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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = GWR 98480 5 plank Open Goods Wagon.jpg|caption = GWR 60562 Ballast Wagon, August 2012|construc = Metro-Cammell, Saltley|status = Stored|wagno = 98480|othernos = PBA 58194|designed = |diagram = O18|lot = 868|wagtype = 10 ton 5-plank open wagon|telcode = OPEN A|brakes = non-vac fitted|built = 1921|thumbyears1 = 1981|300pxevents1 = Entered preservation|rightyears2 = 1982|GWR events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 = 1986|events3 = Restored|years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}98480 is a type ‘Open A’, signifying a 10-ton capacity 5 -plank Open Goods Wagon]]open wagon with a sheet support (which it no longer has) but not equipped with vacuum brakes. It is fitted with Mk.3 Dean / Churchward brake gear, which uses a ratchet and pawl to keep the brake on, avoiding the need to "pin down" the brake. This type of brake can also be fully applied without the use of a brake stick.<ref name=SVR82>SVR News 82</ref>

==Service==98480 was built in 1921 by Metropolitan-Cammell at Saltley under contract to Diagram O18, Lot 868. <ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>It is a type ‘Open A’later saw service on the Port of Bristol Authority’s Avonmouth Docks internal system, signifying a 10-ton capacity open wagon with a sheet support (which where it no longer has) but not equipped with vacuum brakeswas numbered PBA 58194. <ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==Preservation==98480 later saw service on the Port of Bristol Authority’s Avonmouth Docks internal system, where it was numbered PBA 58194. It was acquired from there the PBA by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1981, <ref>GWR813.org</ref> arriving on the SVR on 19 February 1982. <ref name=SB9/> It received a ‘quick repaint’ shortly after arrival, although other rectification work was left to a later date.<ref>SVR News 66</ref> It is owned 98480 was subsequently stored at Kidderminster, deemed to be in unusable condition. During 1986 it was moved to Bewdley for overhaul. This included welding repairs to cracks in the framework and the replacement of curb rails which the PBA had removed to gain access to the floor planks without stripping the sides down. The brake gear also received attention and the wagon entered service after being repainted.<ref name=SVR82/> In July 2012 98480 was photographed at Kidderminster,<ref>Sharpo’s World</ref> but by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]the following month it had been moved into storage in the Tenbury Siding at Bewdley.<brref>Gareth Price photo</ref>

*[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew50.html 98480 on www.gwr813.org]<br>*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7458 98480 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>*[http://www.sharpos-world.co.uk/cpg/thumbnails.php?search=98480&submit=search&album=search&title=on&newer_than=&caption=on&older_than=&keywords=on&type=AND 98480 on "Sharpo's World"]