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}}'''GWR 65620 ''' is a vacuum-braked covered goods wagon or 'Merchandise Van' with a capacity of 12 tons. It was one of 700 built to Diagram V36 Lot 1467 between July 1945 and May 1947, at the end of the GWR's existence as a separate company. The wagons were replacements for condemned vehicles and were allocated miscellaneous unused numbers in the 68XXX series.<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 35, 384.</ref><ref>SVR Stock Book and GWR813.org state 1947, Wagon survey states 1945</ref> They were fitted with a plywood body as a wartime / post-War economy measure. This type of wagon had the telegraph code 'VANFIT'.

65620 was rescued from [[Barry Scrapyard]] in 1975one of 700 such vans built to Diagram V36 Lot 1467 between July 1945 and May 1947, arriving on at the end of the SVR in January 1976. The '[[SVR Pannier Tank Fund|7714 Group]]GWR', who had use of it s existence as a store, recanvassed separate company. The wagons were replacements for condemned vehicles and were allocated miscellaneous unused numbers in the roof in 197965XXX series.<ref name=SVR107Atkins>SVR News 107[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 35, 384.</ref> and it received a repaint in 1982<ref>SVR News 63Stock Book and GWR813.org state 1947, Wagon survey states 1945</ref>. An overhaul including replacement They were fitted with Instanter couplings and also received a plywood body as a wartime / post-War economy measure, the inside having horizontal planks as ‘bump guards’ up to a height of the doors was carried out in 1993approximately 3ft.<ref name=SVR107/>

==Preservation==[[File: GWR 65620 'Vanfit' Covered Goods Van.jpg|thumb|300px|right|65620 at Hampton Loade in 2013]][[File: GWR_65620_20150708.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Under overhaul at Bewdley, July 2015]] 65620 was rescued from [[Barry Scrapyard]] in 1975, arriving on the SVR in January 1976.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book, Ninth Edition</ref> The '[[SVR Pannier Tank Fund|7714 Group]]', who had use of it as a store, re-canvassed the roof in 1979<ref name=SVR107>SVR News 107</ref> and it received a repaint in 1982<ref>SVR News 63</ref>. An overhaul including replacement of the doors and a repaint was carried out in 1993.<ref name=SVR107/>  65620 continued in use as a store,<ref name = SB9/>, but by early 2004 was in need of ‘major surgery’.<ref>SVR News 147</ref> A more comprehensive overhaul was carried out in 2005-6 with the . The roof was re-canvassed using a second-hand canvas and the as a cost saving measure. The panels from two ends and one side being were replaced, as were both door lintels.<ref>SVR News 152</ref> In 2010 65620 was used in a photo charter [[Demonstration Goods Train]] with guest locomotive [[61994 The majority Great Marquess]].<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1425&highlight=65620 SVR-Online forum]</ref>  By 2015 the exterior of the van was again in poor condition and it was brought into [[Bewdley Goods Shed]], initially for a repaint. Investigation revealed that many of the other panels not replaced in 2005-6 were suffering from rot, as were some of the internal planks. On this occasion six of the eight side panels and three of the six end panels were replaced in yet another overhaul in 2015before the repaint was carried out.<ref>SVR News 191</ref>