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==Service==
42343 was built at Swindon in 1944 and is one of 35 of type 'Loriot N' built to Diagram G40. It has a 20 ton capacity with a 25ft 6in wheelbase, the central well being 15ft in length.<ref name=ABT/> It saw service with the GWR and BR(W) and later with Round Oak Steelworks at Brierley Hill<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> .
==Preservation==
42343 was acquired by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] from Round Oak Steelworks in on 22 March 1971 and initially restored the following year. For some years it was the regular transporter for the P.W. bulldozer.<ref name=SB9/>
In 1985 the SVR were invited to produce a [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the main line in preservation|demonstration goods train for the GWR 150 celebrations]]. BR inspectors checked 28 of the SVR’s wagons and approved 25 to take part in the main line run. 42343 was one of the three that failed the inspection, having been found to be in need of brake repairs. These were completed later the same year.<ref>SVR News 78</ref>
An overhaul began on Easter Tuesday 1989 while the wagon was on the [[Stourport Triangle|'Stourport line']]. The old rotten floorboards were removed and initially left there on the wagon as there was nowhere suitable at Bewdley to unload them. However a group of children began unloading the wagon where it stood, so 42343 and its load were hastily moved to [[Bewdley ]] later that evening. The overhaul was completed by Spring 1990; the work included replacing the steel plates which cover the wheel and drawgear areas, installation of new keruing floorboards and repainting the chassis.<ref>SVR News 92, 95</ref>
42343 was sited at [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]] and used to store and move boilers and other components. The photograph in March 2015 shows it carrying the saddle tanks of [[2047 Warwickshire]] and [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank | GWR 813]]. On 14 July 2018 the original boiler, smokebox and saddle tank of 2047 Warwickshire were lifted onto 42343 by the [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087|30-ton steam crane]] and the following November a planned move of the wagon and locomotive parts to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] took place.
The SVR has three earlier examples of Loriots, [[GWR 42138 'Loriot D' Machinery Truck|Loriot D 42138]], [[GWR 42272 'Loriot L' Machinery Truck|Loriot L 42272]] and [[GWR 41990 'Loriot Y' Machinery Truck|Loriot Y 41990]], all owned by the [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].
