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London Brighton & South Coast Railway
3346 - "Hi-Bar" open wagon (built 1914) 10T cap, 5T-14 tare, 18'5" wb (1369, WD: AD 46269)
Richard Salmon

This LBSCR wagon was reconstructed almost from scratch and represented the Bluebell Railway, along with the LBSCR Locomotive "Fenchurch", at the "Stockton & Darlington 150" event at Shildon in 1975. The Bar was used to support a tarpaulin, since at the time this wagon was built very few covered vans were used for goods traffic.

After 25 years use, it was again in need of repair, and this was undertaken by the Midweek Volunteer Gang during 2000, many of the planks having to be replaced. The photo below shows the result of this work.