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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = SECR_12522_20150402.jpg |thumb|200px|right| caption = SE&CR Open Goods Wagon 12522 ]]|construc = SE&CR, Ashford|status = Overhaul in progress|wagno = 12522|othernos = PBA 58183|designed = |diagram = 1347|lot = |wagtype = 4-wheel 5-plank open|capacity = 10 tons|telcode =|topscode = |brakes = |built = 1920|years1 = 1975|events1 = Preserved|years2 = 1988|events2 = Arrived on the SVR|years3 = |events3 = }}This ex-South East and Chatham Railway Open Goods Wagon was built at Ashford, Kent in 1920. Many wagons of this period were wooden-framed, but this example had steel chassis members. As a result it had a long working life, passing to the SR at Grouping in 1923, and to BR post-War. It was later sold to the Port of Bristol Authority, and finally purchased for preservation in 1975.  After being stored for 13 years it arrived on the SVR in January 1988.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> On arrival it was in generally good condition, although one headstock had been severely bent due to a heavy shunt in the past and needed replacement.<ref>SVR News 88</ref> A debut in the [[2857]] 75th Anniversary Freight Train on 22 May 1988 was curtailed by a hot axle box, although this was fixed in time for an appearance in the Autumn Steam Gala the same year.<ref>SVR News 90</ref> In 2001 one end of 12522 was derailed on trap points outside Bewdley South Box. The wagon was re-railed using the [[Smiths, Rodley DW35 6-ton steam crane|6-ton steam crane]]. Some 18 months later the wagon suffered another hot axle box; investigations revealed that during the re-railing both that bearing and another at the other end of the wagon had been displaced. Both bearings were re-metaled and machined, and the opportunity taken to replace a number of body planks using second-hand timber from a china clay wagon. A repaint was also carried out with the wagon returning to service in early 2004.<ref>SVR News 147</ref>.  In summer 2017 the wagon began another overhaul by the [[Wagon Department]] at [[Bewdley Goods Shed]]. On this occasion installation of new curb rails and replacement of floor and body timbers was required.<ref>National Preservation Forum ‘SVR wagons 2017’ thread</ref> Early in 2018 new brake pins and other parts were fabricated, but being an ‘outside’ job, little further work was done until the summer. {{As of|2018|12}} the wagon had been moved inside the goods shed where work was continuing.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-wagons-2018.1075878/ National Preservation Forum ‘SVR wagons 2018’ thread]</ref>.

==SourcesReferences==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<brreferences/>Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition