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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 60562 Ballast Wagon.jpg|caption = GWR 60562 Ballast Wagon|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Stored|wagno = 60562|othernos = DW 150262|designed = |diagram = P2|lot = 261|wagtype = 4-wheel ballast wagon|capacity = 14 tons|telcode = none|brakes = |built = 1900|years1 = 1980|events1 = Entered preservation|years2 = 1996|events2 = Arrived on the SVR|years3 = |events3 = |thumbyears4 = |400pxevents4 = |rightyears5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}GWR 60562 Ballast Wagonis 4-wheel ballast wagon. It has a capacity of 14 tons (12 cubic yards) and is fitted with three drop-down doors per side, each 6ft 8in in length and 2ft 2&frac12; in high. The underframe is 20ft over headstocks. When built it was fitted with Thomas brakes,<ref>[[Bibliography# Other References|Atkins et al (1976)]]Vol 2 p. 75.</ref> an early form of braking operated by turning a crank on each side of the wagon – clockwise on one side and anticlockwise on the other.<ref>[http://www.gwr.org.uk/nowagonbrakes.html GWR.org.uk]</ref>

GWR 4-wheel ballast wagon ==Service==60562 was built at Swindon in 1900 to Diagram P2, Lot 261. It has a capacity <ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey (SVR Stock Book gives 1899)</ref> Construction of 14 Tons and is fitted these wagons began in 1899 with three drop-down doors per sidemore than 200 built by 1901. It was allocated to Henry Pooley and Sons, a company who serviced railway weighbridges and weighing machines. It was used to carry test weights and given the departmental Departmental number DW 150262. <ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==Preservation==60562 was acquired by the current owners [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1980.<ref>gwr813.org</ref> It arrived on the SVR in on 31 October 1996 from the Avon Valley Railway at Bitton, near Bristol. It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]. {{as of|2016}} it was stored at the [[Stourport Triangle]]awaiting restoration.

==See Alsoalso==

*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew74.html 60562 on www.gwr813.org]<br>*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=6416 60562 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>