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File: LT_ LT_Ballast_Hoppers_20150426.jpg | Ballast hoppers in an engineers train
==Sources==
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
{{Infobox wagon|image = LT_Ballast_Hoppers_20150426.jpg |caption = Three Herring ballast hoppers in an engineers train|construc = See table|status = In service|wagno = See table|othernos = |designed = |diagram = P6 / P20|lot = |wagtype = 4-wheel steel ballast hopper|capacity = 20 tons|telcode = HERRING|topscode = |brakes = |built = See table|years1 = 1984|events1 = Arrived on the SVR|years2 = 1985|events2 = GW 150 main line appearance|years3 = |events3 = }}The SVR is home to three ex-London Underground 20 ton steel Ballast Hopper Wagons (type ‘Herring’) originally ordered . The design of these originated with the 1902 GWR Diagram P6 20 ton Ballast Hopper<ref>[http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/gwrherring Paul Bartlett]</ref> and later 1945 GWR/BR Diagram P22 Ballast Hopper. These were not given a telegraphic code by the London Passenger Transport Board for use on planned extension works on London Underground such as GWR, but were given the extension of the Northern Line to Potters Bartype name 'Herring' by BR. The wagons London Underground examples include ‘foldback’ 'foldback' buffers to allow use with L.T. electric loco stock.
The SVR’s wagons, which arrived on the SVR in July 1984, are numbered as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Number !! Built !! Built by!! Wagon Survey !! Notes
|-
| HW 410 || 1938 || GRCW || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7469 Link] ||
|-
| HW 410 411 || 1938 || GRCW || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7472 Link] ||
|-
| HW 436 || 1965 || BR Shildon || [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7468 Link] ||
|-
|}
==Service==
The two early examples were originally ordered by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1936 for use on planned extension works on London Underground such as the extension of the Northern Line to Potters Bar. These works were cancelled in 1938 due to the impending war. The third example was not built until the mid-1960s.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
==Preservation==
The three ballast hoppers were acquired by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR(H)]] in early 1984 and were initially intended for use in completing the [[The development of Kidderminster Town Station|extension to Kidderminster]]. Delays in receiving the LRO meant they were marooned in a goods yard at Shirebrook in Derbyshire, only arriving on the morning of 23 July 1984, the Monday of the final week before opening. They were immediately brought into use, greatly speeding up the final ballasting, lifting packing and slueing which was required at Kidderminster.<ref name=SB9/><ref>SVR News 73</ref>
In 1985, 410 and 436 appeared on the main line when they were used 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>
The wagons have seen regular use on Permanent Way duties on the railway, and are normally stabled along the line, often at [[Eardington]]. The SVR also has a number of other larger ballast hoppers, including a 24 ton [[BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagons|BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagon]] and six 40 ton [[BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers| BR 'Seacow' 40t Ballast Hoppers]].
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File: LT_HW_411_20150426.jpg | HW 411
File: LT_HW_436_20150426.jpg | HW 436
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==References==<references /> [[Category:Featured articles]][[Category:London Underground stock]][[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]
