https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/api.php?hidebots=1&days=30&limit=50&hidecategorization=1&target=LMS_26986_Brake_Third_Corridor&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atomSVR Wiki - Changes related to "LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor" [en-gb]2024-03-29T00:19:06ZRelated changesMediaWiki 1.28.2https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=GWR_9581_Wheelchair_accessible_Buffet_Car&diff=29315&oldid=27582GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car2024-03-28T21:39:39Z<p>Update SVR News 225, Spring 2024</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:RD 30th March TMD.jpg|thumb|300px|right|9581 at Kidderminster for turning on 30 March 2021]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:RD 30th March TMD.jpg|thumb|300px|right|9581 at Kidderminster for turning on 30 March 2021]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>GWR 9581 is a Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car, created by rebuilding the bodyshell of GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 5043, a standard 57ft full third coach originally built in June 1928 to diagram C54, lot 1383. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins>GWR 9581<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''' </ins>is a Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car, created by rebuilding the bodyshell of GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 5043, a standard 57ft full third coach originally built in June 1928 to diagram C54, lot 1383. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As rebuilt the coach has been given a new SVR running number ‘9581’ which reflects its rôle as a catering vehicle. In GWR days these were all numbered in the 95XX or 96XX series. The revised bodyshell is based on a GWR Diagram H33 Collett Composite Diner which originally seated 12 first and 24 third. The number of one of these, the long-scrapped 9581, has been chosen for the rebuild of 5043.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/news_letters/Newsletter_74-2018.pdf LNER Carriage Group Newsletter 74, December 2018]</ref> The original 9581 was in service between August 1925 and May 1959<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.107</ref>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As rebuilt the coach has been given a new SVR running number ‘9581’ which reflects its rôle as a catering vehicle. In GWR days these were all numbered in the 95XX or 96XX series. The revised bodyshell is based on a GWR Diagram H33 Collett Composite Diner which originally seated 12 first and 24 third. The number of one of these, the long-scrapped 9581, has been chosen for the rebuild of 5043.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/news_letters/Newsletter_74-2018.pdf LNER Carriage Group Newsletter 74, December 2018]</ref> The original 9581 was in service between August 1925 and May 1959<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.107</ref>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Initial </del>work involved sourcing fittings, undertaking a condition survey, obtaining costings, cleaning and painting the underframe and ordering a kit of bodyside frame components.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr5043.html LNER Carriage Group] (Retrieved 2 January 2018)</ref> Work commenced in earnest <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">following a shunt </del>on 7 November 2017 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which moved 5043 into position for restoration to commence.From 2017 </del>to March <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2010 progress was </del>spectacular, with both sides, ends and roof rebuilt to the new configuration with new framework, replacement steel panels and fully glazed windows. Six of the eight new side doors were fitted, hung on their original hinges, genuine GWR slam locks fitted and all working correctly. All this was made possible by the financial support of both SVR <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Companys </del>and the Charitable <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">trust</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Unfortunately </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2020 coronavirus disease </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">COVID-19</del>) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pandemic | COVID</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">19)</del>]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] lockdowns resulted in 2020</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">21 being 12 months of very fragmented and slow </del>progress <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and the retirement of some key volunteers</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However as of November </del>2022 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the structure of the interior is largely complete with floor, ceilings, interior partitions and seat frames all in place and mostly painted</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">varnished</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In addition the lighting is complete </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">working, the steam heaters are </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">place, and work is progressing on the internal sliding doors</del>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Preliminary </ins>work involved sourcing fittings, undertaking a condition survey, obtaining costings, cleaning and painting the underframe and ordering a kit of bodyside frame components.