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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_43989_20170708.jpg|caption = GWR 43989 Cylindrical Tank Wagon.jpg|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Awaiting restoration|wagno = 43989|othernos = DW 43989, ADW 43989|designed = |diagram = DD3|lot = 65|wagtype = 4-wheel tank wagon|telcode = n/a|topscode = ZRO|brakes = |built = 1895|years1 = 1997|events1 = Preserved|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |thumbyears5 = |300pxevents5 = |rightyears6 = |events6 = }}43989 was built at Swindon, the first of 51 four-wheel tank wagons constructed between 1895 and 1911 to Diagam DD3, with the 3108 gallon tanks being built by the GWR 43989 Cylindrical Tank Wagonlocomotive department.<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]]pp. 39, 503.</ref> Originally intended for carrying oil, creosote and similar liquids for departmental use, after almost 100 years, it ended its working days storing engine coolant at Reading Diesel Depot.

43989 It was Designated (Reg. No. 1997/19) by the first Railway Heritage Committee at its meeting on 25 July 1997 as being historically significant and should be permanently preserved. English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd disposed of 51 four wheel tank wagons constructed between 1894 and 1911 43989 to Diagam DD3, with the 3108 gallon tanks being built by the [[The GWR locomotive department813 Preservation Fund]] on 26 September 1997.<ref>GWR813 web site</ref><ref>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130410151933/http://www.dft.gov.uk/rhc/artefacts.asp Railway Heritage Committee (web archive)]</ref>

Originally intended for carrying oil, creosote and similar liquids for departmental use, after almost 100 years, it ended its working days storing engine coolant at Reading Diesel Depot until being sold to 43989 is currently in the custody of [[The GWR 813 Preservation FundKidderminster Railway Museum]] in the early 1990s.<ref>http://www.gwr813.org/gwr813newsletter_A1.htm</ref><ref>A history of GWR goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986where it is stored awaiting overhaul. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1</ref>

Currently in the custody <gallery>File:GWR 43989 Cylindrical Tank Wagon.jpg|Another view of [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]].43989</gallery>

==See Alsoalso==

*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew91.html 43989 on www.gwr813.org]<br>*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9646 43989 on wwwRailway Heritage Register On-Line]*[http://group.vintagecarriagestrustsciencemuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/railway-heritage-designations.pdf 1997 Railway Heritage Designations (Science Museum Archive) - Item 56]<br>