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Following a lengthy and comprehensive restoration at Bridgnorth and Kidderminster, the carriage first appeared in traffic in September 1996.
Early in In 2016 ownership was transferred to the SVR Charitable trust. It was scheduled for overhaul at [[Carriage Repair WorksSevern Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|Kidderminster Carriage Works]] in 2017. In the event it entered [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department|Bewdley paint shopSVR Charitable Trust]] in January 2022 for general repairs, having been out of traffic for a few years due to a leaky roof and poor bodywork. It’s on accommodation bogies so that its own can be mechanically overhauled in Kidderminster.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljan22 Branch Lines January 2022] (Retrieved 13 January 2022)</ref>
Although it was scheduled for overhaul at [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster Carriage Works]] in 2017, it entered [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department|Bewdley paint shop]] in January 2022 for general repairs, having been out of traffic for a few years due to a leaky roof and poor bodywork. It's hoped that minimal structural was on placed accommodation bogies while its own were mechanically overhauled in Kidderminster.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljan22 Branch Lines January 2022] (Retrieved 13 January 2022)</ref> Other work will be needed. However the involved a new roof canvass dates from the mid-1980s canvas and not surprisingly a new one will be required, together with routine work to ensure that the roof planks are firmly attached to the framework. The 16 tables fitted as part of its 1996 overhaul were, for reasons of cost, not of a standard railway type and are now . These were life expired, and so a replacement set was on orderreplaced, this time following the original robust LNER design that has been successfully used since 1997 in the other 3 SVR based TTOs. Seats were reupholstered. {{As of|2024}} lettering, lining, some reupholstery and returning the vehicle to its bogies all remain outstanding<ref>SVR News 226, pp.45-46.</ref>.
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