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|image = GWR 93045 Mink 'A' Covered Goods VanGWR_93045_20160504.jpg|caption = GWR 93045 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van(2016)

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|years1 = 1990|events1 = Preserved at Gloucester|years2 = 2008|events2 = Arrived on the SVR

}}'''GWR 93045''' is a '''MINK A Covered Goods Van'''. MINK was originally the generic GWR telegraphic code for a covered goods van, and after 1909 more specifically the 16ft non-vac fitted type. The MINK A type was a vac ventilated version but could be either vacuum or non-vac ventilated version. vacuum fitted<ref >[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] p. 12.</ref>.

Built ==Service==90345 was built in 1914 to Diagram V16, Lot 742, 93045 was one of 2,260 10-ton MINK A goods vans built to that diagram. As built, Diagram V16 was non-vac fitted, with DCIII brakes, GWR self-contained buffers, and bonnets (rather than shutters or louvres) covering the end ventilators. It had a 9ft wheelbase.<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 34, 379.</ref> It later carried Internal User number I/U 064722.<ref Name = "Survey">Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>

In preservationWhile in BR service, 93045 arrived it was overhauled at the National Waterways Museum Swindon in July 19901956 and had its axlebox oil pads checked in 1960.<ref Name = "Survey" /> It was put up for sale in 2008 after During the owner latter part of its life, one of its four original doors was asked to remove replaced with a plywood fitting and it, and was acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]], moving to also allocated the SVR on 31 AugustBR Internal User number 064722. It was not recorded when it moved to its last home in good condition on arrivalGloucester, requiring only two floor planks to be fitted and although it spent many years parked in a re-paint to match existing MINK A 93016siding opposite the old Gloucester Foundry. It was last pictured on BR metals at Gloucester Rail Day in 1990<ref Name name= "Survey" GTH>[https://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/><ref>SVR News 175RR_NWM%20wagons.html Gloucestershire Transport History]</ref>.

After overhaul==Preservation==93045 moved to the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester in July 1990, having been acquired for preservation by Mr Chris Perkins. Within a year of arrival it had received new doors and sides and new planking between the ventilators; it had also been repainted.<ref name=GTH/> The Museum was also home to a collection of four other box vans which were displayed around the quayside along with 93045. In 2008 the Friends of the Museum decided to open up the space around the quayside and their four vans were moved to new homes, while Chris Perkins was given notice to remove 93045. It was offered for sale to the [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]].<ref name=GTH/>  An inspection at Gloucester found that the wagon was in good condition, and it was moved to the SVR on 31 August 2008. By coincidence, at the same time that 93045 was offered to the GWR 813 Preservation Fund, their sister wagon [[GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van|93016]] was undergoing a repair and repaint at [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department|Bewdley]]. By the following July a couple of 93045's floor planks had been replaced using timber provided with the vehicle, and although it was in good condition, it featured also received a quick repaint to match newly completed 93016.<ref>SVR News 175</ref><ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-wagons-2009.17021/ National Preservation Forum, ''SVR Wagons 2009'']</ref> Since arrival, 93045 has regularly appeared in the [[Demonstration Goods Train]] . In 2010 a day needed to be spent tidying up after a 'heavy shunt' during the gala resulted in its contents being "turned through 90 degrees".<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-wagons-2010.22314/ National Preservation Forum, ''SVR Wagons 2010'']</ref> Other appearances included 2013 (pictured below), 2015, 2016 (main picture above) and 2018 (pictured below). <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">GWR 93045 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van.jpg|93045 in April 2013Demonstration Goods Train 20180603.jpg|The 2018 demonstration goods train (92045 is behind the white 'MICA B')</gallery> During 2022 93045 was moved into [[Bewdley Goods Shed]] where it underwent minor body repairs and received a repaint.<ref>SVR News 223</ref> These were completed in March 2023,<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-wagons-2023.1421877/ National Preservation Forum, ''SVR Wagons 2023'']</ref> after which it again featured in the Demonstration Goods Train.

*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew2993045.html 93045 on www.gwr813.org]

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