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}}This ex-ICI bogie hopper wagon was built as wagon no. 3329 by Charles Roberts & Co. of Wakefield in 1952 as wagon no, part of the third and final batch of a design first introduced in 1938. 3329. It was used These historically important wagons once formed part of the block limestone trains which ran up to haul limestone traffic from the quarries at seven times daily between Tunstead, near Buxton in the Derbyshire Peak District, to and the I.C.I. processing works at Northwich, revolutionising the transport of bulk limestone. For this it The wagons were intensively used and are believed to have accumulated mileages of between 3 and 5 million miles during their working life.<ref name=VMoney>[https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/displayCharityCampaignPage.action?charityCampaignUrl=hopperrestoration 8F Society Hopper Appeal Fundraiser page] (Retrieved 27 October 2021)</ref> It was given BR TOPS no. 19129 and BR registration no. 183566.<ref>Stanier 8F Society</ref> It had a capacity of 48 tons<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref><ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Marsden (1984)]] p. 89.</ref>, although the SVR Stock Book and Stanier 8F Society give a capacity of 1,230 cubic feet equating to 43½ tons. The TOPS code for this class of wagon was originally PHV, recoded to JGV in 1990.<ref>[http://www.ltsv.com/w_ref_datasheet_ph.php LTSV Wagons]</ref>
Motive power used to haul these wagons would have included Stanier 8F locomotives. The wagon is one of two acquired by the [[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]], although there is no record that [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 | 48773]] was used to haul ICI mineral traffic. It arrived on 7 May 1994 and was photographed in April 2015 stored on the [[Stourport Triangle]].
Sister [[ICI 19052 Bogie Steel Hopper Wagon|19052]] was cosmetically restored in November 2020 and the Society appealed for further funds to enable volunteers also to cosmetically restore 19129<ref name=VMoney/>.
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