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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 41736 Shunters Truck.jpg|thumbcaption = GWR 41736 Shunters Truck|300pxconstruc = GWR Swindon|rightstatus = Operational|GWR wagno = 41736 |othernos = |designed = |diagram = M3|lot = 747|wagtype = 4-wheel Shunters Truck|telcode = n/a|topscode = |brakes = |built = 1913|years1 = 1974|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1982-3|events2 = Major overhaul|years3 = |events3 = }}Shunter’s Trucks or ‘Chariots’ were a common sight in goods yards around the GWR system. The locker on top of the platform was used by the shunting staff to store shunting poles, chocks and even re-railing equipment. 41736 was built at Swindon in 1913 to Diagram M3 Lot 747, the Lot consisting of this single wagon.<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]]pp. 23, 229.</ref> This particular example worked in Canons Marsh Goods Depot in Bristol, from where it arrived on the SVR in January 1974.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

41736 was built at Swindon in 1913 In 1982-83 it underwent a major overhaul involving repairs to Diagram M3, Lot 747. Shunter’s Trucks or ‘Chariots’ were a common sight in goods yards around the GWR system. The locker on top chassis and replacement of all the platform was used woodwork.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> A planned move to Swindon by rail to appear at the shunting staff to store shunting poles, chocks GWR 150 Exhibition resulted in a further repaint and even re-railing equipmentprofiling of the tyres in 1985, but in the event the Exhibition was cancelled and the move did not take place. Another overhaul was carried out in 1997.<ref>SVR News 76, 123</ref>

This particular example worked in Canons Marsh Goods Depot in Bristol41736 is based at Kidderminster, from where it arrived on the SVR in January 1974. In 1982-83 it underwent a major overhaul involving repairs to the chassis and replacement of all the woodwork. It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].<br>

SVR Stock Book 9th Edition<brreferences/>GWR813.org