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[[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 = 4-wheel ballast wagon|capacity = 8 tons|telcode = |brakes = Unfitted|built = 1893|years1 = 1991|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = 1996|events2 = Restoration completed|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |thumbyears5 = |200pxevents5 = |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 11&frac12;in 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>

Restoration began at Bewdley in late 1995 and was completed in mid-1996. The work included repairs to the chassis, complete body renewal, replacement buffer/drawbar and carrying springs. The body sides, ends, doors and new supports for the missing centre side section required 440 new rivets. Finally the wagon was repainted in 1890s livery. During restoration, it came to light that all the internal longitudinals were second hand, being stamped with the numbers of different vehicles, possibly broad gauge stock which was being scrapped at the time 40841 was built in 1893. Owned <ref name=SVR117/>  40841 is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]. It is operational and is sometimes used in the [[Demonstration Goods Train]]. ==gallery==<gallery>GWR 40841 Ballast Wagon.jpg | GWR 40841 Ballast Wagon<br/gallery>

*[http://www.gwr813.org/GW40841pagew73.htm html 40841 on www.gwr813.org]<br>*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7487 40841 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line] [[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]][[Category:Featured articles]]<br>