[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 58725 Improvised Gunpowder Van.jpg|caption = GWR 58725 Improvised Gunpowder Van|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Operational|wagno = 58724|othernos = W 204988|designed = |diagram = V6|lot = 117|wagtype = 4-wheel ventilated van|telcode = CONE|thumbtopscode = |300pxbrakes = |rightbuilt = 1896| years1 = 1977|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1985|events2 = GWR 150 main line appearance|years3 = |events3 = }}Originally built as an Iron Mink in 1896, 58725 was converted to an Improvised Gunpowder Van]](telegraph code CONE) and loaned to the Southern Railway in 1938. Modifications included the blocking of the vents at each end. It was reconverted back to a standard goods van upon its return to the GWR in 1945. The wagon later saw service post-war with BR(W) and the Longmoor Military Railway.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> It also carried the number W 204988.
Originally built as an Iron Mink in 1896, 58725 was converted to an Improvised Gunpowder Van (telegraph code CONE) and loaned to arrived on the Southern Railway SVR in 1938April 1977 from Great Bridge. Modifications included the blocking Evidence of its SR livery was discovered during restoration in 1980. In 1985, it appeared on the vents at each end. It main line when it was reconverted back to a standard goods van upon its return to used in the GWR in 1945. [[The wagon later saw service post-war with BR(W) and Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the Longmoor Military Railwaymain line in preservation| GW 150 demonstration freight train]] which ran to Newport behind [[2857|GWR freight loco 2857]].<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th EditionNews 78</ref> It also carried the number W204988.
58725 arrived on the received further repaints in 1997<ref>SVR in April 1977 from Great BridgeNews 123</ref> and 2011 (roof only). Evidence of its SR livery was discovered during restoration in 1980. <ref>SVR News 175</ref> It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] and was most recently restored as a gunpowder van during 2015<ref>SVR News 191</ref>.
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