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'''The LNER Carriage Group''' is part of the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]]. The group has volunteers in common with [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]]; it was formed in 2010 at the time the Coach Fund transferred ownership of three carriages to the Charitable Trust. It maintains Historically it maintained and restores restored LNER carriages owned by the Trust.:<ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/index.php?page=Carriage%20Restoration SVR Charitable Trust]</ref>more recently it has engaged in projects for other rolling stock.
==Carriage Group projects==
The Group raised the finance for the upgrading of the interior of [[LNER 43600 Open Third]] in conjunction with a scheduled overhaul carried out in 2015/16 by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC]]. £13k was raised by private sponsorship to improve the seating, tables and wall lamps, plus new mirrors, luggage racks and coathooks. Replica LNER pattern moquette was also provided by the Trust to cover the seats. The Group also provided physical assistance by preparing the roof for re-canvassing. [[LNER 52255 Open Third]] was similarly improved in 2016. Subsequently, the Group has assisted with the scheduled overhauls of [[LNER 24068 Composite Corridor Brake]], [[LNER 24105 Open Third]] and [[LNER 43612 Open Third]].
It also restored [[GWR 17410 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van]]. This vehicle was in 2016 donated to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]]. The Group commenced its restoration in December 2015 from a very run-down condition with work completed in June 2018.
In 2017 the Group commenced the restoration and conversion of the SVRSVRH's [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car]] (formerly GWR 5043 Full Third) at in [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon DepartmentDown Yard]], funded via the Charitable Trust. Unfortunately [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic | COVID-19)]]lockdowns resulted in the retirement of some key Group volunteers, which slowed progress with its work<ref>SVR News 225, Spring 2024, p. 58</ref>.
==Website and newsletters==