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr5043.html LNER Carriage Group] (Retrieved 2 January 2018)</ref> Work commenced in earnest on 7 November 2017 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with progress </ins>to March <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2020 </ins>spectacular, with both sides, ends and roof rebuilt to the new configuration with new framework, replacement steel panels and fully glazed windows. Six of the eight new side doors were fitted, hung on their original hinges, genuine GWR slam locks fitted and all working correctly. All this was made possible by the financial support of both SVR <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Companies </ins>and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Charitable <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Trust]]</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Work of the LNER Carriage Group is supplemented from time-to-time by further volunteers from </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The 2857 Society]] and the [[Great Western </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SVR</ins>) <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Association]].<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/collett</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5043 SVRLive news page</ins>]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></ref><ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr</ins>-progress<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-2021</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">html LNER Coach Fund Progress update December 2021] (Retrieved 22 October </ins>2022<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ref> Updates to 2021 are on [http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gwr9581-5043</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">html this webpage] </ins>and in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SVR News 214</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In November 2018 it was agreed that with the rebuild more than 50% complete, the coach would subsequently be referred to by its new number 9581.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr-progress-2019.html LNER Carriage Group]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></ref> {{As of|2022|11}} work continues on the much of the interior, with the LNER Carriage Group supplemented from time-to-time by further volunteers from [[The 2857 Society]] and the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]].<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/collett-5043 SVRLive news page]</ref><ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr-progress-2021.html LNER Coach Fund Progress update December 2021] (Retrieved 22 October 2022)</del></ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In November 2018 it was agreed that with the rebuild more than 50% complete, the coach would subsequently be referred to by its new number 9581.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr-progress-2019.html LNER Carriage Group]</ref>  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Updates are on </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk//gwr</del>-progress<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-2019</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">html this webpage]</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Unfortunately [</ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic | COVID</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">19)]] lockdowns resulted in the retirement of some key volunteers and slowed </ins>progress. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, by November 2022 the structure of the interior was advanced with floor, ceilings, interior partitions and seat frames all in place and mostly painted/varnished,the lighting complete and working, the steam heaters are in place, and work is progressing on the internal sliding doors</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=GWR_1145_Toplight_%27Snake_C%27_Passenger_Brake&diff=29288&oldid=28428GWR 1145 Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake2024-03-25T01:54:32Z<p>1145 was purchased by Philip Fryer (SVR News 225, p. 68)</p>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=BR_25771_Corridor_Second&diff=29269&oldid=29266BR 25771 Corridor Second2024-03-18T16:55:45Z<p>"This Mk1 was chosen [for set N] because it has a strange, untraceable electrical fault that means the lights don’t work if it’s in set M, the MK1 maroons!" - Exp Points July 2019</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By summer 1991, BR's Mark 1 fleet had been substantially reduced and opportunities to acquire further examples were becoming rarer.  An SVR Board meeting therefore approved the acquisition of a further Corridor Second, which would initially be used to cover for a series of TSOs purchased in 1983-84 and which required consecutive overhaul over several years. Six SKs were inspected in June 1991 at London's Old Oak Common where they had been stored. 18771 was considered the best and was secured, despite strong bidding by several other parties.<ref name=SVR100/>  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By summer 1991, BR's Mark 1 fleet had been substantially reduced and opportunities to acquire further examples were becoming rarer.  An SVR Board meeting therefore approved the acquisition of a further Corridor Second, which would initially be used to cover for a series of TSOs purchased in 1983-84 and which required consecutive overhaul over several years. Six SKs were inspected in June 1991 at London's Old Oak Common where they had been stored. 18771 was considered the best and was secured, despite strong bidding by several other parties.<ref name=SVR100/>  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>18771 arrived on the SVR on 9 September 1991 from London’s Old Oak Common, courtesy of [[The 75069 Fund]].  The carriage was delivered to the SVR by [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|3440 City of Truro]] which arrived in steam to attend that year’s [[Autumn Steam Gala]].