1976), p115
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
- ↑ SVR Charitable Trust
- ↑ Not listed in SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition