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82554 was originally built as a 'Mink A' Goods Van at Swindon in 1908 to Diagram V12, Lot 576. In 1925 it was converted to a ‘Fruit B’ or Banana Van, to Diagram Y5;, the conversion involved the removal of vents and the installation of insulation and the end centre shuttered louvre.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref><ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 36, 442.</ref>the conversion involved the removal of vents and the installation of insulation and the end centre shuttered louvre.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> The van had a capacity of 10 tons.
82554 ended its working life in Departmental use at [[Worcester]]. It arrived on the SVR in on 8 March 1969 and was initially restored as a Banana Van at [[Bewdley]] later that year. After a period of disuse it was acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1991.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
A major overhaul began in spring 1992, considered by the [[Wagon Department]] at the time to be the most extensive (and expensive) rebuild of a covered van to date.<ref>SVR News 102</ref> Both headstocks were renewed, together with the curb rails, chassis diagonal bracing and several sections of body uprights. New body planks were fitted and the vacuum brake equipment, which had been removed prior to arrival on the SVR, was reinstated. The roof was also re-canvassed and the overhaul completed in summer 1994.<ref>SVR News 107, 111</ref>
