[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_40841_20150307.jpg|caption = GWR 40841 Ballast Wagon.jpg|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Operational|wagno = 40841|othernos = 068683|designed = |diagram = P5|lot = 677|wagtype = Ballast wagon|telcode = |brakes = Unfitted|built = 1893|years1 = 1991|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = 1996|events2 = Restoration completed|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |thumbyears5 = |300pxevents5 = |rightyears6 = |events6 = }}40841 was built by the GWR 40841 Ballast at Swindon in 1893 to Diagram P5, Lot 677.<ref>Railway Heritage Register WagonSurvey</ref> It has a capacity of 8 Tons (7 cu yd) and was used for transporting ballast and other P.W. material. The chassis is a simple 16ft N6/7 underframe, a type common to many Iron Mink and open wagons, and is iron-framed, pre-dating the introduction of steel chassis wagons in 1895. The 1ft 9in high steel sides have a central 5ft 6in panel and two 5ft 3in end panels with 4ft 11½in drop doors. Type P5 wagons were fitted with a steel floor.<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins ''et al'', Volume 2 (1976)]], p115</ref>40841 later saw Internal User service as No 068863<ref>RHR Wagon Survey. SVR Stock Book gives the number as 068683</ref> at Cardiff Docks (Associated British Ports).==Preservation==40841 was acquired in 1990, arriving on the SVR from Cardiff on 6 March 1991.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> Considerable restoration was required including replacement of a missing centre side section; before this could be undertaken the wagon appeared in a 1940s event with the words 'Bomb damage' chalked on the side.<ref name=SVR117>SVR News 117 and 119</ref>
40841 Restoration began at Bewdley in late 1995 and was built by the GWR at Swindon completed in 1893 mid-1996. The work included repairs to Diagram P5the chassis, Lot 677complete body renewal, replacement buffer/drawbar and carrying springs. It has a capacity of 8 Tons The body sides, ends, doors and was used new supports for transporting ballast and other Pthe missing centre side section required 440 new rivets.W Finally the wagon was repainted in 1890s livery. material. The chassis is of a type common During restoration, it came to many Iron Mink and open wagonslight that all the internal longitudinals were second hand, and is iron-framedbeing stamped with the numbers of different vehicles, pre-dating possibly broad gauge stock which was being scrapped at the introduction of steel chassis wagons in 1895time 40841 was built. <ref name=SVR117/>
40841 later saw service internally as No 068683 at Cardiff Docks, from where it was acquired in 1990, arriving on the SVR in March 1991 for restorationis owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]. This involved renewal of much of the platework It is operational and replacement of missing running gear, and was completed is sometimes used in 1996the [[Demonstration Goods Train]].
==gallery==<gallery>GWR 40841 is owned by [[The Ballast Wagon.jpg | GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].40841 Ballast Wagon</gallery>
==See Also==
==References==
SVR Stock Book 9th Edition<brreferences />GWR813.org
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