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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service it was renumbered DS70004 and used as a Departmental tool and mess van for point -heater fitters , before being withdrawn from service and moved to Cohen’s Scrap Yard at Kingsbury.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 1936)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.<brref name=SB9/>. It received another repaint in 2004 as part of a work experience scheme.<ref>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition (states build date as 1935)News 149</ref>

==Links==[http://wwwStock Book 8 (1990) recorded the owner as J.A. McNally.wsStock Book 9 (1998) recorded it as B Bessey and J.vintagecarriagestrustMcNally.org/ws/WagonInfoSVR News 149 (Winter 2004-05) referred to it being owned by 'one of our regular workshop volunteers, Brian Bessey'.asp?Ref=382  The main photograph above shows 1174 outside [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] in March 2015.In 2022 it was reported by station staff to be at [[Bewdley Down Yard|Bewdley]] with a tarpaulin over the roof, presumably because of leaks. It is not considered as part of the heritage goods wagon fleet and so may move at any time, depending on vintagecarriagestrustwhat is stored in it when it is needed elsewhere.org]<br>