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→Barry Railway Carriage 163 in preservation: move completed
The carriage was one of the items to look out for in the children's 'I-spy' supplement to the SVR's [[From The Window]] booklet.
In April 2022 the owning Trust announced that they and the Railway had agreed that 163 would leave the SVR.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/BarryRailwayCarriageTrust/photos/a.510853185709465/4949080231886716 Barry Railway Carriage Trust on Facebook, 30 April 2022]</ref> In October 2022 the Trust further announced it was to move to a new home at the Gwili Railway in South Wales.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=479165234239537&set=a.461023969386997 Barry Railway Carriage Trust on Facebook, 20 October 2022]</ref> On 29 April 2024 the carriage was lifted from the isolated section of track by Allelys' specialist lifting team and moved to the adjacent siding in preparation for a move by rail to Kidderminster and onward which took place in early May 2024. Onward road transportation to a new home at the Gwili Railwaytook place on Friday 14 June 2024.<ref>[https://www.facebooknational-preservation.com/BarryRailwayCarriageTrust Barry Railway Carriage Trust on Facebook, 1 May 2024threads/rolling-stock-movements.7891/page-35#post-2879931 National Preservation Forum: Rolling Stock Movements]</ref>.
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