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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 = |200pxevents4 = |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>

==Service==60562 was built at Swindon in 1900to Diagram P2, Lot 261. Owned <ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey (SVR Stock Book gives 1899)</ref> Construction of these wagons began in 1899 with more than 200 built by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]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 number DW 150262.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br/ref>

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

*[http://www.gwr813.org/GW60562pagew74.htm 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]   [[Category:Rolling stock at the Stourport Triangle]][[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]][[Category:Featured articles]]<br>