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Shunter’s Shunters’ 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, while the staff could ride around the yard on the truck in greater safety than on the locomotive footsteps. The Shunters’ Truck at Kidderminster in GWR days was number 41803 (built in 1901 to Diagram M1 Lot 357) and later number 41098 (built in 1938 to Diagram M4 Lot 1292)<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 83.</ref> <ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 22-23</ref>.

In 1982-83 it underwent a major overhaul at Bewdley involving repairs to the chassis and replacement of both headstocks and all the woodworkincluding a new Keruing floor. A new toolbox was also built and the wagon repainted in GWR ‘Canons Marsh’ livery.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref>SVR News 66, 71</ref> A planned move to Swindon by rail to appear at the GWR 150 Exhibition resulted in a further repaint and re-profiling 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, 12378</ref>

Another overhaul and repaint was carried out at Bewdley in 1997, during which new step-boards were made and fitted, several replacement planks were fitted in the floor of the tool box and attention given to the leather seals around the axle where it enters the axle box.<ref>SVR News 123</ref> A further overhaul and repaint was carried out by volunteers at Kidderminster carriage works in 2004-05. The work again involved attention to planks in the toolbox and the axle box oil seals.<ref>SVR News 151</ref>  41736 is based at Kidderminster, and where it is regularly used in shunting movements around the carriage works. It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].