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GWR 58725 Improvised Gunpowder Van

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==Preservation==
58725 arrived on the SVR in on 29 April 1977 from Cashmores at Great Bridge, carrying the BR(W) number W 204988.<ref>SVR News 46</ref> Evidence of its SR livery was discovered during restoration in 1980,<ref name=SB9/> which mainly involved the replacement of a quantity of defective steelwork and the return of the van to a CONE in black livery with a red cross.<ref>SVR News 59</ref>
In 1985, 58725 appeared on the main line when it was used in the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the main line in preservation| GW 150 demonstration freight train]] which ran to Newport behind [[2857|GWR freight loco 2857]].<ref>SVR News 78</ref>
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