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{{Infobox wagon
|image      = BR 955243 Goods Brake Van.jpg
|caption    = The frame and brake wheel of BR Brake Van 955243
|construc   = Faverdale
|status     = Stored (chassis only)
|wagno      = B955243
|othernos   = 
|designed   = 
|diagram    = 1/507
|lot        = 3394
|wagtype    = 4-wheel brake van
|capacity    = 20 tons
|telcode    = TOADFIT
|topscode   = CAP
|brakes     = vac through piped
|built      = 1962
|years1     = 1990
|events1    = Arrived on SVR
|years2     = 2001
|events2    = Fire damaged
|years3     = 
|events3    = 
}}BR 20 ton 'Toadfit' brake van 955243 was built in 1962 at Faverdale to Diagram 1/507 Lot 3394.<ref name=Atkins>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] App.4.</ref> 

It was moved to the SVR from the embryonic Southall Steam Centre in 1990 by owner J.J. Smith, arriving 21 December.  The SVR Stock Book records that it was subsequently used on [[Demonstration Goods Train|gala and charter freight trains]].<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

During 2001 955243 and fellow Toadfit [[BR 953153 Goods Brake Van|953153]] were both damaged by fire while stored in the Engineers’ siding at the [[Stourport Triangle]]. Damage to 955243 was the more serious, with not one piece of timber left unburned.<ref name=SVR141>SVR News 141</ref>

By 2015 only the frame and brake wheel remained as can be seen in this photograph taken at the Stourport Triangle.

==See also==
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]

==References==
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==Links==
*[http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7463 955243 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]

[[Category:Brake vans]]
[[Category:Rolling stock at the Stourport Triangle]]