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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_80982_20170715.jpg|caption = GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van.jpg|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Operational (static use)|wagno = 80982|othernos = |designed = |diagram = CC7|lot = 767|wagtype = Signal Dept van|capacity = 10 tons|telcode = None|brakes = |built = 1913|years1 = 1972|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |thumbyears5 = |300pxevents5 = |rightyears6 = |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> ==80982 in service==80982 was built at Swindon in 1913 to Diagram CC7, Lot 767, and was allocated to Reading Signal Dept Van.<ref>GWR813.org</ref> Workshop and tool vans built to Diagram CC were not allocated a telegraphic code.<ref>A history of GWR goods wagons. A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1</ref> As a Departmental wagon, it carried the number DW 80982. ==80982 in preservation==After being decommissioned by BR(W), 80982 was rescued from Bristol, arriving on the SVR on 2 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>
Built in 1913, 80982 now serves as the [[Wagon Department]]'s mess van. Owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]<br>
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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
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==See Alsoalso==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
==References==
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==Links==
*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew89.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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