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}}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 on 1 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>.
