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Owning group the [[The 2857 Society  | 2857 Society]] decided to purchase an LMS Brake Van and inspected a number before identifying 730866 as an example in good condition. It was purchased from BR for £800 and moved from Radyr by rail to the C&W Maintenance shops at Cathays, near Cardiff. From there it was transported by road to the SVR, arriving at Kidderminster on 17 February 1990.<ref>SVR News 95 and 2857.org.uk (SVR Stock Book and RHR Wagon Survey state 17 March)</ref>
 
Owning group the [[The 2857 Society  | 2857 Society]] decided to purchase an LMS Brake Van and inspected a number before identifying 730866 as an example in good condition. It was purchased from BR for £800 and moved from Radyr by rail to the C&W Maintenance shops at Cathays, near Cardiff. From there it was transported by road to the SVR, arriving at Kidderminster on 17 February 1990.<ref>SVR News 95 and 2857.org.uk (SVR Stock Book and RHR Wagon Survey state 17 March)</ref>
  
After arrival, 730866 was restored and repainted in LMS brown livery. It saw use in the SVR ‘Steam School’ during the 1990s, although this ended when it became a requirement to use a vacuum brake fitted vehicle.  It remained in working order and used regularly in works trains. It has also been used to give brake van rides at galas and special events.  It was 'red carded' for unsafe running boards before the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2018|Goods Gala]] on 2-3 June 2018, where it was due to form part of the [[Demonstration Goods Train|demonstration goods train]] hauled by [[2857]] to celebrate the locomotive's 100th anniversary. This inevitably turned in to a bigger job and {{As of|2018|07|lc=y}} the [[Wagon Department]] is undertaking repairs to brakes, verandahs, floor planks and doors, plus repaint.<ref>SVR Wagons Facebook</ref>  
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After arrival, 730866 was restored and repainted in LMS brown livery. It saw use in the SVR ‘Steam School’ during the 1990s, although this ended when it became a requirement to use a vacuum brake fitted vehicle.  It remained in working order and used regularly in works trains. It has also been used to give brake van rides at galas and special events.   
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In 2018 it was unfortunately 'red carded' for unsafe running boards before the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2018|Goods Gala]] on 2-3 June, where it was due to form part of the [[Demonstration Goods Train|demonstration goods train]] hauled by [[2857]] to celebrate the locomotive's 100th anniversary. This inevitably turned in to a bigger job with the [[Wagon Department]] repairing handrail fixing points, the veranda floors and the step boards. The wagon also was repainted.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-wagons-2018.1075878/page-3 SVR Wasgons, National Preservation website, 19 August 2018] (Retrieved 31 December 2018)</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 13:48, 31 December 2018

LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 730866 Goods Brake Van
LMS 730866 20150307.jpg
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Brake Van 730866 at Bewdley (2015)
Built By LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Derby
Status Operational
Number 730866
Other Numbers DM 730866
History
Built 1940
Diagram D2036
Lot 1278
Type 20T Brake Van
Telegraphic code CAP (TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock.)
Brakes Through piped
1990 Entered preservation on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Goods Wagons

730866 is an LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 20 ton Brake Van. It is 24ft long with a 16ft wheelbase, and is one of 2,653 similar vehicles built between 1933 and 1947. It is not fitted with a vacuum brake, but has a through vacuum pipe for working with other fitted vehicles.[1]

Service

730866 was built at Derby in 1940 as Lot 1278 to Diagram D2036.[2]. It also saw DepartmentalRolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic. use, having carried the number DM 760866. Its working life ended at Radyr in south Wales. [1]

Preservation

Owning group the 2857 Society decided to purchase an LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Brake Van and inspected a number before identifying 730866 as an example in good condition. It was purchased from BRBritish Rail or British Railways for £800 and moved from Radyr by rail to the C&WCarriage & Wagon Maintenance shops at Cathays, near Cardiff. From there it was transported by road to the SVRSevern Valley Railway, arriving at Kidderminster on 17 February 1990.[3]

After arrival, 730866 was restored and repainted in LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway brown livery. It saw use in the SVRSevern Valley Railway ‘Steam School’ during the 1990s, although this ended when it became a requirement to use a vacuum brake fitted vehicle. It remained in working order and used regularly in works trains. It has also been used to give brake van rides at galas and special events.

In 2018 it was unfortunately 'red carded' for unsafe running boards before the Goods Gala on 2-3 June, where it was due to form part of the demonstration goods train hauled by 2857 to celebrate the locomotive's 100th anniversary. This inevitably turned in to a bigger job with the Wagon Department repairing handrail fixing points, the veranda floors and the step boards. The wagon also was repainted.[4]

See also

List of goods wagons

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 2857.org.uk
  2. Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
  3. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 95 and 2857.org.uk (SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book and RHR Wagon Survey state 17 March)
  4. SVR Wasgons, National Preservation website, 19 August 2018 (Retrieved 31 December 2018)

Links

730866 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
730866 on 2857.org.uk