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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = GWR_162_20150320.jpg |caption = GWR Riding and Dormitory Van 162]|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Static use|wagno = 162|othernos = DW 162|designed = |diagram =|lot =|wagtype = Engineers vehicle|telcode = None|brakes = Vac fitted|built = 1923|years1 = 1976|events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |thumbevents3 = |300pxyears4 = |rightevents4 = | years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}162 is a GWR 4-wheel Riding and Dormitory Van 162. In service these ran paired with 6-wheel Tool vans such as [[GWR 66 Breakdown Tool Van | GWR 66]], and were stationed at GWR loco sheds. The Tool and Riding Van pairs would be required to attend mishaps as fast as possible and were vacuum-braked to allow running at near express speeds. The riding vans were gas lit and had stoves for heating and cooking while on site.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> As Engineers' vehicles, they were not allocated a telegraphic code.

==Service and preservation==162 is a was built at Swindon in 1923.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> It arrived on the SVR from Ashchurch on 23 April 1976. Ownership in the 1998 SVR stock book was recorded as ''Erlestoke Manor Fund Trustee''; the Erlestoke Manor Fund newsletter for March 2002 referred to ''Bob Marrows' ex GWR 4-wheel Riding Permanent way van, much in use for painting and Dormitory Vanstoring our small fittings''. <ref name=SB9/><ref>[http://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/bradley-back-steam/ Erlestoke Manor Fund newsletter for March 2002]</ref> In service these ran paired with 6-wheel Tool vans such as February 2020 Bob Marrows offered to transfer ownership of the van to [[GWR 66 Breakdown Tool Van | GWR 66The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]for a nominal sum, on condition the Fund would maintain it and were stationed at GWR loco shedsrespect its historical value. The Tool and Riding Van pairs would be required to attend mishaps as fast as possible and were vacuum-braked to allow running at near express speedsThis transfer duly took place in March 2020.<ref>EMF Newsletter 74, April 2020</ref>

162 was built at Swindon in 1923. It arrived on the SVR from Bristol in December 1982. Ownership in the 1998 SVR stock book was recorded as ''Erlestoke Manor Fund Trustee''; the Erlestoke Manor Fund newsletter for March 2002 referred to ''Bob Marrows' ex and another riding van, [[GWR 9 Riding/Dormitory Van|GWR Permanent way van9]], much are both located in use for painting and storing our small fittings[[Bewdley Down Yard]] behind the 'tent'.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref><ref>under which [[http://www2047 Warwickshire]] is being restored.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/EMF_news/EMF_March02.html Erlestoke Manor Fund newsletter for March 2002]</ref>

*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7492 162 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>