<ref>SVR News 101</ref>  It entered service that year still in Network South East striped livery, before moving to [[Kidderminster]] in March 1992 where the owning group sanded and undercoated the vehicle during a one week holiday. New steam heating pipes were made up and fitted at the same time. In early July it moved to [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department|Bewdley paint shop]] where the full-time carriage painters completed the flatting, glossing and lettering as its original identity M25771 in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1960's </del>[[Carriages#Set_M|BR Maroon]] livery.<ref>SVR News 104</ref>  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>18771 arrived on the SVR on 9 September 1991 from London’s Old Oak Common, courtesy of [[The 75069 Fund]].  The carriage was delivered to the SVR by [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|3440 City of Truro]] which arrived in steam to attend that year’s [[Autumn Steam Gala]].<ref>SVR News 101</ref>  It entered service that year still in Network South East striped livery, before moving to [[Kidderminster]] in March 1992 where the owning group sanded and undercoated the vehicle during a one week holiday. New steam heating pipes were made up and fitted at the same time. In early July it moved to [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department|Bewdley paint shop]] where the full-time carriage painters completed the flatting, glossing and lettering as its original identity M25771 in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1960s </ins>[[Carriages#Set_M|BR Maroon]] livery.<ref>SVR News 104</ref>  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>M25771 then re-entered service, although still suffering from a wheel flat which was present on arrival and which was not cured until a bogie swap was carried out during a minor overhaul in summer 2003.<ref>SVR News 144</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>M25771 then re-entered service, although still suffering from a wheel flat which was present on arrival and which was not cured until a bogie swap was carried out during a minor overhaul in summer 2003.<ref>SVR News 144</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=BR_25771_Corridor_Second&diff=29266&oldid=28411BR 25771 Corridor Second2024-03-18T14:55:37Z<p>featured article</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </del>BR Mark 1 Corridor Second (SK) was the most prolific of the Mark 1 passenger stock, with more than 2,200 built. Those in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>Western and Southern regions seated eight per compartment, while those on Midland and Eastern routes seated six per compartment. Early examples featured veneered walls, while later batches used <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">formica </del>laminates. The SKs were an early candidate for withdrawal, being replaced by Mark 2 Open, HST sets and Networker Turbo units<ref name = StockBook>SVR Stock Book 9th edition</ref><ref name = SVRCT>SVR Charitable Trust</ref>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''M25771''' is a '''</ins>BR Mark 1 Corridor Second<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''' </ins>(SK)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The Corridor Second </ins>was the most prolific of the Mark 1 passenger stock, with more than 2,200 built. Those in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">BR's </ins>Western and Southern regions seated eight per compartment, while those on Midland and Eastern routes seated six per compartment <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with the seats having arm rests</ins>. Early <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SK </ins>examples featured veneered walls, while later batches used <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Formica </ins>laminates. The SKs were an early candidate for withdrawal, being replaced by Mark 2 Open, HST sets and Networker Turbo units<ref name = StockBook>SVR Stock Book 9th edition</ref><ref name = SVRCT>SVR Charitable Trust</ref>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Service==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Service==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>25771 was built at Derby in 1962 to Diagram 146 (AA210), Lot 30685. As built it had the 48-seat <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">‘London </del>Midland <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Region’ </del>layout and was fitted with Commonwealth bogies, giving a weight of 36 Tons.<ref name=longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p.</del>144.</ref> It <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">entered service as M25771 in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">London Midland region in February 1962, being renumbered M18771 in August 1983</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref name=longworth/> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>25771 was built at Derby in 1962 to Diagram 146 (AA210), Lot 30685. As built it had the 48-seat <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'London </ins>Midland <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Region' </ins>layout and was fitted with Commonwealth bogies, giving a weight of 36 Tons.<ref name=longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pp 9-10, </ins>144.</ref> It <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was also dual-heated and incorporated design modifications applied to reduce </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">corrosion which had occurred on earlier batches</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As 18771, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </del>underwent modernisation at the request of sector-owner Network South East. In addition to painting in their livery, the changes included replacement of the 24 volt tungsten bulbs by short fluorescent 110 volt lights. As the 24 volt reading lamps could not be economically modernised, these were removed and a long plain mirror fitted to cover both missing lamps and the earlier mirrors which displayed the "rival" Inter-City double-arrow logo.