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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon.jpg|caption = A890 is approximately half the size of this ‘Type B’ container. |construc = GWR Swindon|thumbstatus = Restored|300pxwagno = A890|rightothernos = |”TypeB” designed = |diagram = A1|lot = |wagtype = Container BR 49408B mounted on GWR 'Conflat' Container Wagon 39860]](wood plank body)|capacity = 2&frac12; tons|telcode =|topscode = |brakes = |built = 1931|years1 = 2013|events1 = Donated to the FoKTS|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}The GWR began to experiment with container transport in the late 1920s, and by the outbreak of World War Two had built around 2,150 containers. The container was essentially a van body which could be carried by a 'Conflat' Wagon such as [[GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon | GWR 39860]] and also by road transport, without the need to unlock the container or remove goods from it during transhipment. They were therefore used mainly for manufactured goods of high value or commodities which needed to be protected from the weather.<ref name=ABT>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 513-515</ref>

A890 was donated to the [[Friends of Kidderminster Town Station]] in 2013 and has since been fully restored and repainted in its original livery of dark grey body with white lettering.<ref>Restoration of GWR Container A890 in the Friends of Kidderminster Town Station magazine [https://web.archive.org/web/20190923041105/http://www.kfriends.org.uk/magazine/container.htm Part 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190923041105/http://www.kfriends.org.uk/magazine/container1.htm Part 2], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190923041105/http://www.kfriends.org.uk/magazine/container2.htm Part 3]</ref><ref>SVR News 205, pp. 50-53</ref>

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190923041105/http://www.kfriends.org.uk/ Friends of Kidderminster Town Station web site]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190923041105/http://www.kfriends.org.uk/projects/container.htm GWR Container on www.kfriends.org.uk]