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| − | [[File: LNER_70759_20150315.jpg |thumb|300px|right| LNER Pigeon Van 70759]] | + | #REDIRECT [[LNER 24506 Brake Third]] |
| − | 70759 was built in 1943 as Gangwayed Full Brake/Pigeon Van (Type BGP). After withdrawal by BR in 1972, it was used as a store by publishers David & Charles in Newton Abbott. It later moved to the South Devon Railway where it was again used as a store.
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| − | 70759 was purchased by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] in 2005, arriving at Bewdley in March of that year. Initially it was used as a combined store and Station Fund shop, before restoration began to return the vehicle to service as a second LNER brake van for the teak set.
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| − | Part of the restoration involved moving the body of 70759 from its original heavily corroded underframe onto the newly refurbished underframe of another Gangwayed Full Brake/Pigeon Van, No 70442 (formerly LNER 4069). A time lapse video of the move which took place on 12 July 2011 is available on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjTLy7qBSf4 Youtube]. The restoration of 70759 will also see the larger van portion converted to 4 passenger compartments with a corridor; the small van compartment is being restored to original condition with pigeon racks.
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| − | Parts have been recovered from the body of 70442 for use in the restoration on 70759 and elsewhere, while the underframe of 70759 will also be dismantled for spare sections.
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| − | 70759 was one of three coaches which in 2010 were gifted by the LNER (SVR) Coach Fund to the SVR Rolling Stock Trust (now the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]]), along with 24068 and 43600.
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
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| − | LNER (SVR) Coach Fund
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1048 70759 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
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| − | [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2409 Donor carriage 70442 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
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| − | [http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk//teak_set.html#70759 70759 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk]<br>
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| − | [http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/lner/70759-2.html 75069 on svrtrust.org.uk]
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | [[Carriages#LNER (and constituents) Designed Coaches| List of carriages]]<br>
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| − | : [[LNER 52255 Open Third | Previous ]]<br>
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| − | : [[BR 1667 Restaurant Buffet | Next ]]
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| − | [[Category: Rolling stock owned by The SVR Charitable Trust]]
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