<ref>SVR News 100</ref> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">withdrawn </del>from service in October 1990<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.119.</ref>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It entered service as M25771 in the London Midland region in February 1962. After BR introduced [[TOPS codes]] in the early 1970s, a further refinement of TOPS in May 1983 meant that all rolling stock, locomotives and coaches were required to carry unique numbers. This resulted in the wholesale renumbering of several series of coaches, with CKs in the 25XXX and 26XXX series becoming 18XXX and 19XXX respectively. M25771 was therefore renumbered M18771 from August 1983 (the regional prefixes were taken out of use from around 1986 onwards).<ref name=longworth/> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As 18771, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the vehicle </ins>underwent modernisation at the request of sector-owner Network South East. In addition to painting in their livery, the changes included replacement of the 24<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins>volt tungsten bulbs by short fluorescent 110<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins>volt lights. As the 24<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins>volt reading lamps could not be economically modernised, these were removed and a long plain mirror fitted to cover both missing lamps and the earlier mirrors which displayed the "rival" Inter-City double-arrow logo.<ref <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name=SVR100</ins>>SVR News 100</ref>  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Its last repair </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">at York works in October 1986. By the time of its withdrawal </ins>from service <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on London-Oxford workings </ins>in October 1990 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it had covered a further 127,779 miles<ref name=SVR100/><ref name=SVR191>SVR News 191</ref></ins><ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.119.</ref>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Preservation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Preservation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">‘18771’ </del>arrived on the SVR on 9 September 1991 from London’s Old Oak Common, courtesy of [[The 75069 Fund]].  The carriage was delivered to the SVR by [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|3440 City of Truro]] which arrived in steam to attend that year’s [[Autumn Steam Gala]].<ref>SVR News 101</ref>  It entered service still in Network South East striped livery, before <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">being repainted into </del>[[Carriages#Set_M|BR Maroon]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the following summer</del>.<ref>SVR News 104</ref> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It </del>then re-entered service, still suffering from a wheel flat which was present on arrival and which was not cured until a bogie swap was carried out during a minor overhaul in summer 2003.<ref>SVR News 144</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">By summer 1991, BR's Mark 1 fleet had been substantially reduced and opportunities to acquire further examples were becoming rarer.  An SVR Board meeting therefore approved the acquisition of a further Corridor Second, which would initially be used to cover for a series of TSOs purchased in 1983-84 and which required consecutive overhaul over several years. Six SKs were inspected in June 1991 at London's Old Oak Common where they had been stored. 18771 was considered the best and was secured, despite strong bidding by several other parties.<ref name=SVR100/> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">18771 </ins>arrived on the SVR on 9 September 1991 from London’s Old Oak Common, courtesy of [[The 75069 Fund]].  The carriage was delivered to the SVR by [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|3440 City of Truro]] which arrived in steam to attend that year’s [[Autumn Steam Gala]].<ref>SVR News 101</ref>  It entered service <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that year </ins>still in Network South East striped livery, before <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">moving to [[Kidderminster]] in March 1992 where the owning group sanded and undercoated the vehicle during a one week holiday. New steam heating pipes were made up and fitted at the same time. In early July it moved to [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department|Bewdley paint shop]] where the full-time carriage painters completed the flatting, glossing and lettering as its original identity M25771 in 1960's </ins>[[Carriages#Set_M|BR Maroon]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">livery</ins>.<ref>SVR News 104</ref>  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">M25771 </ins>then re-entered service, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">although </ins>still suffering from a wheel flat which was present on arrival and which was not cured until a bogie swap was carried out during a minor overhaul in summer 2003.<ref>SVR News 144</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By May 2007 it was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">‘10 </del>years overdue for a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">repaint’</del><ref name=SVR191<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">>SVR News 191<</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ref</del>> and was photographed in poor condition for the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey.<ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</del>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1784 25771 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]</ref>  It was then sent to Arley to serve as a classroom during the 1940s event <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>was trapped <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there </del>for 18 months following the [[2007 Storm Damage]]. During that time the batteries went flat, the doors swelled up and seats went mouldy. It was eventually retrieved and put into store, being considered possibly surplus to requirements.<ref name=SVR191/></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By May 2007 it was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'10 </ins>years overdue for a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">repaint'</ins><ref name=SVR191/> and was photographed in poor condition for the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey.<ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1784 25771 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]</ref>  It was then sent to Arley to serve as a classroom during the 1940s event<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, where it </ins>was trapped for 18 months following the [[2007 Storm Damage]]. During that time the batteries went flat, the doors swelled up and seats went mouldy <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- as [[Hugh McQuade]] later wrote "...''it basically 'died' ''"</ins>. It was eventually retrieved and put into store, being considered possibly surplus to requirements.<ref name=SVR191/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2015 the need was identified for a 'spare' carriage to replace vehicles from [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://www.svrwiki.com/</del>Carriages#Set_N|Set N]] that were due to be withdrawn in turn for overhaul. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">25771 </del>was thoroughly overhauled at [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster Carriage Works]], having been photographed there in in May 2015 on Facebook, and outshopped in a later variant of BR maroon livery-with maroon ends. Appropriately the interior is typical of latter day Mk 1, being clad with light grey patterned Formica. The 48 seat configuration with which the carriage was originally fitted has been replaced with a 64 seat configuration (the change dating from the Network South East era?) and the carriage data plate edited accordingly (the plate also shows a weight of 37 tons rather than the 36 tons recorded for Lot 30685).  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2015 the need was identified for a 'spare' carriage to replace vehicles from [[Carriages#Set_N|Set N]] that were due to be withdrawn in turn for overhaul. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">M25771 </ins>was thoroughly overhauled at [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster Carriage Works]], having been photographed there in in May 2015 on Facebook, and outshopped in a later variant of BR maroon livery-with maroon ends. Appropriately the interior is typical of latter<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins>day Mk 1, being clad with light grey patterned Formica. The 48<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins>seat configuration with which the carriage was originally fitted has been replaced with a 64<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins>seat configuration (the change dating from the Network South East era?) and the carriage data plate edited accordingly (the plate also shows a weight of 37 tons rather than the 36 tons recorded for Lot 30685).  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Robinhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=GWR_9085_First_Sleeper&diff=29214&oldid=29211GWR 9085 First Sleeper2024-03-09T17:32:48Z<p>now moved back to Siding 2 again</p>
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</table>Robinhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=GWR_9085_First_Sleeper&diff=29211&oldid=29209GWR 9085 First Sleeper2024-03-04T17:48:39Z<p>add link</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were built as Lot No 1702 to Diagram J18 and were a Hawksworth design, with the characteristic sloping roof-ends and flat body-side profile. They had ten berths, each compartment having one bed with a sink, luggage racks, coat hangers, shaver points, and Stone's pressure ventilation (other than two Royal salons and two dining saloons, these were the only carriages of GWR origin with any form of air conditioning).<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 120.</ref> Each carriage also had a compartment for an attendant at one end and a lavatory at the other. At more than 45 tons each, they were among the heaviest coaching stock to run on British lines, and were equipped with six-wheeled bogies to reduce the axle-load<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref name=SVRCT>Charitable Trust website</ref><ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.112.</ref>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were built as Lot No 1702 to Diagram J18 and were a Hawksworth design, with the characteristic sloping roof-ends and flat body-side profile. They had ten berths, each compartment having one bed with a sink, luggage racks, coat hangers, shaver points, and Stone's pressure ventilation (other than two Royal salons and two dining saloons, these were the only carriages of GWR origin with any form of air conditioning).<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 120.</ref> Each carriage also had a compartment for an attendant at one end and a lavatory at the other. At more than 45 tons each, they were <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then </ins>among the heaviest coaching stock to run on British lines, and were equipped with six-wheeled bogies to reduce the axle-load<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref name=SVRCT>Charitable Trust website</ref><ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.112.