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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 99965 Open 'C' Goods Wagon.jpg|thumb|300px|right|caption = GWR 99965 Open 'C' Goods Wagon]]|construc = GWR Swindon|status = In service|wagno = 99965|othernos = I/U 023308|designed = |diagram = O.19|lot = 971|wagtype = 14 ton open wagon|telcode = OPEN C (later TUBE)|brakes = |built = 1927|years1 = 1988|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1994|events2 = Major overhaul|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}99965 is a 25 foot 4-wheel 4-plank open wagon with a 15 ft wheelbase. It had a capacity of 14 tons and was designed to carry steel pipes. It originally had the telegraphic code 'OPEN C', later re-coded ‘TUBE’ during the 1940s.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==Service==99965 was built at Swindon in 1927 to Diagram O19, Lot 971. It is a 25 foot 4-wheel 4-plank open wagon After service with a capacity of 14 tonsthe GWR and BR(W), designed 99965 was moved to carry steel pipes. It originally had the telegraphic code 'Open C', later re-coded ‘Tube’ during Internal User duties at the 1940sWolverton Carriage Works as number I/U 023308. <ref name=SB9/>

After service with the GWR and BR(W), ==Preservation==99965 was moved to Internal User duties at the Wolverton Carriage Works as number I/U 023308. It was acquired for preservation from thereby [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]], arriving on the SVR on 5 from Wolverton in May 19981988.<ref name=SB9/>  Following a request from the boilersmiths at Bridgnorth for a suitable wagon to hold a number of superheater flues, 99965 was moved from store in Kidderminster to Bewdley in summer 1994 for replacement of ‘a few planks’. On arrival, the door planks, end planks, floor, curb rail, all four carrying springs, one buffer spring, and the handbrake ratchet pawl spring were all condemned and the simple job became a major overhaul. <ref>SVR It is owned by [[News 111</ref> The axleguards were found to be out of alignment and were removed, straightened and re-riveted in place. The body was rebuilt using new timber, and 99965 was repainted in 1920s GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]livery during November 1994. On completion of this work, the wagon was then moved to Bridgnorth and loaded with superheater flues as intended.<brref>SVR News 113/114</ref>  99965 is still used for storage of boiler components at Bridgnorth, as seen in the photograph.

*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew52.html 99965 on www.gwr813.org]<br>*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9657 99965 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>