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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = SR_1174_20150307.jpg |thumbcaption = SR Parcels Van 1174|200pxconstruc = Ashford|rightstatus = In service| SR wagno = 1174|othernos = DS70004|designed = |diagram = 3103|lot = 824|wagtype = Parcels Van 1174]]|telcode = PMV|brakes = |built = 1936|years1 = 1988|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}1174 was designated by the Southern Railway as a Parcels and Miscellaneous Van or “PMV”. It was built at Ashford circa 1935-36, and was used to carry livestock, newspapers, mail and parcels. It has a narrow body profile for use on SR lines with restricted gauge such as that to Hastings, and was based on a 1921 South East and Chatham Railway design. It was used to carry livestock, newspapers, mail and parcels on Express Passenger services, denoted by the letters XP which it carries.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==Service==1174 was built by the Southern Railway at Ashford, Kent in 1936 to Diagram 3103, Lot 824.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> After leaving revenue-earning service it was renumbered DS70004 and used as a Departmental tool and mess van for point -heater fitters , before being withdrawn from service and moved to Cohen’s Scrap Yard at Kingsbury. It was rescued from there in July 1988<ref name=SB9/>.

==SourcesPreservation==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey (states build date 1174 arrived on the SVR from Kingsbury on 11 July 1988. It was used as a tool and workshop van at Kidderminster, receiving a repaint into SR Malachite green livery at the [[Carriage Repair Works|North Star Carriage Works]] at Kidderminster in 1997.<ref name=SB9/>. It received another repaint in 2004 as 1936)part of a work experience scheme; SVR News reported at the time that the wagon was owned by C&W volunteer Brian Bessey.<brref>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition (states build date as 1935)News 149</ref>

==Links==The main photograph above shows 1174 outside [http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] in March 2015.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=382 1174 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>