GWR 80684 Ballast Wagon

GWR 80684 Ballast Wagon
GWR 80684 Ballast Wagon
Built By	GWR Swindon
Number	80684
History
Built	1936
Diagram	P15
Lot	1215
Type	4-wheel balast wagon
Capacity	10 tons
Telegraphic code	STARFISH (BR)
TOPS code	ZAO
1984	Arrived on SVR
1985	Appeared on the main line
Goods Wagons

GWR 80684 is a 10-ton ballast wagon and was built at Swindon in 1936-37 to Diagram P15, Lot 1215. It finished its working life with BR(W) at Swindon, having been fitted with a new floor by BR shortly before decommissioning. Having been condemned there, it was purchased by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund but was then 'lost', turning up in use in an engineering train at Gloucester several months later.

80684 arrived on the SVR in April 1984 as one of four acquired at the time for P.W. work. It appeared on the main line in 1985 as part of the GW 150 demonstration freight train which ran to Newport behind GWR freight loco 2857.

It received an overhaul in 2006 having been stopped with damage to the axlebox casting, an issue common to these wagons as described in the article on sister wagon 80603. Storage of locomotive ash had resulted in corrosion to the steel body, so repairs to the corner uprights and end panels were also carried out. A new floor was also welded in, and the wagon returned to P. Way use in February 2007.

It is owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund.

See Also

List of goods wagons

Links

80684 on www.gwr813.org
80684 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org