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It arrived on the SVR in July 1969 and by August 1972 had acquired the fictitious number “CCW 1”.<ref name=SB3/>  By 1980 it was reported as being in a yellow unlettered livery with no number.<ref>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref>   
 
It arrived on the SVR in July 1969 and by August 1972 had acquired the fictitious number “CCW 1”.<ref name=SB3/>  By 1980 it was reported as being in a yellow unlettered livery with no number.<ref>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref>   
  
The wagon was inspected for the Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey in February 2013; the resulting [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8151 listing] showed a status "For disposal" and condition "Derelict".<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> However the wagon was subsequently restored and by December 2018 was stored under a tarpaulin at [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]].<ref>ID confirmed by David Postle, 29 December 2018</ref> It was 'unveiled' in August 2019.  
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The wagon was inspected for the Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey in February 2013; the resulting [http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8151 listing] showed a status "For disposal" and condition "Derelict".<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> However the wagon was subsequently restored and by December 2018 was stored under a tarpaulin at [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]].<ref>ID confirmed by David Postle, 29 December 2018</ref> It was 'unveiled' in August 2019 and is now owned by the Kidderminster Railway Museum collection.
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In August 2021 the signwriting was applied, the painter being the former Gloucestershire and England wicket keeper Jack Russell MBE. The wagon is in the livery of 'James H. Smart & Sons'. James Harry Smart was a prominent coal merchant and carrier in the late 1800s, based on the Cotswolds canals at Chalford in Gloucestershire<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep21 BranchLines, September 2021]</ref>.
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Latest revision as of 16:57, 13 September 2021

British Sugar 7-plank open wagon
BSC 13 20190828.jpg
BSCBritish Steel Corporation, or British Sugar Corporation 13 at Kidderminster Railway Museum in 2019
Status Restored
Number 16053
Other Numbers B.S.C. 13, “CCW 1”
History
Built 1937?
Type 4-w 7-plank open
Capacity 13 tons
TOPS code OMO
1969 Donated to SVRSevern Valley Railway
2018 Restored

Goods Wagons

This 4-wheel 7-plank wagon was one of 10 donated to the SVRSevern Valley Railway in July 1969 by the British Sugar Corporation at Foley Park. A further four were donated in May 1971, although by 1990 all but 4 had been cut up as beyond economical repair.

The original builder and works number of this wagon are not recorded, although it was registered as number 16053 in 1937 and carried the number B.S.C. 13.[1]

It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in July 1969 and by August 1972 had acquired the fictitious number “CCW 1”.[1] By 1980 it was reported as being in a yellow unlettered livery with no number.[2]

The wagon was inspected for the Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey in February 2013; the resulting listing showed a status "For disposal" and condition "Derelict".[3] However the wagon was subsequently restored and by December 2018 was stored under a tarpaulin at Kidderminster Railway Museum.[4] It was 'unveiled' in August 2019 and is now owned by the Kidderminster Railway Museum collection.

In August 2021 the signwriting was applied, the painter being the former Gloucestershire and England wicket keeper Jack Russell MBE. The wagon is in the livery of 'James H. Smart & Sons'. James Harry Smart was a prominent coal merchant and carrier in the late 1800s, based on the Cotswolds canals at Chalford in Gloucestershire[5].

See also

List of goods wagons

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Third Edition
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Seventh Edition
  3. Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
  4. ID confirmed by David Postle, 29 December 2018
  5. BranchLines, September 2021

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