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[[File:GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_80982_20170715.jpg|thumb|200px|right|caption = GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van]][[File:Interior view of |construc = GWR Swindon|status = Operational (static use)|wagno = 80982 |othernos = |designed = |diagram = CC7|lot = 767|wagtype = Signal Dept Van.jpgvan|capacity = 10 tons|telcode = None|brakes = |built = 1913|years1 = 1972|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |thumbyears5 = |200pxevents5 = |rightyears6 = |Interior view]]events6 = }}80982 is the only surviving example<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> of ten iron-bodied Tool Vans built for the GWR’s Signal Department, these being the last wrought iron vans built by the GWR. Illumination was provided by two skylights and two oil lamps.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref>
Built ==80982 in service==80982 was built at Swindon in 1913to Diagram CC7, Lot 767, 80982 now serves as the [[Wagon Department]]'s mess vanand was allocated to Reading Signal Dept.<ref>GWR813.org</ref> Workshop and tool vans built to Diagram CC were not allocated a telegraphic code. Owned by [[The <ref>A history of GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1<br/ref>As a Departmental wagon, it carried the number DW 80982.
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==See Also80982 in preservation==After being decommissioned by BR(W), 80982 was rescued from Bristol, arriving on the SVR in May 1972. It was originally intended for storage,<ref>SVR News 24</ref> but has been fully restored. It is operational but is normally located at [[Bewdley]] next to the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]] where it serves as the [[Wagon Department]]'s mess van. It is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].
It appeared on the main line in 1985 as part of 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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File:GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van.jpg||Receiving attention in the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]]
File:Interior view of GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van.jpg | Interior view
File:80982 interior 3.JPG | Interior view
File:80982 interior 2.JPG | Interior detail
File:80982 interior 1.JPG | Interior detail
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==See also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
==References==
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==Links==
*[http://www.gwr813.org/GW80982pagew89.htm html 80982 on www.gwr813.org]<br>*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7488 80982 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>
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