</ref>.  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=GWR_9085_First_Sleeper&diff=29209&oldid=21221GWR 9085 First Sleeper2024-03-04T15:20:07Z<p>featured article</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As new these four cars </del>were <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">finished in BR crimson </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cream</del>, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">by withdrawal in the early 1970s had been repainted in BR maroon</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>They had ten berths, each compartment having one bed with a sink, luggage racks, coat hangers, shaver points, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">forced-</del>air <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">heating</del>. Each carriage also had a compartment for an attendant at one end and a lavatory at the other.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They </ins>were <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">built as Lot No 1702 to Diagram J18 </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were a Hawksworth design</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with the characteristic sloping roof-ends </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">flat body-side profile</ins>. They had ten berths, each compartment having one bed with a sink, luggage racks, coat hangers, shaver points, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Stone's pressure ventilation (other than two Royal salons and two dining saloons, these were the only carriages of GWR origin with any form of </ins>air <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conditioning)</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 120.</ref> </ins>Each carriage also had a compartment for an attendant at one end and a lavatory at the other<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. At more than 45 tons each, they were among the heaviest coaching stock to run on British lines, and were equipped with six-wheeled bogies to reduce the axle-load<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref name=SVRCT>Charitable Trust website</ref><ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.112.</ref></ins>.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As new these four cars were finished in BR crimson and cream and originally carried the BR-style numbers W9082W to W9085W. W9085W was the last of the four to be completed, and spent the least time in use, having entered service in February 1951 (the first three entered service in April, June, and December 1950 respectively) and been withdrawn along with W9082W in August 1969 (the other two were withdrawn in May 1970). By the time of withdrawal they had been repainted in BR maroon livery.  </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">All four carriages survived into preservation, with three either currently or formerly resident on the SVR. [[GWR 9084 First Sleeper | 9084]] was the first to be acquired, arriving on the SVR from Old Oak Common in October 1970 having been acquired by a 'group of SVR members'.<ref name=SB3>SVR Stock Book Third and Fourth Editions</ref><ref group="note">Ownership of 9084 was later recorded as by [[Richard Dunn|R.H.Dunn]] (Stock Books Five to Seven) and SVR(H) (Stock Books Eight and Nine). It is now owned by the [[Charitable Trust]].</ref> 9085 and [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR | former resident 9082]] both arrived on the SVR on 5 January 1971 from Didcot, having been acquired by the [[Guarantee Company]].<ref name=SB3/> All three were used for sleeping accommodation at [[Arley]] and [[Bewdley]].<ref>SVR Stock Book Eighth and Ninth Editions </ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">By 1990, ownership of 9085 has been assumed by [[SVR(H)]].<ref>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition</ref> In winter 1997-98, it was in use for sleeping accommodation at Arley where the 'early turn gang' supporting the [[Santa's Grotto|Christmas activities]] would begin work, including shovelling snow, gritting, and thawing frozen water pipes after "''spending a chilly night in Hawksworth Sleeper 9085''".<ref>SVR News 125</ref> </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">By winter 2001-2 9085 was under restoration at Arley. The project, led by Jack Bond with assistance from [[Hugh McQuade]], was originally anticipated to take around three years,<ref>SVR News 138</ref> although it was summer 2010 before 9085 was moved to the [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster paint shop]] for final finishing off. After being repainted in (non-authentic) GWR 1942-47 livery, with the coat of arms insignia flanked by 'GREAT' and 'WESTERN', 9085 returned to Arley on 16 October 2010. The move gave a rare opportunity to see two the Hawksworth sleepers 9084 and 9085 coupled together while shunting took place, before 9084 moved on to [[Hampton Loade]].<ref>SVR News 170, 171, 173</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:GWR9085.jpg | 9085 in 2015</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:GWR9085.jpg | 9085 in 2015</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">While in use for staff accommodation at [[Arley]] station, 9085 has regularly been positioned at the end of Siding 2 (nearest the river). During spring/summer 2017, it was repainted there by Bridgnorth Loco Works' painter Mick Flint.<ref>SVR News 199</ref> When photographed there in July 2017 (main picture top right) painting was complete although the 'coat of arms' had not been reinstated. {{As of|2024}} it has been moved to the siding adjacent to the platform at Arley.</ins></div></td></tr>
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