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}}'''South East Eastern and Chatham Railway Open Goods Wagon 12522''' was built at Ashford, Kent in 1920. Many wagons of this period were wooden-framed, but this 4-wheel 5-plank example had steel chassis members. As a result it had a long working life, passing to the SR at Grouping in 1923, and surviving into service with BR post-War.
After withdrawal from BR service it was sold to the Port of Bristol Authority where it was renumbered PBA 58183<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</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 the failed 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 of the SE&CR grey livery was also carried out with the wagon returning to service in early 2004.<ref>SVR News 147</ref>.
By 2017 12522 had been stored for some time awaiting body repairs, latterly in the [[Tenbury Branch|Tenbury siding]] at Bewdley in 2015 before moving to the yard at Bewdley circa early 2016 . 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 all of the floor and body timbers was required with new brake pins and other parts being fabricated.<ref>National Preservation Forum ‘SVR wagons 2017’ thread</ref> Some repairs were also required to the underframe.<ref>SVR News 205</ref> It was completed in March 2019<ref>[http://www.svrwagons.uk/news.html Wagon department News]</ref>.
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File:SECR 12522 Tenbury Siding 20150402.jpg |Stored in Tenbury siding, April 2015SECR_12522_20150402.jpg|Before restoration in 2015circa 2016
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