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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = LMS_730866_20150307.jpg |thumbcaption = LMS Brake Van 730866 at Bewdley (2015)|200pxconstruc = LMS Derby|status = Operational|wagno = 730866|rightothernos = DM 730866| LMS designed = |diagram = D2036|lot = 1278|wagtype = 20T Brake Van |telcode = |topscode = CAP|brakes = Through piped|built = 1940|years1 = 1990|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}730866]]This is an LMS 20 ton Brake Van was built at Derby in 1940 to Lot 1278. It is 24ft long with a 16ft wheelbase, and is one of 2,653 similar vehicles built between 1933 and 1947. It is not fitted with a vacuum brake, but has a through vacuum pipe for working with other fitted vehicles. It arrived on the SVR in February 1990 and is owned by the [[The <ref name=2857org>2857 Society | 2857 Society]].org.uk</ref>
==See also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
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==Service== 730866 was built at Derby in 1940 as Lot 1278 to Diagram D2036.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>. It is photographed also saw Departmental use, having carried the number DM 760866. Its working life ended at [[Bewdley]]Radyr in south Wales.<ref name=2857org/>
==SourcesPreservation==Railway Heritage Register Wagon SurveyOwning group the [[The 2857 Society | 2857 Society]] decided to purchase an LMS Brake Van and inspected a number before identifying 730866 as an example in good condition. It was purchased from BR for £800 and moved from Radyr by rail to the C&W Maintenance shops at Cathays, near Cardiff. From there it was transported by road to the SVR, arriving at Kidderminster on 17 February 1990.<brref>SVR News 95 and 2857.org.uk (SVR Stock Book Eighth Editionand RHR Wagon Survey state 17 March)<br/ref>2857 Society
After arrival, 730866 was restored and repainted in LMS brown livery. It saw use in the SVR ‘Steam School’ during the 1990s, although this ended when it became a requirement to use a vacuum brake fitted vehicle. It remained in working order and used regularly in works trains. It has also been used to give brake van rides at galas and special events.
It also spent some time in [[The Engine House]] in BR(M) livery.<ref>SVR News 205, p.40</ref>
In 2018 it was unfortunately 'red carded' for unsafe running boards before the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2018|Goods Gala]] on 2-3 June, where it was due to form part of the [[Demonstration Goods Train|demonstration goods train]] hauled by [[2857]] to celebrate the locomotive's 100th anniversary. This inevitably turned in to a bigger job with the [[Wagon Department]] repairing handrail fixing points, the veranda floors and the step boards. The wagon also was repainted back into LMS condition.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-wagons-2018.1075878/page-3 SVR Wagons, National Preservation website, 19 August 2018] (Retrieved 31 December 2018)</ref>
==See also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]<br>
[[The Engine House#Other_items_formerly_on_display|Other items formerly on display in The Engine House]]
==References==
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==Links==
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7465 730866 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://www.2857.org.uk/2857_lms_brake_van.html 730866 on 2857.org.uk]
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