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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 94059 China Clay Open Wagon.jpg|thumb|300px|right|caption = GWR 94059 China Clay Open Wagon|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Operational|wagno = 94059|othernos = PBA 58028|designed = |diagram = O13|lot = 777|wagtype = 4w 5-plank tippler|capacity = 12 tons|telcode = CLAY (after 1943)|topscode = OWO|brakes = DCII|built = 1914|years1 = 1975|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}94059 is one of 500 built at Swindon in 1914 to Diagram O13, Lot 777. It is a 4-wheeled 5-plank open tippler wagon with a capacity of 12 tons. The wagons were used until the 1950s to haul china clay from Cornwall to the Staffordshire potteries, and accordingly were latterly given the telegraphic code 'CLAY'. In service they were fitted with zinc-lined floors, as the normal wooden floor of a wagon could stain the clay. An end door allowed the clay to be tipped, but side doors were also fitted to allow barrels of clay to be loaded if required. They were originally fitted with DCII brakes, later converted to a GWR Morton-type ‘lever each side’ pin-down arrangement to comply with the 1939 BoT right hand brake lever ruling.<ref >[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]]pp. 10, 28, 304.</ref><ref>[http://www.gwr.org.uk/nowagonbrakes.html Wagon brakes on www.gwr.org.uk]</ref>

94059 was built sold to the Port of Bristol Authority in 19141958 for use on the Avonmouth Docks internal system, where it was numbered PBA 58028. Owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] It was acquired from there, arriving on the SVR on 8 September 1975.<brref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> Some body repairs were carried out shortly after arrival.<ref>SVR News 39</ref> It ran for some time under the false number 97393 but was repainted with the correct number in 1982.<ref>SVR News 66</ref>

In 1985, 94059 appeared on the main line when it was used in 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> In June 1990, 94059 and [[Cadbury's 346 Goods Van]] were included in the demonstration goods train for the "Heavy Freight Weekend" event. A number of the wagons were derailed on trap points at the north end of Bridgnorth station at the end of the event and both wagons suffered damage. 94059’s bodywork was already in poor condition and an overhaul was undertaken the following year. This included complete replacement of body timbers and the curb rail.<ref>SVR News 96, 98, 102</ref>  A further overhaul was carried out in 2011. The second-hand floor planks used in 1991 were replaced with new keruing and a number of other planks were also replaced. The brakes were restored to the original as-fitted DCII arrangement using a mixture of spare components and newly fabricated parts.<ref>SVR News 175</ref>  94059 is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]. ==See Alsoalso==

*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew48.html 94059 on www.gwr813.org]<br>*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7460 94059 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line] [[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]][[Category:Rolling stock associated with Port of Bristol Authority]][[Category:Featured articles]]<br>